Category Archives: Local News
Losses adding up for Oshkosh arena owners
The losses continue to mount for the bankrupt Menominee Nation Arena in Oshkosh. Fox Valley Pro Basketball is reporting a net loss of $166,000 for the month of March. Events at the arena were all canc...
May 27, 2020
Elections panel agrees to mail absentee applications
The state Elections Commission is planning to mail applications for absentee ballots to 2.7 million potential voters this fall. Members decided to move forward yesterday, after they were split along p...
May 27, 2020
Appleton adds 1 coronavirus case
Appleton has one new COVID-19 case. The health department says the person had contact with a known case. That brings the city's total to 96. Fifty-eight people are in isolation, and 35 have recovered.
May 27, 2020 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Fuhrman trial staying in Winnebago Co.
A Winnebago County judge is denying a request to move the trial for an Oshkosh West High School student charged with attacking a school police officer. Seventeen-year-old Grant Fuhrman asked for a cha...
May 27, 2020
State giving $200 mil to local govts for pandemic
Local governments will share $200 million in federal funding to help pay for their response to coronavirus. Governor Evers announced the money will be divided among counties, cities, towns, and villag...
May 27, 2020
Some COVID-19 symptoms same as allergies
A health expert is stressing while some allergy symptoms are unique to allergies, others overlap with COVID-19. Prevea Health President Dr. Ashok Rai tells Action 2 News even if people have what they ...
May 27, 2020 (Image provided by Prevea Health)
DHS warns about having contact with too many
While state health experts know people will have more contact with others, they don't want them to visit everybody they've missed right away. Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk of the Department ...
May 27, 2020
Survey: 53% living paycheck-to-paycheck before COVID-19
The financial impact of the coronavirus epidemic is expected to leave more people living paycheck-to-paycheck. State Department of Financial Institutions Secretary Kathy Blumenfeld says their annual s...
May 27, 2020
Memorial Day weekend travel down 21-30%
Memorial Day weekend travel numbers from around Wisconsin are in, and they're what experts predicted. DOT spokesman Mark Kantola says they looked at 62 spots along highways across the state, and the n...
May 27, 2020
Sewage robots helping track COVID-19
Small robots are combing the sewers in Milwaukee looking for signs of coronavirus. The UW-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences is using "eco-bots" already in the sanitary sewer system to track opio...
May 27, 2020
