Category Archives: Local News
CityServe helps G.B. teachers get ready for school
A group of volunteers is helping teachers in Green Bay get their classrooms ready for the school year. More than 100 people from CityServe were in about a dozen schools yesterday. Erin Aschenbrenner t...
Aug 28, 2019
Doctors concerned about health risks of vaping
Health care workers are trying to figure out how to deal with lung issues connected to vaping. There have been 16 confirmed cases in the state so far. Those include some in Winnebago and Door counties...
Aug 28, 2019
Guard soldiers heading to Ukraine
Some soldiers from the Wisconsin Army National Guard are going to Ukraine. About 160 members of the 32nd "Red Arrow" Infantry Brigade Combat Team will leave this fall. They're part of the unit's headq...
Aug 28, 2019
FEMA funding should help Appleton
The City of Appleton is expected to get help covering the cleanup costs from last month's storm, thanks to FEMA's federal disaster declaration. City spokesman Chad Doran says the total was $750,000 a ...
Aug 28, 2019 (Image from the City of Appleton)
United Way hopes to raise $9 mil
The United Way Fox Cities is launching its annual fundraising campaign, and for the first time the goal is $9 million. Executive Director Peter Kelly says they thought long and hard about that amount....
Aug 28, 2019
Ariens halfway done with big project
The Ariens Company is redoing one of its plants in Brillion because of growing demand for zero-turn riding lawnmowers. Crews are halfway done with the $30 million project. Director of Operations John ...
Aug 28, 2019
DNR busts fish trappers on Wolf River
DNR wardens caught two men trapping fish on the Wolf River this spring, and it's the first time they've had a bust on that river in about 20 years. Conservation Warden Zachary Seitz says they got a ti...
Aug 28, 2019 (Image from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
Russia: Johnson knew he's banned
Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson of Oshkosh is on a list of officials banned from Russia. That country's foreign ministry says Johnson knew that before he tried to get a visa for a trip with other mem...
Aug 28, 2019
Student immunization rates down slightly
Fewer students will be fully immunized at the start of the school year. State health officials say nearly 92 percent will meet immunization requirements. They say that number should be closer to 95 pe...
Aug 28, 2019
Agency gets more details on King investigations
A nonpartisan state agency found state health officials launched 90 investigations at the Veterans Home in King over a five-year period. The Legislative Audit Bureau asked the federal Centers for Medi...
Aug 28, 2019
