Category Archives: Local News
Police on lookout for THC vaping cartridges
Local drug investigators are watching for vaping cartridges with THC in them. They're not only illegal, but they're linked to most of the cases of severe lung illnesses tied to vaping. Lt. Kevin Kinna...
Sep 17, 2019
Bill would help families of fallen officers
A proposal to give health insurance coverage to the families of police officers killed in the line of duty comes 10 years after lawmakers guaranteed it after firefighters die. The widows of three poli...
Sep 17, 2019
Dinner highlights hemp
Hemp growers got a chance to showcase their crop, during a special dinner in Green Bay last night. Dennis Nelson brought leaves from his own field in Suamico to Tenet Restaurant. He says the raw leave...
Sep 17, 2019
List includes Appleton in 'Best Places to Live'
Appleton is on a list of the "Best Places to Live in America." Money magazine is ranking the city 89th. Two other Wisconsin cities are also on the list. Madison is ranked eighth, and Waukesha 73rd.
Sep 17, 2019
Local counties getting more prosecutors
There will be two new prosecutors in Outagamie and Winnebago counties. Governor Evers stopped in Green Bay today to announce how he's distributing 60 positions that are included in the state budget. O...
Sep 17, 2019
Two seriously hurt in crash
Railroad workers inspected a crossing on Highway A, north of Appleton, after two men were seriously hurt in a crash this morning. Staff Sgt. Wang Lee of the Outagamie County Sheriff's Department says ...
Sep 17, 2019
Birkholz's widow supports bill for families
The widow of a Fond du Lac police officer killed in the line of duty is pushing for a bill to pay the health insurance premiums for the immediate families of fallen officers. Ashley Birkholz lost her ...
Sep 17, 2019
Suspect in Pyro stabbing ruled competent
A judge is ruling the man charged with stabbing Green Bay Police K-9 Pyro is competent to stand trial. Thirty-year-old Sai Vang has been at a state mental health facility, after he was arrested in Apr...
Sep 17, 2019
Fitzgerald running for Congress
The top Republican in the state Senate is officially running for Congress. Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald wants to take the fifth-district seat of longtime Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner of Menominee...
Sep 17, 2019
Police release name of murder victim
The man murdered in downtown Appleton last weekend was from Green Bay. Appleton police say 47-year-old Bobby Higgs was shot in a building in the 500 block of W. Johnston Street. They say people got to...
Sep 17, 2019 (Image provided by the Appleton Police Department)
