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Postal Service slowdown hits Wisconsin
You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Craig Brown started to notice it about three weeks ago when a customer who should have gotten a package within three days called to say it still hadn’t arrived after nearly two weeks. Brown, the owner of Steve’s Curling Supplies — named for his father — has since seen the same thing happen with other packages he’s shipped through the U.S. Postal Service.One package, he said, is still “in limbo.”“It normally takes two days, and it’s been a month,” he said.Thankful that it’s not the busy season, when he normally ships...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.Craig Brown started to notice it about three weeks ago when a customer who should have gotten a package within three days called to say it still hadn’t arrived after nearly two weeks. Brown, the owner of Steve’s Curling Supplies — named for his father — has since seen the same thing happen with other packages he’s shipped through the U.S. Postal Service.One package, he said, is still “in limbo.”“It normally takes two days, and it’s been a month,” he said.Thankful that it’s not the busy season, when he normally ships...WW…
Health official: Unregulated Wisconsin Dells attractions could be a 'recipe for disaster'
You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise, Tim Lawther is worried that the disease could be spreading undetected among the thousands of tourists and employees at the waterpark mecca of Wisconsin Dells, creating the potential for a major outbreak.“That is a recipe for disaster, frankly, and I’m nervous about it,” said Lawther, health officer for Sauk County, whose jurisdiction includes many of the Dells-area waterparks.It’s anybody’s guess how prevalent coronavirus infections may be in the Dells, an area of...…You are the owner of this article.You have permission to edit this article.As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise, Tim Lawther is worried that the disease could be spreading undetected among the thousands of tourists and employees at the waterpark mecca of Wisconsin Dells, creating the potential for a major outbreak.“That is a recipe for disaster, frankly, and I’m nervous about it,” said Lawther, health officer for Sauk County, whose jurisdiction includes many of the Dells-area waterparks.It’s anybody’s guess how prevalent coronavirus infections may be in the Dells, an area of...WW…
Painful pay cuts, furloughs to hit Madison hospitals
You have permission to edit this article.Citing massive revenue losses, UW Health and UnityPoint Meriter on Tuesday announced pay cuts and other measures that will put some nurses and support staff out of work to stanch the financial bleeding from the COVID-19 outbreak.“These are not easy changes and we had hoped to avoid them,” said UW Health CEO Alan Kaplan in a Tuesday morning email to faculty and staff. “While we were able to limit drastic reductions in the first few months of our response, the dramatic and continued deterioration of the health industry economics left us few...…You have permission to edit this article.Citing massive revenue losses, UW Health and UnityPoint Meriter on Tuesday announced pay cuts and other measures that will put some nurses and support staff out of work to stanch the financial bleeding from the COVID-19 outbreak.“These are not easy changes and we had hoped to avoid them,” said UW Health CEO Alan Kaplan in a Tuesday morning email to faculty and staff. “While we were able to limit drastic reductions in the first few months of our response, the dramatic and continued deterioration of the health industry economics left us few...WW…
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