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Walsh leaving office after 24 yrs in De Pere
There will be a new mayor in De Pere today. Mayor-elect James Boyd will be sworn in. Mike Walsh held the job for the past 24 years. He says he followed his father’s footsteps into local governme...
Apr 20, 2020
Victim in wrong-way crash recovering at home
The Appleton man hurt when an off-duty Outagamie County Sheriff’s deputy crashed into his car spent a couple of weeks in a trauma center. Thirty-one-year-old Mike Nicholson is back at home recov...
Apr 20, 2020
10 Salm Partners workers test positive for virus
A company with a meat processing plant in Denmark is reporting 10 workers at the facility have tested positive for COVID-19 over the past three weeks. About 500 people work at Salm Partners and all of...
Apr 20, 2020
Foxconn making masks in Wis.
Foxconn is making masks at its plant in southeast Wisconsin. The company plans to produce tens of thousands of them for health care workers, police officers, pharmacists and caregivers.
Apr 20, 2020
Meat plant in G.B. has cluster of coronavirus cases
A beef plant on Green Bay’s east side has the biggest cluster of cases during the recent coronavirus outbreak in Brown County. The JBS facility is along Lime Kiln Road. The county’s health...
Apr 20, 2020
Hanna leaves office tomorrow
Appleton Mayor Tim Hanna will leave office tomorrow with his city facing one of the greatest challenges in a century. Hanna believes his commitment to “continuity of operations” planning s...
Apr 20, 2020
Tavern League wants a May 1st opening date
The Tavern League of Wisconsin wants bars and restaurants to be able to open on May 1st. In a letter to Governor Evers and state lawmakers the League would agree to limited seating and social distanci...
Apr 20, 2020
Brown Co. getting help from CDC
Brown County is getting some help from the CDC to deal with a recent jump in coronavirus cases. Doctor Ashok Rai of Prevea Health tells Action 2 News the agency is partnering with the state. in differ...
Apr 20, 2020
UWO will furlough some workers
UW-Oshkosh is going to furlough some of its workers while campus is closed. Chancellor Andrew Leavitt says the move will impact year-round employees not currently working and it will run from May 4th ...
Apr 20, 2020
Organ donation comforts family
The mother of a Black Wolf man who died in a car crash last month says her son is living on in another way. Brenda Farr says an organ donation group in Madison reached out to ask for Jacob’s hea...
Apr 20, 2020
