Category Archives: Local News
Statewide COVID-19 cases up 7% to 2,267
The state is reporting 2,267 confirmed coronavirus cases in Wisconsin. That's up seven percent from yesterday's total of 2,112. It's the smallest percentage increase in at least 10 days. Fond du Lac C...
Apr 05, 2020
Green Bay police officer tests positive for COVID-19
Green Bay police say an officer tested positive for COVID-19. Chief Andrew Smith says the department is devastated to hear one of its members has the virus. Officials say the affected officer hasn't b...
Apr 05, 2020
Statewide confirmed COVID-19 cases up 10% to 2,112
The state is reporting 2,112 confirmed coronavirus cases in Wisconsin. That's a 10 percent increase from yesterday's total of 1,916. Fond du Lac County has three new confirmed cases, and 36 overall. B...
Apr 04, 2020
1st COVID-19 death reported in Outagamie Co.
The Outagamie County Health Department is reporting the county's first coronavirus death. Officials aren't releasing any information about the person. The state Department of Health Services reported ...
Apr 03, 2020
Evers urges lawmakers to set all-mail election
Governor Evers wants lawmakers to call off in-person voting on Tuesday, and have an all-mail election instead. He's calling a special session of the Legislature for tomorrow, to take up the late chang...
Apr 03, 2020 (Image: Office of the Governor)
Election results won't be released until April 13
A federal judge is ordering election officials not to report any results from Tuesday's election, until the extended absentee voting is done. The new deadline for clerks to receive the absentee ballot...
Apr 03, 2020
Winnebago Co. puts $750K toward business loans
Winnebago County is offering $750,000 in loans to small businesses. Jason White of the Greater Oshkosh Economic Development Corporation says money is on top of the $300,000 that's available through th...
Apr 03, 2020
Appleton finds enough poll workers
Appleton has enough poll workers to keep all of the city's normal polling locations open for Tuesday's election. Clerk Kami Lynch says city workers are helping, and they've had people volunteer. She s...
Apr 03, 2020 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Body found during search for 5-yr-old boy
Brown County investigators say a body was found inside a woman's car, at the same time they were searching for a five-year-old boy with disabilities. Twenty-six-year-old Sagal Hussein of Howard is in ...
Apr 03, 2020
G.B. police look for potential murder suspect
Green Bay police want to talk with a possible suspect in a murder investigation. They say 28-year-old Waylon Wayman knew the victim. The 28-year-old victim was killed on the city's near west side on W...
Apr 03, 2020
