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Young people playing role in new Brown Co. cases
Brown County is seeing a spike in cases, and like in other parts of the country, younger people are a big factor. Twenty-seven percent of new cases this month are between 21 and 30 years old. Public H...
Jun 29, 2020
Streckenbach urges people to wear masks
Brown County’s leader wants people to use masks. County Executive Troy Streckenbach says that’s a way to help stop the rise in COVID-19 cases they’re seeing. He thinks it’s som...
Jun 29, 2020
Houdini sculpture on display again in Appleton
A sculpture honoring Harry Houdini is back on display in Appleton. Workers installed “Metamorphosis” along Lawe Street, in the flats, by a future trestle bridge. It was removed from Houdin...
Jun 29, 2020
Appleton adds four coronavirus cases
Appleton has four more confirmed COVID-19 cases. Two got it through community spread, one had contact with a known case, and the other is under investigation. There have been 216 cases in the city. Ei...
Jun 29, 2020
Kraus pleads guilty to murders, argues he was mentally ill
A Neenah teen is pleading guilty to killing his grandparents. Eighteen-year-old Alexander Kraus argues he was mentally ill at the time, and a trial is scheduled for November to determine that. He was ...
Jun 29, 2020
Brown Co. sees recycling changes
The types of items being recycled, and where they come from, has changed in Brown County, during the pandemic. Brown County Port and Resource Recovery Business Manager Mark Walter says the amount of i...
Jun 29, 2020
State gets plenty of complaints on COVID-19 scams
A state agency is hearing complaints about scams that are connected to the pandemic. Consumer Protection Administrator Lara Sutherlin says people have filed more than 100,000 of them so far. She says ...
Jun 29, 2020
Blood Center partnering with HSHS
The Community Blood Center in Grand Chute will start providing blood to the HSHS hospital system across Wisconsin. That includes St. Mary’s and St. Vincent Hospitals in Green Bay. Blood Center P...
Jun 29, 2020
State notifies counties of overdose increases
A recent alert from the state Department of Health Services is warning about opioids, after two recent overdoses in Outagamie County. Director of Opioid Initiatives Paul Krupski says they provide info...
Jun 29, 2020
Man wanted for Neenah murder
Neenah police believe a 34-year-old Milwaukee man shot and killed a man last week. Prosecutors are charging Donald Billings with the murder of 38-year-old Adam Baith, in a home in the 900 block of Ada...
Jun 29, 2020
