Category Archives: Local News
Snowbirds asked to stay away from northern Wis.
Health officials are asking people not to come to northern Wisconsin. Vilas County Health Officer Laurel Dreger put out a travel advisory this week, asking owners of cottages and summer homes to stay ...
Mar 26, 2020
Volunteers making masks for health care workers
Volunteers across the state are working to make high-demand face masks for health care workers. Carol Bruess in De Pere is coordinating a local Facebook group called Masks for Green Bay. She says they...
Mar 26, 2020
2 women charged in overdose death
Federal prosecutors are charging two women for an overdose death on the Menominee Indian Reservation. They believe 37-year-old Lottie Tucker and 47-year-old Jacquelyn Grignon sold heroin to a man and ...
Mar 26, 2020
Oshkosh-based website on price-gouging list
An Oshkosh-based website is the only local business accused of price gouging. The state's consumer protection agency sent letters to 16 companies across Wisconsin. N95Sales.com sells masks around the ...
Mar 26, 2020
Waupaca Co. bar owner charged with not closing
A bar owner in Waupaca County is accused of breaking the state's order to shut down. Shaun Boutwell of Shaunie B's in Ogdensburg is charged with violating a health order. Prosecutors say the Sheriff's...
Mar 26, 2020
Man drowns trying to rescue dog
Waupaca County Sheriff's deputies say a man died while trying to save a dog that fell through the ice. They were called to a pond on private property in the Town of Weyauwega, just before 4 p.m. Wedne...
Mar 25, 2020
Local anonymous donor buys ventilators
There are six more ventilators at hospitals in the Fox Valley, thanks to an anonymous donation. ThedaCare and Ascension's St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton will receive $170,000 to buy them. Ann Enge...
Mar 25, 2020
Local company may help with mobile medical units
A Fox Cities company is building portable medical units to help health care workers deal with coronavirus. Excellerate hopes to make hundreds of them over the next eight to 10 weeks. President John Gu...
Mar 25, 2020
GOP leaders OK with governor's 'safer at home' order
The top Republicans in the Legislature say they're OK with the move by Governor Evers to issue a "safer at home" order. But Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he wishes the governor would've been more sp...
Mar 25, 2020
Teacher delivers meals to stay connected to students
Teachers around the state are working to adjust to online classes, and one in Green Bay is taking extra steps to stay in touch. Sarah Pamperin is helping deliver free meals to students at their homes....
Mar 25, 2020
