Category Archives: ((WHBYAM) 1150 WHBY) Local News
State reports 2.2% of new COVID-19 tests were positive
The percentage of new positive coronavirus tests dropped to 2.2 percent today. That’s the lowest since 1.9 percent on June 9th. Yesterday’s total was 3.8 percent. There are 263 new confirm...
Jun 23, 2020
Health Dept. and G.B. schools work to reopen
The head of the Green Bay Public School system hopes the plan put out by the DPI will give them more guidance as they work on reopening in fall. The district is also getting help from the Brown County...
Jun 23, 2020
Trump in Green Bay area on Thursday
President Trump will be in the Green Bay area on Thursday for a town hall with Fox News commentator Sean Hannity. The one-hour event will be held at the Jet Air facility at Austin Straubel Internation...
Jun 23, 2020
Appleton may have school reopening plan next month
The Appleton school district could have a proposed plan to reopen in about a month. Administrators around Wisconsin are working on them, and the state Department of Public Instruction put out some rec...
Jun 23, 2020
Police costs account for $1 in every $5 spent
Communities in Wisconsin are spending one of every five dollars on police departments. The Wisconsin Policy Forum reviewed the past 34 years. The statewide total in 2018 was nearly $1.3 billion. Resea...
Jun 22, 2020
State inmates with COVID-19 recovering
Almost all of the inmates and staff at Wisconsin prisons that tested positive for coronavirus have recovered. The Department of Corrections is more than halfway done with plans to test everyone at all...
Jun 22, 2020
FdL Co. health dept. has reopening recommendations
Fond du Lac County’s health department is putting together recommendations for handling the reopening of the community. “Safe Restart” is similar to the state’s former Badger B...
Jun 22, 2020
Pandemic hits housing market in May
The housing market took a big hit at the start of the pandemic. There was a 26 percent drop in closings in May. Economist David Clark of the Wisconsin Realtors Association says those offers were accep...
Jun 22, 2020
Appleton reports 4 COVID-19 cases
Appleton’s health department is reporting four more confirmed coronavirus cases. Three caught it through community spread, and one got it from a known case. That brings the city’s total to...
Jun 22, 2020
State offers guidelines for reopening schools
A state agency has guidelines for public schools to reopen in the fall. It includes recommendations for putting together flexible schedules. Louise Wilson is the school nurse consultant for the Depart...
Jun 22, 2020
