Category Archives: ((WHBYAM) 1150 WHBY) COVID-19-WHBY
Guard adding more testing teams
The Wisconsin National Guard is going to activate more members to run coronavirus tests. Adjunct General Paul Knapp says they plan to have 25 teams around the state, to deal with demand for community ...
May 05, 2020
State hiring contact tracers for COVID-19
The state is in the process of hiring more contact tracers to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk of the Department of Health Services says about 1,000 people al...
May 05, 2020
Schools will look at impact of online learning
The loss of more than two months in the classroom could have an impact on today’s students, well into the future. Menasha Superintendent Chris VanderHeyden tells Josh Dukelow on Fresh Take there...
May 05, 2020
2 more COVID-19 cases in Appleton
Appleton’s health department is reporting two new cases of coronavirus. There are now 40 in the city. Twenty-five people are currently in isolation, and 12 recovered. The city is still investiga...
May 05, 2020
2nd community testing site to open in Brown Co.
A second Brown County community testing site for coronavirus will be ready tomorrow. It will open in the morning at Casa ALBA Melanie in the 300 block of S. Madison Street in downtown Green Bay. Clair...
May 05, 2020
Supreme Court hears arguments on ‘safer at home’
Attorneys made their arguments to state Supreme Court justices this morning in a lawsuit filed by Majority Republicans in the Legislature against the “safer at home” guidelines. GOP lawmak...
May 05, 2020
Driving test waived for teens
New drivers won’t have to take a behind-the-wheel test in Wisconsin because of the pandemic. The DMV is waiving the requirement. The state is facing a backlog of more than 10,000 teens waiting t...
May 05, 2020
Unemployment could stay in double digits
A leading economist predicts a series of stimulus packages coming out of Washington over the rest of this year. Elliott Eisenberg tells Dave Edwards on AM Fox Valley that the money spent by Congress s...
May 05, 2020
Percentage of new positive COVID-19 tests down to 8.6%
The percentage of new positive coronavirus tests is down for the second straight day. The state is reporting 8.6 percent came back positive over the past day. Yesterday’s percentage was 9.9 perc...
May 05, 2020
EAA AirVenture Cancelled, Community Blood Center & Future Neenah
We learned last week that EAA AirVenture 2020 is cancelled, and EAA Communications Director Dick Knapinski is joining us to share more about the decisions involved. If you’re looking for ways to...
May 05, 2020
