Apr. 6, 2020 2:40p; Updated 2:40p to add Pick 'n' Save item; Updated 8:00p with Kenosha council meeting
(WGTD)---As the stay-at-home order drags on, city councils, county boards, school boards and other governmental bodies are trying to take care of business by meeting remotely via technology. Sometimes the set-ups work--other times they don't. The Kenosha City Council meeting collapsed in failure a few minutes after it began Monday night. Mayor John Antaramian and a clerk were present as usual in the council chambers, but participation by council members and the public was by phone. A timing incongruity between the phone link and the usual video feed may have led to delays and overlaps in responses, leading the mayor to believe that someone may have been "playing games." He quickly adjourned the meeting, and promised to try again in two weeks.
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(WGTD)---Racine County has recorded its second COVID-19 death. The patient was described as a man in his 70s. Over the weekend, an 85-year-old Kenosha man died--the first Kenosha County resident to pass because of COVID-19. In addition to the Racine County death, six more COVID-19 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours in Milwaukee County.
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(WGTD)---Two people were killed Monday morning in a motorcycle crash that occurred in the Hwy. 11 construction zone in Mt. Pleasant. Village police said the two left the highway near International Dr. and struck a utility pole. The crash occurred at about 8:30 a.m.
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(WGTD)---Pick 'n' Save has become the latest company to limit the number of shoppers at any given time in its stores. The new policy takes effect Tuesday. To monitor the foot traffic, Pick 'n' Save will use existing technology that was originally put in place to determine how many check-out lanes should be open.
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(WGTD)---Kenosha Unified is in the middle of a massive effort to distribute laptop computers to students who don't have ways to learn online at home. District spokeswoman Tanya Ruder says 7,000 Chromebooks are being handed out to parents via a curbside-styled delivery approach at each school. When parents drive up, a staff member radios in the name, and another staffer comes out with the assigned laptop which is then placed into the trunk or the back of the vehicle in order to minimize contact. The Chromebooks were previously purchased by the district. They're to be returned when the crisis ends.
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(WGTD)---Foxconn may soon be manufacturing badly-needed respirators at its new campus in Mt. Pleasant. The word came in a CNBC interview with the owner of Minnesota-based Medtronic, a contract-maker of medical devices. He says Medtronics is working with Foxconn to begin production of ventilators in Mt. Pleasant within the next four to six weeks. Although a million-square-foot manufacturing facility is still under construction, a smaller multi-purpose building has been up and running for some time.
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