Category Archives: ((WHBYAM) 1150 WHBY) Local News
Appleton weekly COVID-19 cases going down
The number of new COVID-19 cases has gone down in Appleton for the past two weeks. Public Health Officer Kurt Eggebrecht warns there’s still a high risk of catching the virus, but he thinks it&#...
Aug 21, 2020
SNC students start moving in
Some students are back on the St. Norbert College campus, getting ready for the start of the school year. About 470 freshmen moved into their dorms yesterday, and they had to get help from their famil...
Aug 21, 2020
Artists will paint in downtown Appleton today
Artists will be painting pictures along College Avenue in a new event in downtown Appleton. Spokeswoman Lynn Schemm says Paint Out is similar to the annual Chalk Walk. She says 20 people will be set u...
Aug 21, 2020
Group holds local conversation on racism
More than 800 people took part in an online event to learn more about social injustice and ending racism. Lawrence University’s Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Kimberly Barrett helped...
Aug 20, 2020
Protest organizer billed by Ashwaubenon
A woman is crying foul over a bill from the Village of Ashwaubenon for a protest she organized last month. Hannah Lundin of De Pere is being asked to pay more than $750. There’s an online petiti...
Aug 20, 2020
Kanye West won’t be on state’s presidential ballot
People in Wisconsin won’t be able to vote for rapper Kanye West in the presidential election. The state Elections Commission decided not to put him on the ballot, in a 5-1 vote today. West’...
Aug 20, 2020
Pelosi to Dems: Election ‘all riding on Wisconsin’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is telling state Democrats the presidential election is “all riding on Wisconsin.” She joined a virtual meeting today, with former U.S. Attorney General Eric Hol...
Aug 20, 2020
Evers proposes 1st Capitol statue of person of color
Governor Evers wants to put a new statue on the Capitol grounds, and it would be the first to honor a person of color. He’s looking for a $150,000 federal grant, and about two-thirds would be us...
Aug 20, 2020
Board of Regents signs off on state budget plan
The UW System’s Board of Regents is unanimously supporting a proposed two-year state budget. President Tommy Thompson wants to increase spending by 3-1/2 percent, and create a system-wide progra...
Aug 20, 2020
State’s unemployment rate drops to 7%
The job market bounced back a bit last month. The state’s unemployment rate went down from 8.6 percent in June to seven percent in July. Private companies also added more than 25,000 jobs. With ...
Aug 20, 2020
