Government & Politics

The City of Milwaukee’s Health Department said today that it is taking measures at each of its health centers to increase social distancing and in an attempt to prevent community spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection has received 34 price gauging complaints as consumers seek to stock up on products during the coronavirus outbreak, according to a department spokeswoman.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday ordered a statewide ban on gatherings of 10 or more people to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Small businesses in Wisconsin will soon have access to disaster relief loans, but several steps need to take place before these loans are disbursed, said Shirah Apple, public affairs specialist for the Small Business Administration.

The Trump administration on Monday released new guidelines to combat coronavirus over the next 15 days, calling on Americans to avoid social gatherings of more than 10 people, avoid discretionary travel or shopping and work from home whenever possible.

As state health officials work to increase testing capacity at public health labs, Wisconsin Department of Health Services secretary-designee Andrea Palm said she is "anxious" for more hospitals and commercial labs to conduct testing for COVID-19 throughout the state.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Monday announced a statewide ban on gatherings of 50 or more.

The city of South Milwaukee is the new owner of the building at 1919 12th Ave., which will soon...

Milwaukee County has closed the Zoo, several county parks facilities and its senior centers to the public until further notice, in an effort to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, County Executive Chris Abele announced Saturday.

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has called on Gov. Tony Evers to declare a public health emergency in response to...