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The state has nearly 3,000 new confirmed COVID-19 cases. There are 2,988 more, and that’s the second highest single-day total, behind yesterday’s 3,132. The state is reporting 21 percent o...

The son of the superintendent of the Markesan School District says his father didn’t have an underlying condition, but still died of COVID-19. Duane Bark died on Wednesday. He was in the hospita...

Nursing homes and long term care facilities are feeling the pressure after an increase of COVID-19 cases in the Fox Valley. Even one person diagnosed with coronavirus means the facility can’t ta...

The Fox Cities Book Festival is going to be a virtual event this year, and it starts over the weekend. Vice President Aubrey Laux says they’ll have sessions with more than 50 authors, and a numb...

The biggest coronavirus hotspot in the country is still the Oshkosh-Neenah area. For the second straight week, the latest New York Times list ranks the metro area No. 1. It’s based on the number...

For the sixth straight year, the proposed budget for Outagamie County would lower the property tax rate. County Executive Tom Nelson says they’re able to continue providing the same services, an...

Many communities are looking for poll workers with Election Day approaching. Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe says they’re asking local clerks what they need, and they&#...

There are plans to have a sexual assault survivors monument in the future Ellen Kort Peace Park in Appleton. Chelsea Bongert hopes to raise $200,000 to build a gazebo along the Fox River. She says the...

The pandemic is forcing firefighters to change the way they reach out to kids during Fire Prevention Week. Lt. Shauna Walesh of the Green Bay Metro department is meeting with students virtually. She&#...

Support for the statewide mask mandate grew in the latest Marquette Law School poll. Seventy-two percent believe masks should be required in public places, and that’s up from 69 percent in Augus...