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New COVID cases back over 2,000
The number of new coronavirus cases in Wisconsin edges back above two-thousand. The state Department of Health Services reports 2,177 positive tests on Thursday–with a positivity rate of 25-perc...
Jan 21, 2021
Pedestrian hit and killed by semi in Green Lake County
A pedestrian is dead after being hit by a semi in Green Lake County. The sheriff’s office says the victim got out of a vehicle along the side of County Highway “K” in the town of Bro...
Jan 21, 2021
Former Packers GM Ted Thompson dies
Former Green Bay Packers General Manager Ted Thompson has died. Thompson passed away Wednesday night at the age of 68. He was the Packers’ G-M from 2005 to 2017. He announced in 2019 that he was...
Jan 21, 2021
New Holstein Council votes to keep police department
The city of New Holstein will keep its police department. Mayor Jeff Hebl had recommended merging the department with the Calumet County Sheriff’s Department to save one-million dollars over the...
Jan 21, 2021
Trial date set in case of murdered Shawano County brothers
A Missouri man accused of killing two Shawano County brothers won’t stand trial until next year. Garland “Joey” Nelson will be tried February 7th of 2022 for the murders of Nick and ...
Jan 21, 2021
Oshkosh School District considering a return to full-time, in person classes
The Oshkosh School Board looks at plans to bring students back to class full time as early as February 8th. One of the key components would be an ability to provide contact tracing when a student or s...
Jan 21, 2021
New COVID cases remain around 1500
New cases of coronavirus in Wisconsin remain around 15-hundred for a fourth straight day. There were 1,522 positive tests on Wednesday. The positivity rate was 23-percent. The D-H-S reports another 50...
Jan 20, 2021
Menasha apartment fire
Crews are on the scene of an apartment fire in Menasha. Smoke and flames were coming from the complex along 3rd Street around 2:00 this afternoon. Residents of the apartments have been evacuated. Ther...
Jan 20, 2021
Senate bill would require regular votes to keep schools closed
School boards would be required to vote every two weeks if they want to keep kids in all virtual learning under a bill introduced in the state Senate this week. Senator Eric Wimberger of Green Bay say...
Jan 20, 2021
Oshkosh schools facing sharp increase in failure rates
More than one-third of Oshkosh middle and high school students could end up with a failing grade for the first semester. Progress reports from teachers show 40-percent of high schoolers and 36-percent...
Jan 20, 2021
