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Appleton health officer sees bad COVID-19 trends
The public health officer in Appleton doesn’t like the coronavirus trends since the state’s “safer at home” order was thrown out. Kurt Eggebrecht says they’re going in th...
May 29, 2020
County hears concerns about open Chilton race track
Calumet County’s health officer is hearing concerns about a race track that hosted hundreds of people at events last weekend. Gravity Park USA is on the north side of Chilton, and there were thr...
May 29, 2020
Official: People with have to adjust to pandemic
The top official in Brown County believes people will need to learn how to co-exist with coronavirus. He expects there could be a long way to go before there could be a vaccine. He says businesses wil...
May 28, 2020
Group holding drive-thru food pantry events
Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin is taking its distribution program directly to people in need. Usually, the group collects food for pantries to hand out across the region, but during the pandemic wo...
May 28, 2020
Potato program to help pantries
Organizers of a potato growing program in Brown County are giving gardeners seed potatoes, while also helping local food pantries. County Executive Troy Streckenbach helped hand out nearly 1,200 of th...
May 28, 2020
Doctor warns of tick season
People itching to get back outside in Wisconsin will face a threat besides coronavirus. It’s the peak tick season. Prevea Health Dr. Amy Romandine-Kratz recommends wearing long sleeves and pants...
May 28, 2020
Firefighters get called to own station for truck fire
The Vandenbroek-Kaukauna department’s main fire engine caught fire at the station along Highway JJ yesterday afternoon. Fire Chief Ron Young says the call came in as a vehicle fire in a building...
May 28, 2020
2 Appleton men arrested in child porn cases
Appleton police arrested two men in separate child pornography investigations. Twenty-five-year-old Ian Schuh and 39-year-old Charles Moon were taken into custody. Police say tips from the National Ce...
May 28, 2020
Wisconsin State Fair canceled
There won’t be a Wisconsin State Fair in the Milwaukee area this summer. The chair of the fair board is canceling, because of the pandemic. It’s the first time since 1945 that the 169-year...
May 28, 2020
Growing hospital numbers concern DHS
State health officials are concerned they’re seeing more people in hospitals with coronavirus. Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm says it’s not at a point where hospitals ...
May 28, 2020
