Category Archives: Local News
Coronavirus activity declines in Wisconsin
Wisconsin's coronavirus activity edges down on Wednesday. The state Department of Health Services reports 539 positive tests--with a positivity rate of 14-percent. There were another 18-deaths--bringi...
Mar 03, 2021
Oshkosh Superintendent applies for new job
Oshkosh School Superintendent Vickie Cartwright has applied for a new job in Florida. Cartwright is one of 52 applicants for Superintendent of Polk County Public Schools in central Florida. In her app...
Mar 03, 2021 (Photo provided by the Oshkosh School District)
Budget proposal would help schools drop race-based mascots
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Gov. Tony Evers' proposed budget includes $400,000 to help local school districts that still have race-based mascots transition to another nickname. In Wisconsin, officials say m...
Mar 03, 2021
Family of 4 rescued from burning apartment
Green Bay fire crews rescued four people from a burning apartment on the west side this morning. Crews were called to the 500 block of south Fisk Street just before 5 a.m. and found two adults and two...
Mar 03, 2021 (Image: Green Bay Fire Department)
Green Bay police investigating armed robbery
Green Bay Police are investigating an armed robbery. It happened last night around 6:30 p.m. in the 2200 block of Manitowoc Road. Police say they're looking for a black man wearing a "distinct" jacket...
Mar 03, 2021
Pick-n-Save stores will provide coronavirus vaccine
Pick-n-Save stores in Wisconsin will begin giving coronavirus vaccine shots. The grocer is joining the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program--joining Walgreens as a Wisconsin distributor. Pick-n-Save's pare...
Mar 02, 2021
16% of Wisconsin residents now fully vaccinated
Sixteen percent of Wisconsin residents have received both doses of the coronavirus vaccine. The state has now administered one-point-four-seven million shots overall. The state expects the numbers to ...
Mar 02, 2021
Usual Tuesday increase in coronavirus numbers
Tuesday brings the usual increase in new coronavirus cases and deaths in Wisconsin. The Department of Health Services reports 324 positive cases--with a positivity rate of 13-percent. There were 28 de...
Mar 02, 2021
FdL home destroyed in fire
The Red Cross is helping three people after their home was destroyed in a fire. Fond du Lac fire crews were called to 188 South Park Avenue, near Fourth Street, around 10:30 p.m. They found the home e...
Mar 02, 2021
Gas prices keep rising
Rising gas prices in the Fox Valley show no signs of letting up. GasBuddy.com reports the average for a gallon of regular unleaded increased another five-and-a-half cents in the Appleton area last wee...
Mar 01, 2021
