Author Archives: Jonathan Krause
Gas prices spike before the holidays
Gas prices are on the rise heading into the holidays. Gas Buddy Dot Com reports the average for regular unleaded in the Appleton area increased by 13-cents last week to $2.05 a gallon. Gas prices in G...
Dec 21, 2020
New coronavirus cases continue to decline in Wisconsin
New coronavirus cases continue to decline in Wisconsin. The state Department of Health Services reports 1,435 positive tests on Monday. The positivity rate was 22-percent. There were eight more deaths...
Dec 21, 2020
COVID death rate rising in Wisconsin
The coronavirus death rate continues to rise in Wisconsin. There were another 60 deaths reported today--bringing the total to 4,315. The death rate among those who were infected has risen to point-nin...
Dec 18, 2020
Outagamie County recycling video goes viral
The least-likely breakout social media star of 2020 would have be the Outagamie County Recycling Department. Program Co-ordinator Marissa Michealkiewicz says their TikTok video about the proper and im...
Dec 18, 2020
Gift pays off Fond du Lac Humane Society mortgage
A single gift allows the Fond du Lac Humane Society to pay off all of its debt on its new shelter building. Vicki Sadoff is giving the Humane Society $400,000 to settle its mortgage. The new shelter b...
Dec 18, 2020
Area YMCA's receive Mackenzie Scott donations
The most-expensive divorce in history is paying off for two area Y-M-C-A's. Both the Y's of the Fox Cities and Green Bay receive grants from Mackenzie Scott--who got nearly 36-billion dollars from Ama...
Dec 18, 2020
Packers to invite health care, frontline workers to Lambeau on Saturday night
The Green Bay Packers will invite a limited number of health care and front line workers to Lambeau Field for Saturday night's game. The 250-invitees will join team employees and player families in th...
Dec 17, 2020 Survey shows majority in favor of eliminating Lambeau Field Stadium District Board
More tests, more new COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin
An increase in testing leads to more new cases of coronavirus in Wisconsin. There were more than 10-thousand tests done for the first time in four days. 3,643 of those tests came back positive--with a...
Dec 17, 2020
Rolling light show put an end by the State Patrol
A different take on a "drive thru light show" in the Fox Valley is likely coming to an end. A vehicle covered in Christmas lights that has become a social media sensation was stopped by a State Patrol...
Dec 17, 2020
Two Oshkosh School Board members not running for re-election
Two members of the Oshkosh School Board will not be running for re-election next spring. Allison Garner and Board Vice President Kelly Olmsted have filed notices of non-candidacy. Garner has been on t...
Dec 16, 2020 (Image provided by the Oshkosh Area School District)
