Wisconsin
Wisconsin’s COVID-19 case average tops 1,000 for the first time in two months
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – The seven-day rolling common for brand spanking new, confirmed COVID-19 instances in Wisconsin topped one thousand over the weekend for the primary time in two months, the newest Dept. of Well being Companies figures present.
On Monday, its dashboard confirmed that key metric hitting 1,071 instances per day over the earlier week. That’s a 63% leap from final Monday. It’s additionally thrice greater than the 321 instances per day reported lower than a month in the past, on March 27.
The seven-day rolling common, which mitigates a few of the volatility of every day case counts, was pushed greater by the 696 new, confirmed instances reported within the every day report. Whereas decrease than the rolling common itself, this Monday’s determine doubled the tally from final week that it changed. Moreover, Monday’s quantity was the bottom of the three days since DHS’ final replace.
Whereas COVID-19 instances are greater than any level since late February, they’re nonetheless a lot decrease than a month earlier than that, when state well being officers have been reporting extra instances in a day than it sees in per week now.
Whereas the month-long rise in instances continues, deaths related to the virus stay close to the all-time low. DHS’ dashboard exhibits the seven-day rolling common for deaths, primarily based on the day they have been reported, sits at one per day. The typical reached that degree final week, matching the depths reached final summer time when COVID-19 instances and deaths each subsided.
In all, DHS has recorded 12,874 deaths from COVID-19 or related to the virus because the pandemic started. In that point, state well being officers have counted 1,410,254 instances.
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Wisconsin
Contentious clean power linkup between Iowa and Wisconsin finally enters service
Tundra swans congregate at the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
Tundra swans and other waterfowl gather on the Mississippi River between Stoddard, Wis. and Brownsville, Minn.In a half-mile stretch of the river, several thousand tundra swans congregate while on their migration south from Alaska and northern Canada
Mark Hoffman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A high-voltage transmission line carrying clean power from Iowa to Wisconsin overcame lengthy environmental pushback to enter service this week, some 13 years after grid operators approved the project, developers said Friday.
The Cardinal-Hickory Creek 345,000-volt transmission line, which ships clean power from Iowa to Wisconsin, came to exemplify the struggles of constructing U.S. power lines at a time of swiftly rising electricity demand. Environmental groups had sued to stop it from traversing the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge near Cassville, Wisconsin, north of Dubuque.
“Following years of work, including numerous opportunities for public input, extensive regulatory and environmental review, and construction, the entire Cardinal-Hickory Creek line has been placed in service,” said Dusky Terry, president of the line’s co-owner ITC Midwest. ATC and Dairyland Power Cooperative also are partial owners of the 102-mile project.
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As of June, 160 renewable generation projects in the upper Midwestern states totaling nearly 25 gigawatts of capacity were dependent upon completion of the Cardinal-Hickory Creek line, the co-owners said.
The Biden administration applauded the completion of the line and lauded it as a crucial step towards bringing clean power to the Midwest.
“It takes perseverance to build the infrastructure we need and the Cardinal Hickory Creek Project proves that we can get the job done by bringing clean, affordable power to Wisconsin and Iowa,” said John Podesta, senior advisor to President Joe Biden for international climate policy.
In May, a U.S. appeals court lifted a lower court’s order blocking a land exchange needed before developers could build the final stretch of the major clean-energy transmission line through the wildlife refuge.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin mourns the passing of its greatest high school basketball legends
Joe Wolf, a legendary figure in Wisconsin high school basketball, who led Kohler High to three Wisconsin state basketball championships, has died of an apparent heart attack. He was 59.
The news was broken on Thursday by a post on X from Wisconsin Basketball Yearbook editor Mark Miller and later confirmed by the Milwaukee Bucks. At the time of his death, Wolf was an assistant coach with the Wisconsin Herd, the Bucks’ G-League affiliate.
Wolf had an 11 year NBA career after being selected with the 13th overall pick, by the Los Angeles Clippers, in the 1987 NBA Draft. He played with nine different NBA teams including Milwaukee during the 1996-97 season. This came after a brilliant four-year college career at the University of North Carolina.
“The Milwaukee Bucks and Wisconsin Herd are deeply saddened by the unexpected passing of Herd assistant coach and Kohler native Joe Wolf,” said the statement from the Bucks. “Throughout his life, Joe touched many lives and was a highly respected, adored and dedicated coach and player across the NBA. His well-regarded talent was instrumental for the Bucks and Herd over eight years with the organization, including as a player and coach.”
Before he became an All-ACC selection at North Carolina and a NBA player and coach, Wolf was a high school legend at Kohler.
In a 2005 poll by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wolf was voted the greatest high school basketball player in Wisconsin history.
“With his size and skills, he was the best I’ve seen,” Win Parkinson, who coached at Milwaukee Tech for 33 seasons, told the Journal Sentinel in 2005. “He was in the state tournament at the same time we were and I went to see him play at Sheboygan.
“He had a heck of a following and a heck of a career. I just look at him as one of the most complete players I’ve ever seen.”
Wisconsin
Hurricane Helene landfall prep; Wisconsin volunteers headed south
WISCONSIN – Hurricane Helene made landfall on Thursday evening, Sept. 26, but the impact will be felt for weeks, if not longer.
Some areas have been under a tropical storm warning and tornado warnings because of Helene. Some Wisconsinites are already headed south to help.
Hurricanes are a bit more personal now for Michael Hoffmann.
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“You just see pictures and videos, but you don’t understand what actually happens,” Hoffman said.
The Waukesha native and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee grad is now a teacher in Ocala, Fla. The city is outside Helene’s direct path, but that’s still bracing for bands of thunderstorms.
“Right now, we just got a bunch of flashlights ready,” Hoffman said. “We have coolers ready to go for food from the fridge if we need to, if we lose power.”
Ryan Cedergren, who happens to be studying meteorology at Florida State University, said his campus is essentially shut down. The hurricane is headed right for Tallahassee Thursday night.
“We noticed earlier today, it’s like a kind of eerie calm before the storm,” he said.
Students there have either evacuated or are staying in designated shelters on-campus.
“We were in this building for Idalia, and it did pretty well,” Cedergren said. “Our only concern is Tallahassee is very hilly, so we might deal with some flooding. It doesn’t drain super well. And then, we’ll probably lose power pretty quickly.”
It helps explain why more than a dozen volunteers from the American Red Cross of Wisconsin are already headed south.
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“The volunteers that are there right now have helped to set up shelters in northern Florida,” American Red Cross of Wisconsin Regional Communications Director Jennifer Warren said. “We also have volunteers that have driven ERVs, which are emergency response vehicles, down to Florida.”
Leaving their homes behind to help Floridians make it back to theirs, too.
“They provide comfort, care,” Warren said. “They help with handing out food, water.”
The Red Cross is accepting monetary donations to help recovery efforts there.
The nonprofit also recommends blood donations as Helene put a halt to that in several southern states.
For more information, visit the Red Cross website.
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