WISCONSIN (WTAQ-WRN) — Former Wisconsin Governor, Tony Earl, has died.
Governor Tony Evers’ office made the announcement on Thursday.
Earl was the state’s 41st governor from 1983 to 1987, and recently suffered a stroke and was receiving palliative care.
Earl, a Michigan native and U.S. Navy veteran, had served in the state Assembly in the 1970s, and was also Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources from 1975 to 1980.
Tony Earl was 86 years old.
Evers has issued an executive order for flags around Wisconsin to be flown at half staff as a mark of respect through sunset on Friday, March 3.
