Category Archives: Local News
DHS: State reaches benchmark for 14-day decline
The Department of Health Services says right now, the state has reached a major benchmark for scaling back social distancing rules. Dr. Ryan Westergaard says they've seen a downward trend in the perce...
May 11, 2020
Officer cleared in Oshkosh West High shooting
Winnebago County's top prosecutor is clearing an Oshkosh school police officer of any wrongdoing in a shooting at West High School. The state justice department investigated the shooting of student Gr...
May 11, 2020 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Standalone retail shops can reopen with rules
Governor Evers will let standalone retail shops and ones in strip malls reopen. They'll be able to have up to five people in their store at a time, and they'll have to follow social distancing guideli...
May 11, 2020 (Image: Office of the Governor)
COVID-19 relief fund hits $1 million
A local COVID-19 relief fund hits $1 million in donations. The Community Response Fund created by the United Way Fox Cities and the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region has brought in the mo...
May 11, 2020
Testing site opens today at FVTC
Today is the first day for coronavirus testing at the first large drive-up site in the Fox Valley. It's set up at Fox Valley Technical College in Grand Chute. Mary Dorn of Outagamie County Public Heal...
May 11, 2020
Testing sites opening around northern Wis.
More rural areas in the state now have community testing sites. Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm says some of the counties with small case totals also have very low testing rates. S...
May 11, 2020
State to release long-term care facilities with COVID-19
People will soon be able to know what nursing homes and long-term care facilities in Wisconsin have had cases of COVID-19. The federal government wants every state to release the information. A spokes...
May 11, 2020
Virtual doctor visits may become more common
The pandemic is leading to a big jump in virtual doctor visits. Dr. John Newman of Aurora Medical Center in Oshkosh says they had a goal of doing 25,000 of them this year, before coronavirus forced th...
May 11, 2020
Pandemic leads to twists on Mother's Day traditions
It was different Mother's Day because of the "safer at home" rules, but many families still found ways to celebrate. Bob Aykens of Memorial Florists and Greenhouses in Appleton says the holiday is usu...
May 11, 2020
Bars, restaurants selling craft beer online
There are different plans to highlight craft beer in downtown Appleton this week. Appleton Downtown Incorporated has organized walks to bars and restaurants, during past National Craft Beer Weeks. The...
May 11, 2020 (Image provided by Appleton Downtown Incorporated)
