Category Archives: Local News
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
Sentence change doesn't impact killer's life prison term
Part of the sentence for convicted murderer Kenneth Hudson is being reduced, but he still won't get out of prison. He was convicted of stabbing Shanna Van Dyn Hoven to death while she was jogging in K...
Mar 27, 2020
State doctor hopes 1-month timeline will limit COVID-19
A state doctor believes if the "safer at home" order stays in place for a month, that could "wash out" the number of coronavirus cases. Dr. Ryan Westergaard of the Department of Health Services says i...
Mar 27, 2020
EAA: AirVenture still on for now
The head of the EAA says they're still planning on having AirVenture in Oshkosh in late July. Chair Jack Pelton says they can wait until at least May to make decisions, because that's when on-site pre...
Mar 26, 2020
Health care providers team with child care centers
Health care systems in northeast Wisconsin are trying to make sure their workers don't have to worry about child care, while they're on the job. ThedaCare, Ascension, and Aurora are partnering with th...
Mar 26, 2020
Unemployment rush leads to busy help line
Many people are trying to sort through the process of applying for unemployment, and a state help line is very busy. Fox Valley Workforce Development Board CEO Anthony Snyder recommends people have al...
Mar 26, 2020
Tourism industry hoping for rebound
Businesses in the tourism industry are hoping things will bounce back yet this year. Brenda Krainik of the Greater Green Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau says they'd normally be gearing up for the s...
Mar 26, 2020
