Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020


 
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The small staff at the Crawford County Independent and Kickapoo Scout have adapted their journalistic workflow to keep the news coming despite being mostly sequestered at home.
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Two people with developmental disabilities in Rhinelander explain how they are coping with the disruptions of day-to-day life during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The network of organizations that provide parenting classes, support groups and other services to struggling families are shifting to social media, socially-distant supply drop-offs and other "new normal" ways of doing business to try to reach families under increased stress from the pandemic.
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Anthony Sartin died of COVID-19 in Milwaukee on April 29 at the age of 64, one of 421 Wisconsinites who have died as of May 13. Their loved ones are grappling with not being able to visit them during their final days or gather for a traditional funeral.
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As the rate of positive COVID-19 tests begins to drop in Wisconsin, momentum is growing to reopen the state. But frontline health care workers like Mariah Clark remain in the thick of things.
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While the COVID-19 pandemic has captured the world's attention, other public health crises have continued to march forward.
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The Wisconsin National Guard has collected more than 23,000 tests for coronavirus as it supports health officials' efforts to increase testing capacity statewide. Despite those efforts, several northwestern Wisconsin community testing sites collected fewer tests than they had hoped.
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Some University of Wisconsin System campuses have begun laying out plans for letting students, faculty and staff return three months after students were told to stay home if possible due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Gov. Tony Evers says GOP leaders in Wisconsin are in no hurry to develop a new statewide response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Wisconsin businesses and residents are trying to sort through what it means now that the Wisconsin Supreme Court has overturned the state's stay-at-home order.