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Local counties, cities drop ‘safer at home’ orders
Several counties and cities in northeast Wisconsin are dropping their “safer at home” orders. Brown County was the first, and Outagamie County, the City of Appleton, Winnebago County, Calu...
May 15, 2020
Business owners won’t be charged in Brown County
Brown County business owners that continued to operate in violation of the state’s safer at home order will no longer face criminal charges. The District Attorney’s Office announces that a...
May 15, 2020
Man enters insanity plea in mother’s murder
An Appleton man accused of killing his mother is entering an insanity plea. Bradley Boettcher is charged in Winnebago County Court with first-degree intentional homicide. Prosecutors say he beat Lee A...
May 15, 2020
Testing site at Fox Valley Tech will stay open
A coronavirus testing site in Outagamie County will remain open for another week. County Executive Tom Nelson says the National Guard will continue to run the site at Fox Valley Technical College in G...
May 15, 2020
It’s now been 1 year since Lundgaard’s death
One year ago today, Appleton lost a firefighter in a shooting at the downtown transit center. Driver-Engineer Mitch Lundgaard was on a medical call, and it escalated into a shootout. After crews reviv...
May 15, 2020
Evers asks people to ‘stay the course’
Governor Evers hopes people will keep staying home when they can, and “stay the course.” He doesn’t think Majority Republicans in the Legislature want to create any new statewide rul...
May 14, 2020
Health officer hopes people don’t cross borders
Winnebago County Public Health Officer Doug Gieryn hopes people don’t cross the county borders to take advantage of the lack of rules in other places. He’s calling on them to consider the ...
May 14, 2020
Streckenbach hopes people help so they can reopen
Brown County was the first in northeast Wisconsin to make their own “safer at home” order. County Executive Troy Streckenbach says should take every precaution they can, while listening to...
May 14, 2020
Group worked with businesses in FdL Co.
A group in Fond du Lac was working with businesses, before all of them were able to open. Sadie Parafiniuk of Envision Greater Fond du Lac says focused on plans. She says now they’re urging cust...
May 14, 2020
Some Appleton businesses watching guidelines
The owner of a yarn shop in downtown Appleton says social distancing, and letting just five people in her store isn’t great for business. But Casting On owner Sara Rabideau says she’ll sti...
May 14, 2020
