Category Archives: Local News
Downtown Dining Days starts in Appleton today
About a dozen downtown Appleton restaurants are hosting Downtown Dining Days this week to encourage people to order takeout food. Lynn Shemm of Appleton Downtown Incorporated says it's a way to help s...
Apr 29, 2020 (Image provided by Appleton Downtown Incorporated)
About 500 cases linked to local meat plants
Three meat packing plants in Brown County are now connected to around 500 confirmed COVID-19 cases. The county's public health department reports the number of positive tests at the JBS beef plant rem...
Apr 29, 2020
Kaul responds to 'safer at home' lawsuit
State Attorney General Josh Kaul believes the governor's administration has broad authority to deal with public health emergencies. The Democrat is responding to a lawsuit by Majority Republicans in t...
Apr 28, 2020
State wants head start on COVID-19 contact tracing
The state is planning to take a new approach to contact tracing to slow the spread of coronavirus. Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk of the Department of Health Services says it might take a few...
Apr 28, 2020
National Guard looks at testing site options
Members of the Wisconsin National Guard are expecting to help at drive-up coronavirus testing sites in Brown County. Adj. Gen. Paul Knapp says they could partner with a health care provider that's rea...
Apr 28, 2020
Latest COVID-19 grants help more groups
More groups are getting help through a special COVID-19 Community Response Fund. The United Way Fox Cities and Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region are handing out almost $49,000 this week. ...
Apr 28, 2020
Greenville company makes fabric for N-95 masks
A company in Greenville is helping make the N-95 masks that are in demand for health care workers. 5K Fibres owner Douglas Burton Brown says they're producing the non-woven fabric. With two machines r...
Apr 28, 2020
Lamers wants federal help for bus drivers
A bus company that's based in Ashwaubenon is concerned about having enough drivers, once they can come back to work. Lamers Bus Lines furloughed 99 percent of its workers. Controller Sherry Eisch says...
Apr 28, 2020
Spanish teacher runs past students' homes
An Appleton North High School teacher is using her two legs to help stay in touch with students. Paula Meyer teaches Spanish, and she's a distance runner. She offered to set up routes, based on where ...
Apr 28, 2020 (Image provided by Appleton Area School District)
Appleton reports 19th confirmed COVID-19 case
Appleton's Public Health Department is reporting a 19th confirmed COVID-19 case. Officials say the person caught the virus from another confirmed case. Nine people are currently in isolation, nine rec...
Apr 28, 2020 (Image from the City of Appleton)
