Wisconsin

A northern Illinois nurse expressed regret Friday for not taking better precautions while visiting her sister’s Wisconsin bar after the Supreme Court overturned the state’s “Safer at Home” order.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers warned Thursday of “massive confusion” after the state Supreme Court tossed out the Democrat’s stay-at-home order and Republicans said they may leave it up to local governments to enact their own rules for combating the coronavirus pandemic.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ administration overstepped its authority when it extended the stay-at-home order through the end of May, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

Gov. Tony Evers on Monday allowed nearly all nonessential retail stores to reopen as long as they serve no more than five customers at a time, partially lifting the restriction that has kept them closed for weeks to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Some college athletic departments are facing multi-million dollar deficits after the school year was disrupted by the coronavirus.

Former All-American Girls Professional Baseball player Mary Pratt, who pitched for the Rockford Peaches and Kenosha Comets, has died at the age of 101.

Republican legislatures in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan are fighting with Democratic governors over how long to keep things shut down and just how to reopen.

Each program eliminates the need for in-person visits to a DMV service center by enabling drivers to complete the tasks online.

Wooderick was arrested Tuesday and charged with with two counts of “escape as party to a crime,” Brandner said.

The Democratic governor has faced increasing pressure from Republicans and the state’s business community to loosen his stay-at-home order, which runs until May 26.

Smithfield Foods Inc. announced Friday that it will shutter operations at its Monmouth, Illinois, plant beginning Monday and until further notice. The company's location in St. Charles, Illinois, is also being closed until early May so that it can be cleaned and social distancing requirements put into place.

Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to block an extension of the Democratic governor’s stay-at-home order, even as Vice President Mike Pence said social distancing and other mitigation efforts are slowing the spread of the coronavirus.

A man is accused of colliding into a Brown Line train while evading authorities last week in Albany Park.

A man is accused of colliding into a Brown Line train while evading authorities last week in Albany Park.

James Newman and Thomas Deering were taken into custody Friday in Rockford, about 90 miles south of the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin, that they fled on Thursday.