Dairy is a major industry in the State of Wisconsin. Pictured is a worker in 1922 at a New Glarus cheese factory placing a Wisconsin stamp on wheels of cheese.
Wisconsin has a humid continental climate across the entire state, with four seasons. Temperatures typically range from 80 °F (27 °C) in the summer months to 5 °F (−15 °C) in the winter months. The state is bounded by several rivers—the Mississippi, St. Croix, and Menominee rivers—and lakes Michigan and Superior. Wisconsin has an average elevation of 1,050 feet (320 m), and is the 23rd-largest in the country, with an area of 65,496 square miles (169,630 km2). (Full article...)
The global COVID-19 pandemic struck the U.S. state of Wisconsin in early February 2020. Although Wisconsin has to date experienced 144 deaths per 100,000 residents, significantly fewer than the US national average of 196 deaths, COVID-19 was one of the three leading causes of death in Wisconsin in 2020. On August 25, 2021, Wisconsin public health authorities reported 7 day averages of 1,417 new cases and 236 probable cases per day, an increase of greater than 15 fold since late June 2021. This brings the cumulative total of COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin to 651,338. The state's death toll is 7,558, with 30 new deaths over the previous 7 days. As of August 25, 2021, 12.41% of Wisconsin's residents have been positively diagnosed with COVID-19, the 20th highest per-capita case rate among all US states. January 16's 128 COVID-19 deaths set a new single day record for Wisconsin.
A steady upward trend of new COVID-19 cases in late June/early July accelerated in mid-July, with several new single day records reported in late July. In response to July's rising case and death tolls, Governor Tony Evers issued a face mask mandate for all citizens over age 5 while in any building that is not a private home. A lawsuit challenging the mandate was filed by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty on August 25. According to a poll of registered voters conducted by Marquette University, the majority of registered voters support the mandate. Columnist Michael Tomasky argues that insisting on the right to infect someone else with a deadly disease is not a conservative principle and is in fact the opposite of freedom for the victim. "Freedom emphatically does not include the freedom to get someone else sick." (Full article...)
Image 5Wisconsin, from an altitude of 206 nautical miles (237 statute miles; 382 km) at 7:43:39 am CDT on March 11, 2012 during Expedition 30 of the International Space Station. (from Wisconsin)
Image 6The state seal of Wisconsin contains a shovel and pickaxe, reflecting the importance of lead mining to Wisconsin's history. (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 14On May 29, 1948, the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 100th anniversary of Wisconsin statehood, featuring the state capitol building and map of Wisconsin. (from Wisconsin)
Image 20The color guard of the Wisconsin 8th Infantry with Old Abe (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 21Jean Nicolet, depicted in a 1910 painting by Frank Rohrbeck, was probably the first European to explore Wisconsin. The mural is located in the Brown County Courthouse in Green Bay. (from Wisconsin)
Image 22Wisconsin in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, with the approximate state area highlighted (from Wisconsin)
Image 42Jean Nicolet, depicted in a 1910 painting by Frank Rohrbeck, was probably the first European to explore Wisconsin. The mural is located in the Brown County Courthouse in Green Bay. (from Wisconsin)
Image 51Köppen climate types of Wisconsin (from Wisconsin)
Image 52Wisconsin, from an altitude of 206 nautical miles (237 statute miles; 382 km) at 7:43:39 am CDT on March 11, 2012 during Expedition 30 of the International Space Station. (from Wisconsin)
Image 53Map of counties in Wisconsin by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
Image 69On May 29, 1948, the U.S. Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 100th anniversary of Wisconsin statehood, featuring the state capitol building and map of Wisconsin. (from Wisconsin)
... that the John McCaffary House was the site of the 1850 murder of Bridget McCaffary, for which John McCaffary became the first and only person to be executed by the state of Wisconsin?
... that Wisconsin farmer-lawmaker Joseph Mleziva refused to run for a fifth term in 1948, saying, "I can't afford to continue and, besides, I'm tired of taking the abuse that comes with the job"?
... that firefighters had to wade through deep pools of viscous, slippery butter and cheese spawned by the great butter fire?
... that the BOW counties in Wisconsin were one of the regions of the U.S. that helped Joe Biden win the presidency in 2020?
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