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Roth visits White House for meeting
A lawmaker from Appleton was in Washington D.C. yesterday for a meeting at the White House. Republican Sen. Roger Roth says he joined governors and officials from other states to sit down with Preside...
Jul 16, 2020
Dems push for unemployment changes
Some Democratic lawmakers are trying to make changes to the state’s unemployment system. Sen. Dave Hansen of Green Bay is proposing to permanently eliminate the one-week waiting period to receiv...
Jul 16, 2020
Ripon College requiring masks for Pence visit
Ripon College is making sure Vice President Mike Pence understands people will have to wear masks, and follow social distancing at tomorrow’s event. The private school’s president sent an ...
Jul 16, 2020
Bicyclist killed in Waupaca Co. crash
A bicyclist died after a crash, southwest of Waupaca. The Waupaca County Sheriff’s Department reports the person was hit by a car on Stratton Lake Road in the Town of Dayton, around 1:30 p.m. Th...
Jul 16, 2020
Appleton has 9 more coronavirus cases
Appleton’s public health department is reporting nine more confirmed COVID-19 cases in the city. Four people caught it through community spread, one got it from a known case, and four are under ...
Jul 16, 2020
6 fired, 1 suspended for prison escape
Seven workers at the state’s prison in Portage were fired, and another was suspended, in connection with an escape in April. The state Department of Corrections isn’t releasing any other i...
Jul 16, 2020
Coronavirus situation ‘bad’ in state
One of the state’s experts on the coronavirus pandemic says the current situation is bad, and potentially getting worse. Dr. Ryan Westergaard of the Department of Health Services says the contin...
Jul 16, 2020
Expert recommends 14-day looks at pandemic
The president of Prevea Health says people shouldn’t track coronavirus numbers on a daily basis. Dr. Ashok Rai tells Action 2 News it’s better to follow a 14-day block. He thinks comparing...
Jul 16, 2020
Jobless rate down to 8.5%
The state’s unemployment rate went down to 8.5 percent last month. It was 12.1 percent in May, and 3.4 percent in June of last year. Companies added more than 99,000 jobs, and there are almost 1...
Jul 16, 2020
Arena owners get more loans
A federal bankruptcy judge will let the owners of the Menominee Nation Arena in Oshkosh keep money they received from the federal Small Business Administration. Fox Valley Pro Basketball President Gre...
Jul 16, 2020
