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DineOut Locator: Hungry? Eat Local Tonight

WGTD March 20, 2020

Support our local businesses! The WGTD Dineout Locator can be found here.

Our database of food...

NEWS: Online WGTD Audio Content Not Working on Google Chrome

WGTD March 4, 2020

If you are using certain browsers your access to WGTD content is limited. WGTD archives as well as live streaming of all original programming on our website is currently down in Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Internet Explorer. There are alternative ways to access...

Latest Coronavirus Numbers; New Measures for Target Shoppers, Workers

WGTD April 2, 2020

Apr. 2, 2020 5:35p; Corrected 7:45 to show the increase is fewer--not the total number

(WGTD)---The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus continues to climb.

Statewide, it's up to 1,730. The increase is actually 19 fewer than the day before, but...

Judge Won't Delay Wisconsin Election But Extends Voting

WGTD April 2, 2020

Apr. 2, 2020 4p; Updated 5:50p

(WPR)---A federal judge has denied a request to postpone Wisconsin's Tuesday election because of concerns over COVID-19, saying while the event will put voters and poll workers at risk, it's not his place to act.

U.S...

What States Should Get The Abbott Coronavirus Tests First?

WGTD April 2, 2020

April 2, 2020 11:35am

(WGTD)---There appears to be a bit of a disagreement between the White House and some public health officials over where to ship all those new Abbott Laboratories rapid response coronavirus tests. The Washington Post is reporting...

Marquette Poll Finds Overwhelming Support For Closing Businesses, Schools To Fight COVID-19

wpr.org April 1, 2020

Apr. 1, 2020 8:15p

(WPR)---Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly supported closing schools and businesses to slow the spread of the new coronavirus according to the latest poll by Marquette University Law School.

And their support for Gov. Tony Evers has...

Judge: Election Amid Pandemic 'On The Hands' of Legislature, Governor

WGTD April 1, 2020

Apr. 1 2020 8p

(WPR)---A federal judge heard arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit seeking to delay Wisconsin's April 7 election as cases of the new coronavirus grow in Wisconsin — and indicated he's unlikely to make the change.

The lawsuit is the...

COVID-19 Cases Spike in Kenosha County

WGTD March 31, 2020

March 31, 2020 9:30p; Updated 4-1 with additional information

(WGTD)---As more test results come back, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Kenosha County is spiking. By the end of the day, 55-56 cases were confirmed, with test results still...