Category Archives: Local News
Neenah schools deciding how to use new land
Now that the Neenah school board is going to buy a large piece of land, the district will have to decide what to do with it. The 225-acre site is along Winchester Road, east of Clayton Avenue. Spokesm...
Jul 17, 2019 (Image provided by the Neenah Joint School District)
Trump appoints Walker to research group
President Trump is appointing former Governor Scott Walker to the board of one of the world's most highly regarded think tanks. He'll be part of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in...
Jul 17, 2019
Evers to visit Japan for trade mission
Governor Evers will be going to Japan in September for his first trade mission. The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation is putting the trip together, and Evers will be going to the Midwest U.S....
Jul 17, 2019 (Image: Office of the Governor)
Evers signs interpreter bill
Governor Evers is signing a bill that creates new tiers of sign language interpreters. The state will set guidelines for advanced and intermediate license for both deaf and hearing interpreters. Democ...
Jul 17, 2019
Police: Wife shot husband in murder-suicide
De Pere police say a woman shot and killed her husband, in a murder-suicide. Capt. Chad Opicka says 65-year-old Gerald Linzmeier and 64-year-old Sharon Linzmeier were found dead in their home, in the ...
Jul 17, 2019 (Image provided by the De Pere Police Department)
Parking help keeps drunk drivers off the road
Numbers from the Brown County Traffic Safety Commission show drunk driving arrests are down 27 percent from last year. That's thanks in part to programs like SafeRide. Last night the Green Bay City Co...
Jul 17, 2019
Hansen wants nonpartisan Legislative boundaries
A Democrat from Green Bay believes momentum is building to take politics out of the process for drawing Legislative boundaries. Senator Dave Hansen is introducing a bill to set up a nonpartisan system...
Jul 16, 2019
Developer proposes apartment building in Appleton
A developer is proposing to the first apartment building project on the west end of College Avenue in downtown Appleton. The plans call for tearing down three vacant buildings across the street from t...
Jul 16, 2019
FdL man sentenced to 13 years for assault
A 49-year-old Fond du Lac man is going to prison for 13 years for sexually assaulting a woman last December. A jury found Richard Forsyth guilty after he stood trial in March. He was convicted of havi...
Jul 16, 2019
No timeline for cleanup of historic De Pere building
It's unclear when workers can start clearing the site of a historic building in downtown De Pere. It was destroyed by fire almost three months ago. Mary Collette had a gallery there. She says it's a s...
Jul 16, 2019
