Author Archives: Mike Leischner
Harris to supporters: get those ballots early
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- Vice Presidental candidate Kamala Harris greeted about 40 supporters as she left Monday's roundtable discussion with Black business leaders in Milwaukee with a plea to get out ...
Sep 07, 2020 Vote here. MWC file photo by Mike Leischner
UW Madison leadership encouraging students to limit gatherings for two weeks
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- Officials with the University of Wisconsin-Madison are asking students to limit large group gatherings for the next two weeks after a spike in positive COVID-19 tests. The number...
Sep 07, 2020 University of Wisconsin at Madison
UWEC announces possible COVID-19 exposure among students
EAU CLAIRE, WI (WSAU) -- Over a dozen students at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire are quarantined for possible exposure to COVID-19. University leaders say 18 students have quarantined on campu...
Sep 06, 2020 Yuri Samoilov / CC
Wisconsin approved for unemployment boost
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- Wisconsin residents still receiving unemployment benefits could be eligible for an extra $300 per week under the executive order signed by President Trump in August. The Departme...
Sep 03, 2020 Dustin Moore / CC
Biden speaks at Kenosha event
KENOSHA, WI (WRN-WSAU) -- Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden made a stop in Kenosha on Thursday to hear from community members at Grace Lutheran Church. Biden spent much of his time at the ev...
Sep 03, 2020 Ninian Reid / CC
Green Party sues WEC for ballot access in November
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- There's another legal challenge by a 3rd-party Presidental candidate for ballot access in the Badger state. Representatives from the Green Party are suing the state Elections Com...
Sep 02, 2020 Howie Hawkins/Angela Walker campaign logo
Biden to visit Wisconsin on Thursday
KENOSHA, WI (WSAU) -- Democratic Presidental nominee Joe Biden and his wife will visit Kenosha on Thursday to hold community discussions aimed at helping people heal following a week of violent protes...
Sep 02, 2020 Ninian Reid / CC
Lawmakers gavel out of special session without action
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- Lawmakers in Madison have closed out a special session on police reform and transparency bills without taking any action. "The people of Wisconsin don't want another task force o...
Aug 31, 2020 Richard Hurd / CC
UW Health to test potential COVID-19 vaccine
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- The University of Wisconsin Health System has been selected as a testing location for a potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. The stud...
Aug 31, 2020
Door County GOP HQ targeted by vandals
STURGEON BAY, WI (WSAU) -- The Republican Headquarters in Door County was hit by vandals this weekend. According to the Party's Facebook page, someone spraypainted several obscenities and left-support...
Aug 30, 2020 Vandalism at the Door County Republican Party HQ. Image courtesy: Republican Party of Door County/Facebook
