Tag Archives: Local News
Tourism spending up in Winnebago Co. last year
Tourism spending in Winnebago County was up 2.8 percent last year. The Oshkosh Convention and Visitors Bureau is reporting a total of $261 million. Tourism supports an estimated 4,900 jobs with an ove...
May 06, 2020
Percentage of new COVID-19 positive tests down again
The percentage of coronavirus test results that came back positive over the past day went down for the third straight day. Seven-point-nine percent were positive. The figure was 8.6 percent yesterday....
May 06, 2020
Octoberfest won’t happen on College Ave. this year
Appleton’s biggest one-day event won’t take place on College Avenue this year. The organizers of Octoberfest won’t hold the traditional in-person celebration on the last weekend in S...
May 06, 2020
‘Safer at home’ lawsuit in hands of justices
The fate of the state’s “safer at home” order is now in the hands of the state Supreme Court. Justices heard arguments yesterday, in a lawsuit filed by Majority Republicans in the Le...
May 06, 2020
UWO economist believes slow recovery likely
A UW-Oshkosh economist expects a very slow recovery for Wisconsin’s economy. Professor David Fuller doubts that everyone will run out to stores and bars, when they’re allowed to re-open. H...
May 06, 2020
County toured JBS before reopening
Workers are returning to the JBS plant in Green Bay, and Brown County Public Health officials are very pleased with the preventative steps the company is taking. The reopening will happen in phases, a...
May 05, 2020
Baldwin wants feds to help farmers
The state’s Democrat in the U.S. Senate thinks the federal government should be doing more for farmers. Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Madison says small farms are small businesses, and they should be ab...
May 05, 2020
Guard adding more testing teams
The Wisconsin National Guard is going to activate more members to run coronavirus tests. Adjunct General Paul Knapp says they plan to have 25 teams around the state, to deal with demand for community ...
May 05, 2020
State hiring contact tracers for COVID-19
The state is in the process of hiring more contact tracers to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk of the Department of Health Services says about 1,000 people al...
May 05, 2020
Schools will look at impact of online learning
The loss of more than two months in the classroom could have an impact on today’s students, well into the future. Menasha Superintendent Chris VanderHeyden tells Josh Dukelow on Fresh Take there...
May 05, 2020
