Category Archives: Local News
Kaukauna library's learning garden open
A new interactive learning garden is opening today outside of the Kaukauna Public Library. It's divided into several sections, and each one focuses on a different subject. They include history, biolog...
Oct 4, 2019
Mock tribal dance under fire in Clintonville
The Clintonville school district is cancelling all Homecoming activities for today, after several high school students took part in a mock tribal dance at an event yesterday. The district's superinten...
Oct 4, 2019
SafePark up and running in Green Bay
The drunk driving prevention program that lets people leave a car parked on a Green Bay city street overnight is ready to go. Brown County Tavern League president Don Mjelde says after a soft start, t...
Oct 4, 2019
Youth prison plan goes to state
Brown County's proposal to build a $43 million secure residential care center for children and youth is going to the state's Joint Finance Committee. Milwaukee, Racine and Dane counties are submitting...
Oct 4, 2019
Kaul: Evers will make 'appropriate judgement' on Dassey
The state's top prosecutor hopes Governor Evers makes a decision on the Brendan Dassey case, based on all of the relevant facts. Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul talked with Action 2 News about a...
Oct 4, 2019
Program making progress with black students
There are positive signs from a program that targets black students in Appleton and Menasha. ThedaCare is working with several organizations, including the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Fox Valley, in h...
Oct 3, 2019
Vision for Soldiers Square approved
A more general vision for the future of Soldiers Square in downtown Appleton is now on the books. The only specifics that are included in the latest version of the plan are to put two more war memoria...
Oct 3, 2019 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Bellin honoring woman for positivity
A trainer in Green Bay is getting an award at tomorrow's Bellin Women's Half Marathon. Chrisann Walsh had to overcome a lot of hurdles in the past several months. Her parents and her dog all died, and...
Oct 3, 2019
Woman sentenced for pot cookies
A Shawano woman is going to jail for 80 days for handing out marijuana-laced cookies on St. Patrick's Day. Cathleen Krause reached a deal with prosecutors, and pleaded no contest to two felony marijua...
Oct 3, 2019
Johnson: Nothing wrong with Trump requests
Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson of Oshkosh says he sees nothing wrong with President Trump asking Ukraine and China to investigate presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. Johnson tol...
Oct 3, 2019
