Category Archives: Local News
Mineshaft owner believes he'll find workers
The new Mineshaft restaurant and game room in Oshkosh will be opening in a tight labor market. Owner Tom Masters believes their higher rate of pay will make them more attractive to perspective workers...
Aug 02, 2019
Vaping now linked to 11 lung disease cases
The state is reporting more cases of severe lung disease that are connected to vaping. The total is now 11, and they're all teens and young adults. One of them is from Winnebago County. The state heal...
Aug 02, 2019
Major Rock the Block underway in Menasha
What's being billed as the largest Rock the Block in U.S. history gets underway today in Menasha. Ryan Roth is with the Greater Fox Cities Area Habitat for Humanity. He says volunteers will be working...
Aug 02, 2019
Health insurance rates to go down
A move by former Republican Governor Scott Walker is helping lower health insurance rates. Governor Evers says on average, they're expected to drop by 3.2 percent next year. Walker created a reinsuran...
Aug 02, 2019
Kitchen fire puts itself out in Appleton
A kitchen fire at a house in the downtown Appleton area put itself out last night. Lt. Steve Unruh says that's pretty unusual. Crews were called to a home in the 700 block of E. Eldorado Street, near ...
Aug 02, 2019 (Image provided by the Appleton Fire Department)
Bellevue needs 24/7 fire department
The fire chief of Bellevue thinks there could be a better way to keep the village safe. Chief Jack Mlnarik hopes to staff the department full-time next year. He says they currently respond to more tha...
Aug 02, 2019
Jones Park returns as Mile of Music venue
Jones Park returns as a concert venue for the Mile of Music festival today. The first artists will take the stage at the new amphitheater around 12:30. Big crowds are expected in the newly revamped pa...
Aug 02, 2019
Valley Transit upgrades security in downtown Appleton
Valley Transit is making a series of security upgrades at the downtown transit center in Appleton. Firefighter Mitch Lundgaard was killed during a shooting there in June. Valley Transit General Manage...
Aug 01, 2019
Work underway on Mineshaft restaurant in Oshkosh
It took more than seven years to get going but work is underway on the new Mineshaft restaurant and game room in Oshkosh. The building will start going up in the Aviation Plaza along South Koeller Str...
Aug 01, 2019
Tundraland brings back singing in the shower booth
Another local kid will get a chance to win a music scholarship if enough people sing in a shower at the Mile of Music festival. Tundraland is setting up a booth for the sixth straight year. If at leas...
Aug 01, 2019
