Category Archives: Local News
65 cats rescued from hoarding situation in G.B.
Sixty-five cats are safe after being rescued from a hoarding situation at a home in Green Bay. The Green Bay Campus of the Wisconsin Humane Society is asking for donations to help care for the cats. T...
Oct 10, 2019
9 indicted in major drug bust
Nine people are facing federal charges in connection with a major drug bust in northeast Wisconsin. Prosecutors are accusing 26-year-old Derek Liebergen of selling meth out of a hotel room in Grand Ch...
Oct 10, 2019
No problems in Appleton from wet Sept.
The City of Appleton made it through all of the rain in September without any huge problems. Utilities Director Chris Shaw says some rainwater can end up at their wastewater treatment plant. He says i...
Oct 10, 2019 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Numbers down at Appleton pools this summer
It was a slower summer at Appleton's city pools. Supervisor Kabel Helmbrecht says their attendance totals were down 26 percent to nearly 74,000 at Erb and Mead pools. He blames below-average temperatu...
Oct 09, 2019 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Lake Park Road open after project
Drivers can now use the new Lake Park Road in Harrison and Menasha. Construction started on the stretch from Highway 10-114 to Midway Road in April. Calumet County Highway Commissioner Brian Glaeser s...
Oct 09, 2019
Firefighters teach young kids about safety
Some young children got a chance to learn about fire safety yesterday. Suamico firefighters visited TenderHearts Learning Center to stress that firefighters are friends, and aren't scary. One of the f...
Oct 09, 2019
G.B. Humane Society takes in 65 cats
There are 65 more cats at the Wisconsin Humane Society in Green Bay, after they were removed from a home. Officials say the owner was an animal hoarder, and the conditions in the house in Green Bay we...
Oct 09, 2019
Man killed in Oconto Co. crash
A man from the Oconto Falls area was killed in a crash, north of that city, early this morning. The Oconto County Sheriff's Department says a 34-year-old man was thrown from the car when it rolled on ...
Oct 09, 2019 Oconto County Sheriff's Office logo (Image courtesy Oconto Co. Sheriff's Office)
Cassandra Nygren could face new charges
A woman charged in the overdose death of a pregnant woman could be in more trouble. The Brown County Sheriff's Department is accusing Cassie Nygren of dealing amphetamine and delivering illegal items ...
Oct 09, 2019
Rohrkaste to retire after 2020 election
A Republican lawmaker from Neenah won't seek re-election next year. Rep. Mike Rohrkaste is announcing he'll retire from his 55th district seat at the end of his term. He says he's proud of the work do...
Oct 09, 2019
