Category Archives: ((WHBYAM) 1150 WHBY) COVID-19-WHBY
Health experts issue emergency COVID-19 alert
The spread of coronavirus is leading public health departments in the region to issue a public health emergency alert. It includes recommendations that people not get together indoors with others from...
Oct 02, 2020
Evers doubts fallout from business list
Governor Evers doubts there would be much fallout from the potential release of the names of businesses with at least two COVID-19 cases. A media outlet filed an open records request for the list of p...
Oct 02, 2020
Voters request 1.2 mil absentee ballots so far
Ten times as many people in Wisconsin are voting absentee so this fall, compared to the presidential election in 2016. State Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe says requests for ballots a...
Oct 02, 2020
Cold-case murder trial in Brown Co. delayed
A Brown County murder trial is on hold because of coronavirus. James Prokopovitz is accused of killing his wife, Victoria. She disappeared in 2013, and her body has never been found. The trial was sup...
Oct 02, 2020
State reports 2,745 new coronavirus cases
There are 2,745 new confirmed coronavirus cases in Wisconsin. That’s the fourth day in a row with at least 2,200, and the eighth day in the past nine. The state is reporting 20 percent of tests ...
Oct 02, 2020
Governor Evers on Wisconsin’s Coronavirus Crisis
As the Fox Valley witnesses massive community spread, sees hospitals approaching capacity limits, and sets new records for infections, Governor Tony Evers joined Josh to discuss this stage of the coro...
Oct 02, 2020
People’s Map Commission meets for the first time
The People’s Map Commission met virtually for the first time yesterday. Governor Evers created the group through an executive order to redraw legislative and congressional district lines. This i...
Oct 02, 2020
COVID-19 causes rise in Oshkosh police OT
Overtime costs are adding up for the Oshkosh police department. City Manager Mark Rohloff says a growing number of officers have been forced to quarantine for days at a time, after they were exposed t...
Oct 02, 2020
Hospitals also hit by staffing issues from COVID-19
The number of COVID-19 patients in hospitals has jumped recently, but staffing levels can also be an issue. ThedaCare President, Dr. Imran Andrabi says about 250 workers were out yesterday. He says th...
Oct 02, 2020
Evers urging people to stay home
Governor Evers is calling on people to stay home, like they did in the spring, because of the jump in coronavirus cases. He says right now, people can’t live like things are the way they used be...
Oct 01, 2020
