Category Archives: Local News

Heavy rainfall causes flooding on trails
Rainfall totals in Brown County are more than eight inches above-average this year and that's causing some problems on trails. Allouez Park Director Chris Clark says there's a lot of standing water on...
Aug 26, 2019

Evers backs $2 mil grant for visitor center
Governor Evers stopped in the Green Bay area today to show his support for a proposal to give $2 million in state funding for a visitors center. Brad Toll of the Greater Green Bay Convention and Visit...
Aug 26, 2019 (Image: Office of the Governor)
Donation to help support bees, butterflies
Groups that are trying to preserve bees, butterflies, and other pollinators will get some help from an anonymous donor. The $500,000 gift is going into the new Wisconsin Pollinator Protection Fund. Ca...
Aug 26, 2019

Lundgaard shirts for sale again
The organizer of a T-shirt sale honoring Appleton Firefighter Mitch Lundgaard is giving people another change to buy them. Sue Spierings of ID Marketing wants to help remember Lundgaard, after he was ...
Aug 26, 2019

NEW Zoo giraffe Hodari dies
A 15-year-old giraffe at the NEW Zoo in the Green Bay area died yesterday. Curator Carmen Murach says Hodari sometimes didn't have the best appetite over the past few months. She says the stomach and ...
Aug 26, 2019

Duffy is stepping down
Wisconsin Republican Congressman Sean Duffy says he is stepping down to focus on his family. Duffy represents the 7th District in the central and northwest parts of the state. He says the baby he and ...
Carol Patrizi Aug 26, 2019

Wrestlers celebrate Kaukauna boy who drowned
A day of wrestling to honor a 12-year-old boy who drowned in June turned into a fundraiser for the family. Dylun Tapio of Kaukauna loved wrestling and the family released a picture of him at a WWE eve...
Carol Patrizi Aug 26, 2019
No one hurt in house fire
Neighbors and smoke detectors helped keep everyone safe during a fire in Howard last night. Chief Ed Janke says crews were called to the 2500 block of Lavender Lane just before 11 p.m. He believes the...
Carol Patrizi Aug 26, 2019

Construction starts on Hwy. JJ
Construction is starting today on a street on Appleton's northeast side. Work is getting underway on Highway JJ and drivers won't be able to use the road for two weeks. The city will be replacing unde...
Aug 26, 2019

Man helps cancer survivors by making guitars
A Sturgeon Bay man is helping cancer survivors after he also beat the disease. Danny Thimm had stage four metastatic cancer. He's now in remission. He says he must be here for a reason so he wants to ...
Aug 25, 2019


