Category Archives: Local News
CVS opening free COVID-19 testing sites in G.B. area
Three CVS pharmacies in the Green Bay area are opening free drive-thru coronavirus testing sites today. Two are in Green Bay. One is on Webster Avenue, north of Highway 172. Another is on Mason Street...
Sep 18, 2020
Fox Valley area has worst COVID-19 rates in state
The surge in COVID-19 cases statewide is setting records on a regular basis, and the situation is the worst locally. Appleton's public health officer Kurt Eggebrecht says the Fox Valley region is the ...
Sep 18, 2020
Donated ice rink coming to downtown Neenah
There are plans to build an ice skating rink in downtown Neenah. The Bergstrom family and others are donating $4 million to $5 million to pay for it. Future Neenah Executive Director Nikki Hessel says...
Sep 17, 2020 (Image: City of Neenah)
LU's Burstein leaving to be closer to family
The top official at Lawrence University is calling his time at the school, "the central privilege of my professional life." President Mark Burstein announced last Friday that he'll be leaving, after h...
Sep 17, 2020
Pompeo to speak at state Capitol next week
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is coming to Wisconsin next Wednesday for a foreign policy speech at the state Capitol. Republican State Sen. Roger Roth of Appleton is hosting the special event.
Sep 17, 2020
Bay Port teacher dies after getting COVID-19
A teacher at Bay Port High School died today, after catching coronavirus. Howard-Suamico Superintendent Damian LaCroix says Heidi Hussli was hospitalized briefly. Counselors will be available at the s...
Sep 17, 2020
Johnson quarantined for contact with COVID-19 case
Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson of Oshkosh is quarantining because he was exposed to someone with COVID-19 on Monday. His staff says he hasn't experienced any symptoms, and he tested negative yesterd...
Sep 17, 2020
State has record 2,034 new COVID-19 cases
The state has a new daily record for confirmed coronavirus cases. There are 2,034 of them, shattering the previous high of 1,582 set last Sunday. The state is reporting 17.8 percent of tests came back...
Sep 17, 2020
Mayville victims, shooter expected to survive
Investigators say all three victims of a shooting in Mayville are expected to survive, along with the suspect. The state justice department says a 53-year-old woman, 64-year-old woman, and a 67-year-o...
Sep 17, 2020
State unemployment rate down to 6.2%
The state's unemployment rate went down to 6.2 percent last month. It was 7.1 percent in July, and 3.4 percent a year ago. Companies added 16,700 jobs in August. The state is still down nearly 200,000...
Sep 17, 2020
