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Ripon College is making sure Vice President Mike Pence understands people will have to wear masks, and follow social distancing at tomorrow’s event. The private school’s president sent an ...

A bicyclist died after a crash, southwest of Waupaca. The Waupaca County Sheriff’s Department reports the person was hit by a car on Stratton Lake Road in the Town of Dayton, around 1:30 p.m. Th...

Appleton’s public health department is reporting nine more confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city. Four people caught it through community spread, one got it from a known case, and four are under ...

Seven workers at the state’s prison in Portage were fired, and another was suspended, in connection with an escape in April. The state Department of Corrections isn’t releasing any other i...

One of the state’s experts on the coronavirus pandemic says the current situation is bad, and potentially getting worse. Dr. Ryan Westergaard of the Department of Health Services says the contin...

The president of Prevea Health says people shouldn’t track coronavirus numbers on a daily basis. Dr. Ashok Rai tells Action 2 News it’s better to follow a 14-day block. He thinks comparing...

The state’s unemployment rate went down to 8.5 percent last month. It was 12.1 percent in May, and 3.4 percent in June of last year. Companies added more than 99,000 jobs, and there are almost 1...

A federal bankruptcy judge will let the owners of the Menominee Nation Arena in Oshkosh keep money they received from the federal Small Business Administration. Fox Valley Pro Basketball President Gre...

The decision by the Green Bay Packers to keep fans from practices, preseason games. and the Family Night scrimmage will cost the local economy about $40 million. Greater Green Bay Convention and Visit...

Appleton leaders are taking the formal step of approving a grant to help convert a trestle bridge into a trail. The David and Rita Nelson Family Fund is donating $500,000 toward the project. The city ...