Category Archives: Local News
Expert: Voting by mail doesn't favor one party
A political expert believes voting by mail doesn't favor one party over an other. That's been a question since a record number of absentee ballots were sent out for last week's election. Marquette Uni...
Apr 15, 2020
1st responders want more state funding
First responders across Wisconsin are asking for more state funding. Grand Chute Fire Chief Tim Bantes says Medicaid reimbursements for patients must be increased during the coronavirus pandemic. He s...
Apr 15, 2020
Oshkosh council agrees to pay for free bus rides
Kids will be able to ride GO Transit buses in Oshkosh for free starting this summer. The Common Council agreed to have the city pay $30,000 in each of the next two years for its part of the program. D...
Apr 15, 2020 GO Transit (Image courtesy Greater Oshkosh Transit)
Visitors need to follow state's guidelines
Even though places around Wisconsin are urging them to stay home out-of-state drivers are still on highways. State Patrol Superintendent Anthony Burrell says there isn't a ban on travel. He stresses t...
Apr 15, 2020 (Image provided by Wisconsin State Patrol)
3rd person convicted in death of child
A Two Rivers woman is pleading no contest to charges of child abuse in the death of her roommate's son. 26-year-old Bianca Bush reached a plea deal. She's the third person to be convicted in last year...
Apr 15, 2020
Court sides with inmate in medication case
The state Supreme Court is ruling that prisoners not deemed to be dangerous can't be forced to take psychiatric drugs. An inmate at the Wisconsin Resource Center in Oshkosh filed a lawsuit arguing tha...
Apr 15, 2020
Waukesha police kill man outside hospital
Police in Waukesha say officers shot and killed a man in the parking lot of Waukesha Memorial Hospital early this morning. They say the man pointed a gun at officers outside the emergency room entranc...
Apr 15, 2020
Statewide confirmed coronavirus cases up 5% to 3,721
There are now 3,721 confirmed coronavirus cases in Wisconsin. That's a five percent increase from yesterday's total. There have been 182 confirmed COVID-19 deaths in the state, and that's 12 more than...
Apr 15, 2020
Evers may hold off on relaxing social distancing rules
Governor Evers is saying it could be weeks or a month, before he starts rolling back social distancing rules. He told a Minneapolis TV station he wants to see more testing for coronavirus, tracking th...
Apr 14, 2020 (Image: Office of the Governor)
Expert concerned about child abuse during pandemic
The number of child abuse or neglect reports in Brown County is down by 50 percent this month. Kevin Brennan of the county's health and human services department thinks it's because kids aren't around...
Apr 14, 2020
