Category Archives: ((WHBYAM) 1150 WHBY) COVID-19-WHBY
Appleton may have school reopening plan next month
The Appleton school district could have a proposed plan to reopen in about a month. Administrators around Wisconsin are working on them, and the state Department of Public Instruction put out some rec...
Jun 23, 2020
State inmates with COVID-19 recovering
Almost all of the inmates and staff at Wisconsin prisons that tested positive for coronavirus have recovered. The Department of Corrections is more than halfway done with plans to test everyone at all...
Jun 22, 2020
FdL Co. health dept. has reopening recommendations
Fond du Lac County’s health department is putting together recommendations for handling the reopening of the community. “Safe Restart” is similar to the state’s former Badger B...
Jun 22, 2020
Pandemic hits housing market in May
The housing market took a big hit at the start of the pandemic. There was a 26 percent drop in closings in May. Economist David Clark of the Wisconsin Realtors Association says those offers were accep...
Jun 22, 2020
Appleton reports 4 COVID-19 cases
Appleton’s health department is reporting four more confirmed coronavirus cases. Three caught it through community spread, and one got it from a known case. That brings the city’s total to...
Jun 22, 2020
Appleton fireworks moving to WIR
There will be another Fourth of July fireworks show in the Fox Cities. Wisconsin International Raceway owner Dan Van Daalywk says they’re going to host the typical show that’s been at Appl...
Jun 22, 2020
New Appleton group holds free farm market
A new Appleton community group held its first event this weekend — a free farmers market. Appleton Community Catalyst set it up at Houdini Plaza on Saturday. The group collected donations in the...
Jun 22, 2020
State reports lower percentage of new positive COVID-19 tests
The percentage of new positive coronavirus tests went down today. The state is reporting 3.8 percent were positive, compared to 4.6 percent yesterday. The figure was 3.8 percent on Saturday. It’...
Jun 22, 2020
Percentage of new positive COVID-19 tests up to 4.6%
The state is reporting 4.6 percent of new COVID-19 tests were positive. That’s an increase for the second straight day, and the highest total since 5.3 percent came back positive on May 30th. Ye...
Jun 21, 2020
Percentage of new positive COVID-19 tests up to 3.8%
The state is reporting 3.8 percent of new COVID-19 tests came back positive. That’s up from 2.5 percent yesterday, and lower than Thursday’s total of four percent. Over the past two weeks,...
Jun 20, 2020
