Category Archives: ((WHBYAM) 1150 WHBY) COVID-19-WHBY
Appleton adds 1 coronavirus case
Appleton has one new COVID-19 case. The health department says the person had contact with a known case. That brings the city’s total to 96. Fifty-eight people are in isolation, and 35 have reco...
May 27, 2020
State giving $200 mil to local govts for pandemic
Local governments will share $200 million in federal funding to help pay for their response to coronavirus. Governor Evers announced the money will be divided among counties, cities, towns, and villag...
May 27, 2020
Some COVID-19 symptoms same as allergies
A health expert is stressing while some allergy symptoms are unique to allergies, others overlap with COVID-19. Prevea Health President Dr. Ashok Rai tells Action 2 News even if people have what they ...
May 27, 2020
DHS warns about having contact with too many
While state health experts know people will have more contact with others, they don’t want them to visit everybody they’ve missed right away. Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk of the...
May 27, 2020
Survey: 53% living paycheck-to-paycheck before COVID-19
The financial impact of the coronavirus epidemic is expected to leave more people living paycheck-to-paycheck. State Department of Financial Institutions Secretary Kathy Blumenfeld says their annual s...
May 27, 2020
Memorial Day weekend travel down 21-30%
Memorial Day weekend travel numbers from around Wisconsin are in, and they’re what experts predicted. DOT spokesman Mark Kantola says they looked at 62 spots along highways across the state, and...
May 27, 2020
Sewage robots helping track COVID-19
Small robots are combing the sewers in Milwaukee looking for signs of coronavirus. The UW-Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences is using “eco-bots” already in the sanitary sewer system t...
May 27, 2020
Kaukauna library reopens by appointment
The Kaukauna Public Library is opening today, but people will need to make appointments. The library is dedicating one hour in the morning, starting at 9 a.m., for people taking extra precautions beca...
May 27, 2020
2020 Wedding Impacts, Barlow Planetarium Director on SpaceX Launch and YMCA of the Fox Cities
The coronavirus pandemic has affected just about every industry and for wedding venues, there’s no exception. We’re hearing from Sue Lamers with The Grand Meridian in Appleton, who shares ...
May 27, 2020
Percentage of new positive COVID-19 tests up to 5.7%
The state is reporting 5.7 percent of new coronavirus tests came back positive. That’s up from 3.6 percent yesterday, and 4.1 percent Monday. There are now 16,462 confirmed cases in Wisconsin. T...
May 27, 2020
