Category Archives: Local News
AARP warns of coronavirus scams
An advocacy group for seniors says scammers are using the coronvirus pandemic to try and steal money from people. AARP State Director Sam Wilson says the latest scam involves the stimulus checks that ...
Mar 27, 2020
State changing some nursing requirements
The state is changing some rules for nurses during the coronavirus pandemic. Retired nurses, soon-to-graduate nursing students, and others that left for another job can now work. The executive order f...
Mar 27, 2020 Sen Robert Cowles announces he won't seek re-election in the newly redrawn 2nd District
Stores taking more COVID-19 steps
Stores are continuing to make changes during the "safer at home" order. Festival Foods locations throughout Wisconsin, and Woodman's in Howard, put in plexiglass dividers between customers and cashier...
Mar 27, 2020
Cold case suspect ruled incompetent
A judge is ruling the man charged with a cold case murder in Marinette County is not competent to stand trial. Eighty-two-year-old Raymand Vannieuwenhoven is accused of killing David Schuldes and Elle...
Mar 27, 2020
Group offers loans to Oshkosh-area businesses
At least $300,000 will be available for loans to businesses in the Oshkosh area. The Greater Oshkosh Economic Development Corporation is working with the City of Oshkosh, and reaching out to others to...
Mar 27, 2020
Large Oshkosh music festivals still on
The organizers of some large music festivals in Oshkosh this summer are still planning to hold the events. Lifest organizer John Dougherty posted a video on social media this week, saying they're foll...
Mar 27, 2020
COVID-19 cases up to 842 in Wis., Oconto Co. has 1st
The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Wisconsin is now up to 842. That's a 19 percent increase from yesterday's total of 707. The state Department of Health Services is releasing the late...
Mar 27, 2020
Statewide COVID-19 deaths now up to 14
Four more people have died from coronavirus in Wisconsin. The statewide total is now up to 14. Two of the four new deaths are from in Ozaukee County, and they lived at Village Pointe Commons in Grafto...
Mar 27, 2020
Evers suspends evictions, foreclosures in Wis.
Governor Evers is temporarily suspending evictions and foreclosures in Wisconsin. Landlords won't be able to remove tenants, unless there's an imminent threat of someone being physically hurt. Evers s...
Mar 27, 2020 (Image: Office of the Governor)
State Supreme Court won't take up Reed case
The state Supreme Court won't hear the case of an Oneida man found guilty of killing an elderly couple. Vance Reed argues he was unlawfully stopped by police before agreeing to provide a DNA sample. A...
Mar 27, 2020
