Category Archives: Local News
Staff at UW-GB to be furloughed in May
About 225 staff members at UW-Green Bay will be furloughed for the month of May. All administrators making more than $100,000 a year will also take a voluntary furlough. The decision is expected to sa...
Apr 24, 2020
Statewide confirmed COVID-19 cases up 6% to 5,356
There are now 5,356 confirmed coronavirus cases in Wisconsin. That's a six percent increase from yesterday's total of 5,052. The number of confirmed deaths in Wisconsin is now 262, and that's five mor...
Apr 24, 2020
Kaukauna nursing home worker gets COVID-19
A worker at St. Paul Elder Services in Kaukauna tested positive for COVID-19. In a Facebook post, nursing home officials say the person has been inside the facility twice in the past 14 days, but didn...
Apr 24, 2020
Chamber leader hopes protest helps
A local business leader thinks today's protest will help with the push to lift the "safer at home" order. Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce President John Casper says companies that are open right now are t...
Apr 24, 2020
Libraries can offer pickup starting today
Some public libraries will start offering contact-less, curbside pickup of materials today. The governor is offering that limited service. People have to make appointments. Not every library will have...
Apr 24, 2020
State hopes to eventually use antibody tests
Many people are hearing about antibody testing, in the wake of a coronavirus study in the state of New York. Dr. Ryan Westergaard of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services says more of the reliab...
Apr 23, 2020
Evers urges protesters to keep safe distance apart
Governor Evers hopes protesters keep their distance from each other outside of the state Capitol tomorrow. Organizers are opposed to the extension of the state's "safer at home" order. The state would...
Apr 23, 2020 (Image: Office of the Governor)
United Way to launch website to get, give help
There will soon be a place for people to go online, if they need to get help, or want to give help. The United Way Fox Cities is putting together a website. President Peter Kelly says community groups...
Apr 23, 2020
4-K students, parents get books from grant
4-K teachers in the Appleton school district are using a grant to help parents teach their children. The $10,000 went toward books that parents can use at home. 4-K director Suzette Preston says teach...
Apr 23, 2020 (Image provided by Appleton Area School District)
Driver stops for house fire, wakes up man inside
A driver might have saved a man's life by stopping and knocking on the door of a burning house in downtown Fond du Lac. Fire Chief Peter O'Leary is calling the driver a hero, because a man was sleepin...
Apr 23, 2020
