Tag Archives: Local News
Hoarding thing of the past at grocery stores
Grocery shoppers apparently aren’t hoarding anymore. The operations manager for the Stoneridge Piggly Wiggly Stores in the Fox Valley thinks customers were frustrated at the beginning of the pan...
Apr 23, 2020
Appleton area will wait longer for stimulus checks
A website believes people in the Appleton area will have to wait longer than most in the country to get their federal stimulus payment. Magnifymoney.com ranks the community ninth in the U.S. for the l...
Apr 23, 2020
Anti-racism nonprofit in Oshkosh to close
An Oshkosh organization dedicated to fighting racism is shutting down. The board of directors is dissolving Fit Oshkosh after director Tracey Robertson decided to leave the nonprofit. She says they co...
Apr 23, 2020
Appleton’s health officer staying on
The public health officer for Appleton isn’t going to retire in June after all. Kurt Eggebrecht says it would be tough to walk away during a pandemic. Mayor Jake Woodford announced the move at l...
Apr 23, 2020
ThedaCare celebrates COVID-19 patient’s release
Staff at ThedaCare’s Appleton hospital lined the halls with cheers and applause, while the hospital’s 11th COVID-19 patient was being released today. Seventy-nine-year-old Keith Jameson sp...
Apr 23, 2020
Statewide confirmed coronavirus cases up 4% to 5,052
There are now 5,052 confirmed coronavirus cases in Wisconsin. That’s an increase of four percent from yesterday’s total of 4,845. The number of confirmed deaths is up to 257, and that̵...
Apr 23, 2020
2 more confirmed COVID-19 cases in Appleton
The City of Appleton is reporting two more confirmed cases of COVID-19. That brings the total in the city to 14. Both people live in Outagamie County, and they caught the virus from another confirmed ...
Apr 23, 2020
Some counties opening campgrounds
Three counties are scaling back their rules for campgrounds. Waupaca and Oconto counties will let people with seasonal sites, and self-sufficient RVs or mobile homes, to stay there, starting tomorrow....
Apr 23, 2020
G.C. company fined for safety violations
A Grand Chute company will pay more than $216,000 in fines for safety violations. OSHA found seven repeat and seven serious violations at MODS International, dating back to last October. The agency re...
Apr 23, 2020
Therapist: Pandemic can lead to anxiety, anger
The state’s “safer at home” order has been in place for nearly a month, and a mental health therapist says there are a number of things people could be going through. Clinician Cathe...
Apr 23, 2020
