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Nursing homes and long term care facilities are feeling the pressure after an increase of COVID-19 cases in the Fox Valley. Even one person diagnosed with coronavirus means the facility can’t ta...

The Fox Cities Book Festival is going to be a virtual event this year, and it starts over the weekend. Vice President Aubrey Laux says they’ll have sessions with more than 50 authors, and a numb...

The biggest coronavirus hotspot in the country is still the Oshkosh-Neenah area. For the second straight week, the latest New York Times list ranks the metro area No. 1. It’s based on the number...

For the sixth straight year, the proposed budget for Outagamie County would lower the property tax rate. County Executive Tom Nelson says they’re able to continue providing the same services, an...

Many communities are looking for poll workers with Election Day approaching. Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe says they’re asking local clerks what they need, and they&#...

There are plans to have a sexual assault survivors monument in the future Ellen Kort Peace Park in Appleton. Chelsea Bongert hopes to raise $200,000 to build a gazebo along the Fox River. She says the...

The pandemic is forcing firefighters to change the way they reach out to kids during Fire Prevention Week. Lt. Shauna Walesh of the Green Bay Metro department is meeting with students virtually. She&#...

Support for the statewide mask mandate grew in the latest Marquette Law School poll. Seventy-two percent believe masks should be required in public places, and that’s up from 69 percent in Augus...

A poll from AARP on the race for president shows Democrat Joe Biden is leading President Trump, 49 to 46 percent in Wisconsin. Only people 50 or older were included in the poll. The group’s Lisa...

The proposed Appleton city budget for 2021 is the first one from Mayor Jake Woodford. He started putting it together, shortly after he won the election in April. He was involved with budgeting when he...