Author Archives: Terry Kovarik
Get a shot--get a cream puff
The Wisconsin State Fair is offering attendees some temptation to get a coronavirus vaccine shot--a free cream puff. Anyone getting vaccinated at a pop-up clinic at the fair will receive a voucher for...
Aug 04, 2021
Oshkosh gas station robbed at gunpoint
Oshkosh Police are looking for two armed robbery suspects. Two men pulled a gun on the clerk at the R Store Gas Station along Bowen Street around 9:45 Tuesday night--making off with an undisclosed amo...
Aug 04, 2021
Wisconsin COVID activity reaches levels last seen in February
Coronavirus activity is rated as "high" in all but one Wisconsin county. That one--Milwaukee County--is rated as "very high". The state Department of Health Services reports 1,180 positive tests on We...
Aug 04, 2021
Oshkosh woman accused of trying to hire a hitman
An Oshkosh woman is accused of trying to hire a hitman to kill someone. Police took the 39-year old in to custody on Tuesday on suspicion of Solicitation of First Degree Intentional Homicide. The vict...
Aug 04, 2021 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Chicago woman killed in Door County crash
A Chicago woman dies in a Door County crash. The Sheriff's Office says 81-year old Florence McMillen ran a stop sign at County Highways A and EE around 2:45 Tuesday afternoon and was struck by a dump ...
Aug 04, 2021 Door County Sheriff's Office emblem (Image courtesy Door Co. Sheriff's Office)
Health officials tracking COVID cases to the Deer District
(Associated Press) Health officials say they've identified nearly 500 coronavirus cases statewide that could be linked to the large crowds that gathered in downtown Milwaukee as fans cheered on the Bu...
Aug 04, 2021
Appleton Health Department recommends indoor masking for everybody
The Appleton Health Department now recommends all people--regardless of their vaccination status--wear face masks inside public places. The suggestion follows the latest guidance from the Centers for ...
Aug 04, 2021
Local health care workers sign letter to local schools promoting mandatory masking
More than 100 healthcare professionals sign on to an open letter to area school districts asking them to reconsider their decision to make masks optional this fall. The letter was written to the Apple...
Aug 04, 2021
New COVID cases in Wisconsin back above 1,000
The number of new coronavirus cases is back to more than a thousand a day. The state Department of Health Services reports 1,357 positive tests on Tuesday--with a seven-day positivity rate rising to s...
Aug 03, 2021
Inventory issues affecting local car sales
Inventory issues are starting to affect car sales it the Fox Valley. Overall vehicle sales in the four county region were down by 11-and-a-half percent last month compared to July of last year. Auto m...
Aug 03, 2021
