Tag Archives: Local News
COVID rate increasing in Wisconsin
Wisconsin sees more than 500 new cases of coronavirus for a third straight day. The state Department of Health Services reports 517 positive test on Thursday–with a positivity rate of 11-percent...
Apr 01, 2021
Vaccine distribution at record pace
Wisconsin sets another weekly record for coronavirus vaccinations. The state is administering 56-thousand doses a day–the highest rate since vaccinations began in December. Thirty-one percent of...
Apr 01, 2021
Two years later, Appleton man still missing
It's been two years since an Appleton man went missing in Oconto County. Nicholas Hietpas was last seen by family and friends on April 1, 2019. He was 22 at the time he went missing. His car was found...
Apr 01, 2021
Suspicious death in Kaukauna
Kaukauna Police are investigating what officials call a suspicious death. Officers were called to a home in the 100 block of West Division Street on the north side around 3:30 p.m. yesterday. They fou...
Apr 01, 2021
Cooking grease blamed for fire in FdL
Two people suffered smoke inhalation in a Fond du Lac fire. Officials say they were treated at the scene and then taken to a hospital. Crews were called to a large apartment building in the 800 block ...
Apr 01, 2021
Sheriff’s office confirms second canoer’s body recovered from Lake Winnebago
Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s officials say they’ve found the bodies of both of the men who went missing when a canoe capsized on Lake Winnebago earlier this week. Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt ...
Apr 01, 2021
State reports most coronavirus tests in one day since late February
Wisconsin reports the largest number of coronavirus tests in one day in more than a month. Three-percent of the 17-thousand tests on Wednesday came back positive–which represents 563 new cases. ...
Mar 31, 2021
30% of Wisconsin residents have now received at least one COVID vaccine shot
Wisconsin crosses another threshold in the COVID vaccine effort. Thirty percent of all residents have now received at least one shot. That represents nearly one-point-eight million people. Overall, mo...
Mar 31, 2021
Local mask ordinances now in effect
Mask mandates will still be in place in pockets around Wisconsin. OSHKOSH Oshkosh City Manager Mark Rohloff says they passed their own ordinance earlier this year for just this circumstance. Enforceme...
Mar 31, 2021
Dr. Susan May to retire as president of Fox Valley Technical College
The leader of Fox Valley Technical College is retiring July 31st. Dr. Susan May has been president for 13 years and has been with the school for 38. Dr. May reflects on her career in a message to facu...
Mar 31, 2021
