Oshkosh

2020 Associated Press All-State Team, honorable mention list

Dec. 14, 2020 11:35 PM EST

Players chosen for the 2020 Associated Press All-State football team, as selected by a panel of media voters, along with honorable mentions. Fall season x - unanimous selection. PLAYER OF THE YEAR - x -Hunter Wohler, 6-2, 205, sr., Muskego COACH OF THE YEAR – Jerry Sinz, Edgar OFFENSE First team QB...

Wisconsin 1st-year college students navigate virus anxiety

Dec. 14, 2020 1:01 AM EST

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System campuses are wrapping up their first full semester amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s been anything but normal, and for some first-year students, finding a sense of community on campus has been hampered by heavy restrictions on social gatherings....

In this Oct. 20, 2020, photo, Evelio Mancera and his daughter, Jennifer Mancera, both residents of Madison, fill out their ballots on the first day of the state's in-person absentee voting window for the Nov. 3 election outside the city's City-County Building Tuesday in Madison, Wis. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

Worst place, worst time: Trump faces virus spike in Midwest

Dec. 11, 2020 11:42 AM EST

OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — Gabe Loiacono is the kind of voter President Donald Trump needs. He lives in a pivotal county of a swing state that is among a handful that will decide the presidency. A college history professor who last cast a ballot for a Democratic candidate for president more than 20 years ago,...

$1 million bail set in slaying of UW-Madison student

Dec. 4, 2020 7:27 AM EST

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Bail has been set at $1 million for the man charged with killing a University of Wisconsin-Madison student in 2008. David Kahl, 54, incarcerated at the Oshkosh Correctional Institution for a seventh-offense drunken driving conviction, appeared by video from the prison on Thursday....

People line up outside a popular pub and restaurant in St Kilda in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Melbourne, Australia's former coronavirus hot spot, emerged from a lockdown at midnight Tuesday, restaurants, cafes and bars were allowed to open and outdoor contact sports can resume. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)

The Latest: 6-day lockdown ordered in South Australia state

Nov. 17, 2020 10:56 PM EST

SYDNEY — The Australian state of South Australia will begin a six-day lockdown at midnight Wednesday, with schools, universities, bars and cafes closed. Only one person from each household will be allowed to leave home each day, and only for specific reasons. The restrictions also require most factories...

Virus deaths hit new high in Wisconsin, Evers releases bill

Nov. 17, 2020 4:56 PM EST

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers released a multi-faceted proposal to tackle the surging pandemic Tuesday as Wisconsin announced a daily record 92 deaths from the coronavirus and health officials cautioned that even when a vaccine becomes available it will be months before most people receive it. The...