Wisconsin
How to watch Biden’s address in Westby, Wisconsin on Thursday
On Thursday, President Joe Biden will visit Wisconsin for the first time since dropping out of the presidential race in July — and announce a massive investment in rural electric companies along the way.
The president will launch the new initiative in Westby, a city in southwestern Wisconsin with a population of just over 2,300 people. The event comes exactly two months since his last visit to the state, an early July campaign rally in the Madison area.
Here’s everything you need to know about Biden’s Wisconsin visit, including from when he’s speaking to how to watch.
When is Biden speaking in Wisconsin today?
The president is expected to speak about 3 p.m. CST.
Where in Wisconsin is Biden speaking tonight?
Biden will speak at the Vernon Electric Cooperative in Westby, WLUK reported. The electric utility company services about 10,000 people in southwestern Wisconsin, according to its website.
Westby itself is located in Vernon County, close to the western border of Wisconsin. It’s home to one of the oldest Norwegian American communities in the U.S.
How to watch Biden’s speech in Wisconsin
You can watch Biden’s address in Westby through the livestream on this page.
Local news channels may also carry the speech live. In Milwaukee, that’s channel 12 for ABC News, channel 58 for CBS News, channel 6 for Fox News and channel 4 for WTMJ-TV.
Why is Biden visiting Wisconsin?
Biden’s visit to Westby on Thursday is part of a series of trips the president will be making over the next few weeks to highlight his administration’s investments in local communities, a White House official told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
In Wisconsin, the president is expected to announce more than $7.3 billion in financing for the electrification of rural America — the largest such investment since the 1930s, according to USA Today. The initiative will be funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, the Biden administration’s 2022 law that targeted everything from drug prescription prices to green energy incentives.
The president’s Thursday visit is a White House event, meaning it is not officially part of the Harris-Walz campaign.
About 1,000 animal welfare activists who tried to gain entry on Saturday to a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin were turned back by police who fired rubber bullets and pepper spray into the crowd and arrested the group’s leader.
It was the second attempt in as many months by protesters to take beagles from the Ridglan Farms facility in Blue Mounds, a small town about 25 miles (about 40 kilometres) southwest of Wisconsin’s capital, Madison.
Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett said in a video statement that 300 to 400 protesters were “violently trying to break into the property” and assault officers. He said protesters have ignored designated areas for peaceful protest and blocked roads to prevent emergency vehicles from entering.
“This is not a peaceful protest,” Barrett said.
The sheriff’s department said a “significant” number of people were arrested out of about 1,000 protesters at the site but did not give an exact total as they were still being processed as of the afternoon.
Protesters tried to overcome barricades that included a manure-filled trench, hay bales and a barbed-wire fence. Some protesters did get through the fence but were unable to enter the facility, where an estimated 2,000 beagles are kept, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
Wisconsin guard Andrew Rohde reflects on early March Madness exit
Wisconsin guard Andrew Rohde said the Badgers ‘thought we could do so many things’ in the NCAA Tournament before it ended abrupty with an upset loss.
Wisconsin men’s basketball has added a sharpshooting wing via the transfer portal.
Miami (Ohio) transfer Eian Elmer has signed with the Badgers, the team announced April 18. The 6-foot-7 wing will join UW with one year of eligibility remaining.
Elmer averaged a career-high 12.7 points and 5.9 rebounds while shooting 49.8% from the field and 42.9% from 3-point range in 2025-26. His production helped the RedHawks go 32-2 and earn an at-large NCAA Tournament bid.
“We are really excited to add another excellent addition to our spring signees,” UW coach Greg Gard said in a release. “Eian brings a wealth of experience and scoring punch as a 6-7 wing. … A terrific shooter, his skillset and production fit excellently into our plan as we build out next year’s team. Throughout our evaluation process, our staff loved his size, power and skill and truly believe he will thrive in our system.”
Elmer is Wisconsin’s third transfer portal addition since the end of the 2025-26 season, joining former George Washington guard Trey Autry and former Hofstra forward Victory Onuetu. UW also added Australian guard Owen Foxwell.
The additions of Autry, Onuetu and now Elmer leave Gard’s staff with three more roster spots to fill ahead of the 2026-27 season.
The Badgers are looking to replace much of their production from a 2025-26 team that went 24-11. Nolan Winter is expected to be the team’s only returning starter after John Blackwell and Aleksas Bieliauskas entered the transfer portal and Nick Boyd and Andrew Rohde exhausted their eligibility.
MILWAUKEE – Friday’s severe storms have passed. And with that, the threat of any severe weather has also passed for the immediate future as no storms or rain are expected for several days.
However, plenty of damage remains across southeastern Wisconsin as of Saturday morning, in addition to the ongoing flooding threat.
Several area rivers are at flood stage, and there are multiple river flood warnings in effect.
FOX6 Weekend WakeUp on Saturday begins at 6 a.m.
On the scene in the morning
What we know:
Farmstead damage in Franklin
FOX6’s Hayley Spitler is in Franklin on Saturday morning, April 18, getting a daylight look at the damage from last night’s storms.
Storm damage in Caledonia
Friday’s storms left quite the mark across southern and southeastern Wisconsin, including at L and L Farms and Greenhouse in Caledonia.
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Local perspective:
Meanwhile, FOX6Now.com offers a variety of extremely useful weather tools to help you navigate the stormy season. They include the following:
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FOX LOCAL Mobile app
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Maps and radar
We have a host of maps and radars on the FOX6 Weather page that are updating regularly — to provide you the most accurate assessment of the weather. From a county-by-county view to the Midwest regional radar and a national view — it’s all there.
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School and business closings
When the weather gets a little dicey, schools and businesses may shut down. Monitor the latest list of closings, cancellations, and delays reported in southeast Wisconsin.
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