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Wisconsin exceeds one million doses of coronavirus vaccine
Wisconsin races across the one-million coronavirus vaccine threshold. The state Department of Health Services reports one-million-23-thousand people have now received at least their first shot. Almost...
Jonathan Krause Feb 17, 2021

COVID activity continues to slow
Wisconsin’s reduced coronavirus activity continues. The state Department of Health Services reported 657 positive tests on Wednesday–with a positivity rate of 13-percent. There were anothe...
Jonathan Krause Feb 17, 2021

Surge testing in Omro Thursday
ThedaCare is offering surge testing in Omro this week. Drive-thru testing will be available in the Omro High School parking lot Thursday from ten a-m to four p-m. The city is seeing a spike in COVID-1...
Jonathan Krause Feb 17, 2021

A quarter-million Wisconsinites are fully vaccinated
Wisconsin is getting closer to one million coronavirus vaccines administered to residents. The state Department of Health Services reports nearly 997-thousand shots have been given–with a quarte...
Jonathan Krause Feb 16, 2021

COVID numbers remain relatively low
New cases of coronavirus remain below one-thousand in Wisconsin. The Department of Health Services reports 624 positive tests on Tuesday. The positivity rate was 19-percent. There were 38-deaths–...
Jonathan Krause Feb 16, 2021

Omro High School source of COVID spike
While most of Wisconsin is seeing a decline in new coronavirus cases, Omro is seeing a sharp spike this month. The Winnebago County Health Department reports 12-confirmed cases among students at Omro ...
Jonathan Krause Feb 16, 2021

Fire forces evacuation of Grand Chute Walmart
Fire causes minor damage to the Walmart in Grand Chute. Crews were called to the store on North Mutual Way around 3:50 this morning on the report of a fire in the nail salon. Sprinklers had already ex...
Jonathan Krause Feb 16, 2021

Wisconsin lawmakers want to rename Green Bay bridge for Bart Starr
A group of state lawmakers want to rename the Walnut Street Bridge in downtown Green Bay in favor of Packers legend Bart Starr. Representatives David Steffen, John Macco, and Kristina Shelton–al...
Jonathan Krause Feb 16, 2021

Bucks allowing fans for games
Fans will be allowed inside Fiserv Forum for tonight’s Milwaukee Bucks game. The team has received permission from the Milwaukee Health Department to operate at ten percent capacity. Just 250 in...
Jonathan Krause Feb 16, 2021

Two dead in Janesville plane crash
Two people are dead following the crash of a small plane near Janesville. The control tower at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport lost contact with the plane around 9:20 this morning. The wreckag...
Jonathan Krause Feb 16, 2021




