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UW System orders masks on campuses this fall
Everyone will need to wear masks inside buildings on UW System campuses this fall. Interim President Tommy Thompson pushed for the rule, and the Board of Regents unanimously approved it. The former Re...
Mike Kemmeter Jul 09, 2020

Appleton requiring masks in city buildings
People will have to wear masks in all city-owned or city-run buildings in Appleton. The policy starts next Tuesday. Anyone without a mask will be given one, and if people refuse to wear one, they̵...
Mike Kemmeter Jul 09, 2020

Appleton has six more COVID-19 cases
Appleton public health department is reporting six new coronavirus cases in the city. Five got it through community spread, and one caught it from another known case. That brings the city’s tota...
Mike Kemmeter Jul 09, 2020

Police confirm suicide in Amber Alert case
Baraboo police say a 10-year-old missing girl took her own life. There was a statewide Amber Alert on Monday for Kodie Dutcher. Her body was found in a farm field the next month. Police say an autopsy...
Mike Kemmeter Jul 09, 2020

Deputies: Greenville death was suicide
Outagamie County Sheriff’s deputies say the investigation into a death in Greenville determined a man took his own life. They went to a home by Highway 15 and North Road yesterday. They say the ...
Mike Kemmeter Jul 09, 2020

State sets record for new COVID-19 cases, 5.7% positive
The state set a single-day record for new confirmed coronavirus cases for the second time in the past six days. There are 754 more cases in Wisconsin, after 5.7 percent of new tests came back positive...
Mike Kemmeter Jul 09, 2020

Body of Appleton woman found in pond
Investigators think a 33-year-old Appleton woman accidentally drowned in a small pond, south of Bonduel. Shawano County Sheriff’s deputies found her this morning, about two hours after they got ...
Carol Patrizi Jul 09, 2020

High court upholds GOP lame-duck laws
The state Supreme Court is keeping the lame-duck laws passed by Majority Republicans in the Legislature in place. They stripped power Governor Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul, just before both De...
Carol Patrizi Jul 09, 2020

School reopening could be hodge-podge
With the state Department of Public Instruction leaving it up to local districts, Wisconsin could see a hodge-podge of school reopening plans this fall. Policy Advisor Jennifer Kammerud says every sch...
Carol Patrizi Jul 09, 2020

Hearthstone Historic House honored
An Appleton museum is being recognized by the Wisconsin Historical Society. The Hearthstone Historic House received the 2020 Museum Exhibit Award for their temporary exhibit, “Kitty’s Wedd...
Carol Patrizi Jul 09, 2020




