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Statewide confirmed COVID-19 cases up 6% to 3,068
The state is reporting 3,068 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Wisconsin. That’s up six percent from yesterday’s total. There have been 128 confirmed deaths in the state, and that’s ...
Apr 10, 2020
DHS: Life won’t be normal after ‘safer at home’
A state health official says people shouldn’t expect them to “flip a switch” and have things return to normal all at once. Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm says th...
Apr 10, 2020
Business groups urge Evers to plan economic restart
Business groups around the state are asking Governor Evers to start planning for the reopening of Wisconsin’s economy. They wrote a letter, targeting the end of the governor’s current R...
Apr 09, 2020
G.B. Catholic Diocese not holding ‘drive-up services’
Churches are able to have drive-up services and still follow the state’s “safer at home” order. While Governor Evers is clarifying the rules, leaders of the Green Bay Catholic Dioces...
Apr 09, 2020
State unemployment claims ‘unprecedented’
A state unemployment official believes the number of claims in Wisconsin is unprecedented. Department of Workforce Development Secretary Caleb Frostman says more than 313,000 people have filed for une...
Apr 09, 2020
Hintz wants all mail-in elections in 2020
An Oshkosh Democrat thinks the rest of the state’s elections this year should be done by mail. Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz is working on a bill to have the state send every registered ...
Apr 09, 2020
Family describes heartache of man’s COVID-19 death
The family of a Hortonville man is calling his death a nightmare. Seventy-five-year-old Ronnie Willenkamp died last Friday at ThedaCare’s hospital in Appleton. His daughter Rhonda Parker says he...
Apr 09, 2020
G.B. company sanitizing health care masks
A Green Bay company is doing its part to deal with the shortage of N-95 masks. Carnivore Meat Company makes pet food using raw meat. Owner Lanny Viegut is sterilizing masks, using his ultraviolet mach...
Apr 09, 2020
Johnson, Baldwin want ballot investigation
Wisconsin’s two U.S. Senators are calling for the postal service to investigate issues with absentee ballots. Three tubs of ballots from the Appleton and Oshkosh areas were found in Milwaukee...
Apr 09, 2020
Girls arrested for burglaries in Menasha
Police believe three girls are responsible for a string of burglaries in Menasha. They’re 12 and 13 years old, and they live in Menasha and Fox Crossing. Police say they were able to get surveil...
Apr 09, 2020
