Tag Archives: Local News
Health experts issue emergency COVID-19 alert
The spread of coronavirus is leading public health departments in the region to issue a public health emergency alert. It includes recommendations that people not get together indoors with others from...
Oct 02, 2020
Evers doubts fallout from business list
Governor Evers doubts there would be much fallout from the potential release of the names of businesses with at least two COVID-19 cases. A media outlet filed an open records request for the list of p...
Oct 02, 2020
LU prof reacts to Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis
President Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis is raising a lot of questions about how his campaign will look for the next few weeks. Lawrence University Political Science Professor Arnold Shober says the...
Oct 02, 2020
Voters request 1.2 mil absentee ballots so far
Ten times as many people in Wisconsin are voting absentee so this fall, compared to the presidential election in 2016. State Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe says requests for ballots a...
Oct 02, 2020
Red lights around Appleton honor fallen firefighters
There are red lights around Appleton to remember firefighters killed in the line of duty. All six fire stations have them, along with some homes, Jones Park, and the fountain at Houdini Plaza. Captain...
Oct 02, 2020
G.C. police wearing pink patch
Grand Chute police officers are wearing a different patch this month to raise awareness about breast cancer. It’s a pink version of the department’s patch. Officer Travis Waas believes it&...
Oct 02, 2020
Victims call Appleton hate crime ‘unacceptable’
The victims of a reported hate crime in Appleton are calling it “cowardly and unacceptable behavior.” They say at least one person tried to break into their home on E. South Street last Sa...
Oct 02, 2020
G.B. pastor facing sexual assault charge
Brown County prosecutors are filing a sexual assault charge against a Green Bay pastor. They say Manuelus Minoso Reacco fondled a woman, while she was working at the Transformation House in August. Re...
Oct 02, 2020
Cold-case murder trial in Brown Co. delayed
A Brown County murder trial is on hold because of coronavirus. James Prokopovitz is accused of killing his wife, Victoria. She disappeared in 2013, and her body has never been found. The trial was sup...
Oct 02, 2020
UW-Whitewater chancellor cleared after investigation
UW-Whitewater’s leader will be back on the job, starting Monday. The UW System announced an investigation found accusations against Chancellor Dwight Watson were without merit. He was placed on ...
Oct 02, 2020
