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Groups want to help families with virtual learning
Two organizations are partnering to help some families, now that the Appleton school district will have virtual learning at the start of the school year. The Boys and the Girls Clubs of the Fox Valley...
Aug 17, 2020
City ‘not panicking’ about Exhibition Center room tax
Room tax collections are way down because of the pandemic, but the fund for the Fox Cities Exhibition Center is still in good shape. There was about $2.5 million set aside for loan payments this sprin...
Aug 17, 2020
Trump will be 6th sitting president to stop in Oshkosh
When President Trump holds a campaign event in Oshkosh this afternoon, he’ll be the sixth sitting president to visit the city. The president will land at Wittman Regional Airport and speak at Ba...
Aug 17, 2020
Percentage of positive tests jumps to 11.2%
The state is reporting 11.2 percent of new COVID-19 tests came back positive, and there are 685 more confirmed cases in Wisconsin. That’s the highest percentage since 12.5 percent were positive ...
Aug 16, 2020
State adds 829 new COVID-19 cases
The state is reporting 829 more confirmed coronavirus cases, and 13 more people died over the past day. That’s the most deaths in one day since August 1st. The percentage of new positive tests w...
Aug 15, 2020
Pence to speak in southern Wis. on Wednesday
Vice President Mike Pence will be in southern Wisconsin next week. He’s planning to speak in Darien, in Walworth County, on Wednesday. Pence is expected to talk about the Trump administration...
Aug 14, 2020
Appleton, G.B. moving fall sports to spring
The Appleton and Green Bay school districts are moving all fall sports at the high school and middle school levels to the spring. Green Bay Superintendent Stephen Murley says they considered the abili...
Aug 14, 2020
Impact of masks may not be known until later
The public health officer for Appleton says it’s hard to predict how the COVID-19 case totals will look, now that the statewide mask order has been in place for nearly two weeks. Kurt Eggebrecht...
Aug 14, 2020
Evers doesn’t plan statewide action on schools
Governor Evers doesn’t expect to issue any statewide orders on the start of the school year this fall. He says it’s up to local districts whether to hold in-person classes or online ones. ...
Aug 14, 2020
G.B. clerk setting up ballot drop boxes
As concerns rise about the performance of the U.S. Postal Service, local clerks are looking at other ways to make sure absentee ballots are counted. The City of Green Bay plans to install 16 ballot dr...
Aug 14, 2020
