Category Archives: Local News
Percentage of positive COVID-19 tests at 10.1%
For the second straight day, the percentage of positive COVID-19 tests was in double digits. The state is reporting 10.1 percent came back positive, down from 10.3 percent yesterday. There are 703 new...
Jul 20, 2020
G.B. mayor wants mask requirement
Green Bay could have a mask requirement. Mayor Eric Genrich is announcing an emergency order, covering all buildings that are open to the public. It's modeled after the ones in place in Milwaukee and ...
Jul 20, 2020
Oshkosh schools survey parents on reopening
Parents in the Oshkosh school district are getting surveys this week on their comfort level in sending their kids back to school this fall. Superintendent Vickie Cartwright plans to present the result...
Jul 20, 2020 (Image provided by the Oshkosh Area School District)
Menasha alderman eligible for taxpayer-funded loan
A member of Menasha's city council is sparking controversy by applying for a forgiveable loan through a taxpayer-funded program. Ald. James Taylor and his wife are asking for $15,000 through the Stron...
Jul 20, 2020 (Image provided by City of Menasha)
No-wake order in place for Wolf River
A slow, no wake order is back in effect for the Wolf River in Outagamie County. The Sheriff's Department says heavy rain fell upstream over the weekend, and that's expected to push water levels close ...
Jul 20, 2020 (Image: Outagamie County Sheriff's Office)
Gas prices drop
Gas prices are back below $2 a gallon in the Fox Cities. Gasbuddy.com reports the average in the Appleton area dropped four cents last week, to $1.96. Prices in Green Bay fell two cents to $2.05. Driv...
Jul 20, 2020
Winnebago Co. census return rate at nearly 77%
Nearly a quarter of Winnebago County households haven't filled out the 2020 census yet. Officials estimate 77 percent have responded, and that's the eighth highest total in the state. The City of Oshk...
Jul 20, 2020
Child hurt in fall from hotel balcony
A two-year-old has non-life threatening injuries, after falling from a second-story balcony at a Fond du Lac hotel. Police say the boy went over a railing around 7:30 p.m. yesterday, at the Comfort In...
Jul 20, 2020
Child killed in racetrack accident
A five-year-old died in an accident at the Gravity Park Speedway near Chilton. The Calumet County Sheriff's Department says the child fell off a youth motorcycle on the track, and was hit by an ATV dr...
Jul 20, 2020
2 killed, 2 hurt in I-41 crash in FdL Co.
Investigators believe alcohol is a factor in a Fond du Lac County crash that left two people dead and three hurt. The Sheriff's Department says a car ran off I-41 North, and rolled several times near ...
Jul 20, 2020
