Category Archives: Local News
UWO campus closed until fall
The UW-Oshkosh campus will remain closed until the start of the fall semester. Chancellor Andrew Leavitt will have all faculty and staff continue to work from home, if they can. Any summer classes wil...
May 06, 2020 (Image provided by UW-Oshkosh)
More hospitals resume non-COVID-19 services
More northeast Wisconsin hospitals are resuming non-coronavirus-related services. St. Mary's and St. Vincent hospitals in Green Bay will reopen some primary care offices and reschedule surgical proced...
May 06, 2020
Appleton students get extra free meals on Fridays
Students in Appleton schools can now get two days of meals on Fridays. The district has a variety of pickup locations and times for the free meals. Students can get a pre-packaged lunch for the curren...
May 06, 2020 (Image provided by Appleton Area School District)
Man suspected of slashing woman's throat
A Hortonville man is accused of stabbing a woman in a car. The Shawano County Sheriff's Department says the 31-year-old was riding along Highway 45 around 10:45 p.m., with a 34-year-old Wittenberg wom...
May 06, 2020
Tourism spending up in Winnebago Co. last year
Tourism spending in Winnebago County was up 2.8 percent last year. The Oshkosh Convention and Visitors Bureau is reporting a total of $261 million. Tourism supports an estimated 4,900 jobs with an ove...
May 06, 2020
Percentage of new COVID-19 positive tests down again
The percentage of coronavirus test results that came back positive over the past day went down for the third straight day. Seven-point-nine percent were positive. The figure was 8.6 percent yesterday....
May 06, 2020
Octoberfest won't happen on College Ave. this year
Appleton's biggest one-day event won't take place on College Avenue this year. The organizers of Octoberfest won't hold the traditional in-person celebration on the last weekend in September, for publ...
May 06, 2020
'Safer at home' lawsuit in hands of justices
The fate of the state's "safer at home" order is now in the hands of the state Supreme Court. Justices heard arguments yesterday, in a lawsuit filed by Majority Republicans in the Legislature. They do...
May 06, 2020
UWO economist believes slow recovery likely
A UW-Oshkosh economist expects a very slow recovery for Wisconsin's economy. Professor David Fuller doubts that everyone will run out to stores and bars, when they're allowed to re-open. He believes t...
May 06, 2020 (Image provided by UW-Oshkosh)
County toured JBS before reopening
Workers are returning to the JBS plant in Green Bay, and Brown County Public Health officials are very pleased with the preventative steps the company is taking. The reopening will happen in phases, a...
May 05, 2020
