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Police switch up shifts to protect against COVID-19
Appleton police officers are divided into different groups to prevent coronavirus from spreading through the department. Chief Todd Thomas says they have four teams, with 19 officers each. They rotate...
Apr 06, 2020
Statewide COVID-19 cases up 7% to 2,267
The state is reporting 2,267 confirmed coronavirus cases in Wisconsin. That’s up seven percent from yesterday’s total of 2,112. It’s the smallest percentage increase in at least 10 d...
Apr 05, 2020
Green Bay police officer tests positive for COVID-19
Green Bay police say an officer tested positive for COVID-19. Chief Andrew Smith says the department is devastated to hear one of its members has the virus. Officials say the affected officer hasnR...
Apr 05, 2020
Statewide confirmed COVID-19 cases up 10% to 2,112
The state is reporting 2,112 confirmed coronavirus cases in Wisconsin. That’s a 10 percent increase from yesterday’s total of 1,916. Fond du Lac County has three new confirmed cases, and 3...
Apr 04, 2020
1st COVID-19 death reported in Outagamie Co.
The Outagamie County Health Department is reporting the county’s first coronavirus death. Officials aren’t releasing any information about the person. The state Department of Health Servic...
Apr 03, 2020
Evers urges lawmakers to set all-mail election
Governor Evers wants lawmakers to call off in-person voting on Tuesday, and have an all-mail election instead. He’s calling a special session of the Legislature for tomorrow, to take up the late...
Apr 03, 2020
Election results won’t be released until April 13
A federal judge is ordering election officials not to report any results from Tuesday’s election, until the extended absentee voting is done. The new deadline for clerks to receive the absentee ...
Apr 03, 2020
Winnebago Co. puts $750K toward business loans
Winnebago County is offering $750,000 in loans to small businesses. Jason White of the Greater Oshkosh Economic Development Corporation says money is on top of the $300,000 that’s available thro...
Apr 03, 2020
Appleton finds enough poll workers
Appleton has enough poll workers to keep all of the city’s normal polling locations open for Tuesday’s election. Clerk Kami Lynch says city workers are helping, and they’ve had peopl...
Apr 03, 2020
Body found during search for 5-yr-old boy
Brown County investigators say a body was found inside a woman’s car, at the same time they were searching for a five-year-old boy with disabilities. Twenty-six-year-old Sagal Hussein of Howard ...
Apr 03, 2020
