Category Archives: Local News
Mask-making program nears milestone
After initially hoping to just make masks for friends and family, a group founded by a nurse is closing in on 250,000. Liz Beneke started the regional chapter of Wisconsin Facemask Warriors, and she a...
May 06, 2020
FdL deputies starting food drive
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Department wants to make sure local food pantries are stocked. The department will collect non-perishable food and money, starting next Monday, and running through May...
May 06, 2020
Mini-golf course owner thought he could open
The Brown County Health Department says it was an unfortunate misunderstanding that a Green Bay business owner was told he could reopen. Larry Stange of Bay Beach Mini Golf says he spent thousands of ...
May 06, 2020
UWO researcher disputes raptors were pack hunters
A UW-Oshkosh researcher believes the "Jurassic Park" movies get it wrong by showing raptors as pack hunters. Paleontologist Joseph Frederickson says he worked with two other scientists to study the ch...
May 06, 2020 (Image provided by UW-Oshkosh)
Hunters don't want extended gun-deer season
Hunters are overwhelmingly rejecting a proposed extension of the gun-deer season. The Wisconsin Conservation Congress surveyed them this spring, and just 15,000 supported the idea of adding 10 more da...
May 06, 2020
Tight restrictions remain at nursing homes
Nursing homes and long-term care facilities continue to have strict rules for visitors and state health officials aren't sure when those might change. Some facilities have had outbreaks, and Departmen...
May 06, 2020
Babies, teens test positive for coronavirus
Kids from babies to teenagers are testing positive for coronavirus. Prevea Health President and CEO Dr. Ashok Rai says they aren't immune. He tells Action 2 News if children are near the virus they ca...
May 06, 2020 (Image provided by Prevea Health)
Traffic picking up in Fox Valley
Traffic numbers are starting to bounce back in the Fox Valley since the start of the pandemic. The DOT's Tom Buchholz tells Dave Edwards on AM Fox Valley that having fewer drivers on the road during r...
May 06, 2020
Nelson: Medical advice should decide extension
The head of Outagamie County thinks the Supreme Court's decision on the extension of the "safer at home" order should be based on medical advice. County Executive Tom Nelson says the rules have kept t...
May 06, 2020 (Photo provided by Outagamie County)
Questions raised over Supreme Court leader's comment
The leader of the state Supreme Court is coming under fire from some people for a comment during yesterday's arguments over the state's "safer at home" order. Chief Justice Pat Roggensack was question...
May 06, 2020
