Category Archives: ((WHBYAM) 1150 WHBY) COVID-19-WHBY
Unemployment rate down to 12%
The unemployment rate in the state was 12 percent last month. That’s down from 13.6 percent in April. Companies added more than 72,000 private sector jobs, while businesses started to reopen aft...
Jun 18, 2020
More businesses expect to survive
A survey found fewer businesses in the state are concerned they won’t make it another three months. UW-Oshkosh heard from nearly 750 companies, and 10 percent aren’t sure they’ll sur...
Jun 18, 2020
U.S. Venture Open to switch to auction, media-thon
The biggest one-day fundraiser in northeast Wisconsin will be an online auction and media-thon this year. Organizers of the U.S. Venture Open are changing the event because of the pandemic. Greg Vande...
Jun 18, 2020
Police release video of suspects in G.B. riot
The Brown County Sheriff’s Department is releasing a video of suspects in a violent protest in downtown Green Bay. They’re looking for people involved in looting the Marathon gas station a...
Jun 18, 2020
State: Mismanagement Led to Coronavirus Outbreak at Pulaski Nursing Home
State regulators blame mismanagement for a coronavirus outbreak in a Pulaski assisted living facility. The Wisconsin Division of Quality Assurance finds administrators at Country Villa failed to adequ...
Jun 17, 2020
Second Wave Concerns
States that lifted their safer at home orders shortly before Wisconsin are seeing increases in COVID-19 cases again. Texas, Arizona and Florida are among those with numbers approaching the initial wav...
Jun 17, 2020
Health director wants more authority
Winnebago County Health Director Doug Gieryn is defending a proposed law that would allow him to issue and enforce “safer at home” orders. Gieryn points out that several other communities ...
Jun 17, 2020
G.B. school officials talk about reopening
A survey of more than 2,000 staff in the Green Bay School District shows 80 percent are willing to come back and are ready to teach in multiple platforms. Superintendent Michelle Langenfeld says about...
Jun 17, 2020
Another coronavirus death in Wisconsin
Winnebago County Public Health is reporting one more confirmed coronavirus death. The person was in a long-term care facility. Of the 10 deaths in the county, nine people have been in long-term care s...
Jun 17, 2020
Complaints come in about refunds for Country, Rock USA
The company that runs Country and Rock USA in Oshkosh is hoping to offer refunds on tickets to this year’s festival. Hypervibe officials say they’re negotiating with artists, suppliers, an...
Jun 16, 2020
