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Oshkosh high schools will have virtual graduation
Seniors at Oshkosh North and West high schools will have a virtual graduation ceremony this year. Superintendent Vickie Cartwright says there’s no way they can host an in-person event anytime so...
Apr 24, 2020
UW System students may not return in fall
UW System officials aren’t ruling out the possibility of keeping students off campus when the new school year starts in the fall. Vice President of Administration Robert Cramer says there’...
Apr 24, 2020
Cases of pneumonia rising in Brown Co.
With cases of coronavirus spiking in Brown County, health care providers are seeing more cases of another respiratory disease. Bellin Health Infectious Disease Team Leader Carol Bess says they’r...
Apr 24, 2020
Staff at UW-GB to be furloughed in May
About 225 staff members at UW-Green Bay will be furloughed for the month of May. All administrators making more than $100,000 a year will also take a voluntary furlough. The decision is expected to sa...
Apr 24, 2020
Statewide confirmed COVID-19 cases up 6% to 5,356
There are now 5,356 confirmed coronavirus cases in Wisconsin. That’s a six percent increase from yesterday’s total of 5,052. The number of confirmed deaths in Wisconsin is now 262, and tha...
Apr 24, 2020
Kaukauna nursing home worker gets COVID-19
A worker at St. Paul Elder Services in Kaukauna tested positive for COVID-19. In a Facebook post, nursing home officials say the person has been inside the facility twice in the past 14 days, but didn...
Apr 24, 2020
Chamber leader hopes protest helps
A local business leader thinks today’s protest will help with the push to lift the “safer at home” order. Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce President John Casper says companies that are op...
Apr 24, 2020
Libraries can offer pickup starting today
Some public libraries will start offering contact-less, curbside pickup of materials today. The governor is offering that limited service. People have to make appointments. Not every library will have...
Apr 24, 2020
State hopes to eventually use antibody tests
Many people are hearing about antibody testing, in the wake of a coronavirus study in the state of New York. Dr. Ryan Westergaard of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services says more of the reliab...
Apr 23, 2020
Evers urges protesters to keep safe distance apart
Governor Evers hopes protesters keep their distance from each other outside of the state Capitol tomorrow. Organizers are opposed to the extension of the state’s “safer at home” orde...
Apr 23, 2020
