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GOP holding events around Wis. during DNC
While national Democrats are having a virtual convention this week, Republicans are holding in-person campaign events across Wisconsin. Former Congressman Sean Duffy tells Josh Dukelow on Fresh Take h...
Aug 17, 2020
DNC officially opens
The Democratic National Convention is officially underway in Milwaukee. It’s mostly a virtual event. Democrats argued during the online welcome event that Trump’s handling of the pandemic ...
Aug 17, 2020
Appleton may shift properties to different TIF district
Appleton could move some downtown properties into a different TIF district. About 60 sites north of College Avenue are currently in District 3. That was declared a “distressed” TIF in 2011...
Aug 17, 2020
Outagamie Co. extending limited services through 2020
There will only be limited in-person services in Outagamie County buildings through at least the rest of the year. County Executive Tom Nelson says he’ll consider how to continue to move forward...
Aug 17, 2020
Packers offering Lambeau Field tours again
The Packers will start holding tours of Lambeau Field again. The shorter, 15-minute guided tours will start in the Atrium and head to the field. Each tour can only have up to 10 people, and they’...
Aug 17, 2020
State has 455 new coronavirus cases
There are 455 new confirmed coronavirus cases in Wisconsin, while the percent of positive tests went down. The state is reporting 7.6 percent were positive, compared to 11.2 percent yesterday. The sev...
Aug 17, 2020
Groups want to help families with virtual learning
Two organizations are partnering to help some families, now that the Appleton school district will have virtual learning at the start of the school year. The Boys and the Girls Clubs of the Fox Valley...
Aug 17, 2020
City ‘not panicking’ about Exhibition Center room tax
Room tax collections are way down because of the pandemic, but the fund for the Fox Cities Exhibition Center is still in good shape. There was about $2.5 million set aside for loan payments this sprin...
Aug 17, 2020
Trump will be 6th sitting president to stop in Oshkosh
When President Trump holds a campaign event in Oshkosh this afternoon, he’ll be the sixth sitting president to visit the city. The president will land at Wittman Regional Airport and speak at Ba...
Aug 17, 2020
Percentage of positive tests jumps to 11.2%
The state is reporting 11.2 percent of new COVID-19 tests came back positive, and there are 685 more confirmed cases in Wisconsin. That’s the highest percentage since 12.5 percent were positive ...
Aug 16, 2020
