The Winneconne News
The City of Oshkosh announced their emergency medical services (EMS) would no longer cover seven surrounding communities after 2025, including both the town and the village of Winneconne.
Last year, Oshkosh added a fourth ambulance unit to their fleet in hopes of improving service to the outlying communities. ...
Lake Winneconne Park beach has been consistently deemed unsafe for swimming by the Winnebago County Health Department so far this summer after high levels of E. coli bacteria have been found.
Compared to last year, Winnebago County Public Health has closed the beach 11 times compared to last year’s five, and the culprit seems to be a large population of geese that have moved in. ...
The Neenah Joint School District (NJSD) is facing budgetary uncertainty going into the 2025-2026 school year after the bi-annual Wisconsin State Budget didn’t increase any state aid to school districts.
The costs of running a school district have continued to increase due to inflation over the past few years and state aid is not keeping up with those costs. Jon Joch, the chief financial officer for NJSD, said they are seeing increases to their utilities, the price of their employee packages and increases to the price of supplies it takes to run a school district. ...
Wisconsin’s state budget is causing anxiety amongst educators as state general aid is set to decline and increased pressure is put on property taxes across the state.
The budget does not increase any general state aid to school districts in Wisconsin. Instead, the state approved a $325 per pupil increase to the revenue limit. A revenue limit sets how much a district can make through general state aid and property taxes for the general fund. ...