Category Archives: Local News

COVID-19 led 2 Oshkosh schools to open online
Coronavirus cases forced Oshkosh administrators to shift to virtual learning for Oshkosh North High School and Merrill Middle School, on the eve of the first day of the new year. Superintendent Vickie...
Sep 01, 2020 (Image provided by the Oshkosh Area School District)

UWO students start returning tomorrow
Students will begin coming back to the UW-Oshkosh campus tomorrow. Chancellor Andrew Leavitt says they're spreading out the move-in process for the dorms, from two days to five, to prevent the hallway...
Sep 01, 2020 (Image provided by UW-Oshkosh)

Rai sets record straight on COVID-19 death stat
The head of Prevea Health says a statistic on coronavirus deaths is spreading on social media like wildfire. Dr. Ashok Rai tells Action 2 News the six percent they're talking about is when COVID-19 is...
Sep 01, 2020 (Image provided by Prevea Health)

Shooting suspect caught after G.B. manhunt
The suspect in a weekend shooting in Green Bay is in custody, after a manhunt on the city's east side this morning. Police set up a perimeter in an area around Main Street, and locked down several sch...
Sep 01, 2020

Legislature's Black Caucus plans more reform bills
Democrats in the Legislature are promising to propose more bills on police reform in Wisconsin. The Assembly and Senate yesterday immediately recessed a special session called by Governor Evers on the...
Sep 01, 2020
Labor Day gas prices lowest in 16 yrs
Wisconsin drivers are seeing the lowest gas prices for Labor Day since 2004. Gasbuddy.com reports the statewide average is currently $2.04 a gallon. Prices are around $1.99 in the Fox Cities right now...
Sep 01, 2020

ATW reacts to airlines dropping change fee
The decision by three airlines to drop a $200 fee to change tickets is great for customers, but not for the airlines themselves. That's the feeling of Patrick Tracey, a spokesman for Appleton Internat...
Sep 01, 2020 (Image from Appleton International Airport)

State has 981 new COVID-19 cases
There are 981 more confirmed coronavirus cases in Wisconsin. That's the most in a single day since August 14th. It comes after there were 266 new cases yesterday, and that was the fewest since June 23...
Sep 01, 2020

G.B. police looking for shooting suspect
Green Bay Police are asking people to avoid the area of Oakdale Avenue and Main Street as they search for a shooting suspect. Police say the suspect is considered armed and dangerous. Saint Bernard Sc...
Carol Patrizi Sep 01, 2020

Police ask drivers to watch for buses, kids
In plenty of districts around the Fox Cities, students are returning to classrooms for the first time since March. Police are warning drivers to pay attention because buses and children will be out an...
Sep 01, 2020


