Category Archives: Local News

Wildfire danger high around state
There are concerns about the possibility for wildfires around the state. The DNR already banned outdoor burning last month. Many communities are doing the same thing. Rich Lietz of the DNR's forestry ...
Apr 23, 2020 (Image from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)

Appleton reports new COVID-19 case
Appleton is reporting one new confirmed coronavirus case, for a total of 15. The city's health department says the person lives in Calumet County, and got COVID-19 through community spread. Eight of t...
Apr 23, 2020 (Image from the City of Appleton)

Oshkosh schools changing meal pickup schedule
Starting Monday, Oshkosh schools will be handing out free meals three days a week. The pickup schedule is shifting to Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. People will receive the meals they need to make ...
Apr 23, 2020 (Image provided by the Oshkosh Area School District)

LU loaning dorm to city for COVID-19 fight
Lawrence University is letting the City of Appleton use one of the dorms on campus during the coronavirus pandemic. The school says city staff can stay at Trever Hall, if necessary. The dorm will not ...
Apr 23, 2020

Name released of woman killed in fire
The woman killed in a house fire in Marinette County earlier this week was 85-year-old June Snyder. Snyder was found dead inside a house in the Town of Wagner, after firefighters put out the fire on M...
Apr 23, 2020

Meat plant in G.B. has more coronavirus cases
Brown County Public Health is reporting 189 confirmed coronavirus cases are connected to workers at the JBS beef plant on Green Bay's east side. That's 42 more than yesterday. Another 55 cases are lin...
Carol Patrizi Apr 23, 2020

Easter gatherings could be spiking virus in Brown Co.
Brown County public health officials believe Easter gatherings are part of the reason cases are spiking there. Claire Paprocki says there are "strong indications" of that connection. Health officials ...
Carol Patrizi Apr 23, 2020

Study finds $3 million business loss in Winnebago Co.
Over the first two weeks of the "safer at home" order Winnebago County businesses lost more than $3 million dollars. A study by the UW-Oshkosh Center for Research and Services looked at the impact on ...
Carol Patrizi Apr 23, 2020

Hoarding thing of the past at grocery stores
Grocery shoppers apparently aren't hoarding anymore. The operations manager for the Stoneridge Piggly Wiggly Stores in the Fox Valley thinks customers were frustrated at the beginning of the pandemic....
Carol Patrizi Apr 23, 2020
Appleton area will wait longer for stimulus checks
A website believes people in the Appleton area will have to wait longer than most in the country to get their federal stimulus payment. Magnifymoney.com ranks the community ninth in the U.S. for the l...
Carol Patrizi Apr 23, 2020


