Category Archives: Local News
400 state troops deploy to Afghanistan today
Family, friends, and lawmakers will be in Menomonie today to sendoff about 400 troops from the Wisconsin Army National Guard. They're being deployed to Afghanistan at noon. The troops are from the 32n...
Jul 15, 2019
Speed limit on Hwy. CE lowers today
The speed limit is going down today on a stretch of Highway CE and Outagamie County officials are looking for a permanent solution at an intersection in that area. For about a year the county has been...
Jul 15, 2019
Prevea opens location in Appleton
A new health care center in Appleton opens today. The Prevea Health location specializes in digestive care. The organization has more than 80 facilities around the state. This is the first to open in ...
Jul 15, 2019 (Image provided by Prevea Health)
Stuck to run for Congress
An Appleton Democrat is running for Congress in Wisconsin's 8th District. Representative Amanda Stuck announced her campaign Sunday. She's served in the State Assembly since 2015. Republican Congressm...
Jul 14, 2019
Vehicle sales up for first half of year
Vehicle sales were up about 10 percent over the first half of the year. More than 15,000 cars were sold over the first six months across Outagamie, Winnebago, Calumet, and Brown counties. Scott Quimby...
Jul 14, 2019
Leavitt explains UW campus name changes
UW-Fox Valley is now UW-Oshkosh - Fox Cities and there's a reason for the change. Chancellor Andrew Leavitt says there's brand confusion between UW-Fox Valley and Fox Valley Technical College. He says...
Jul 14, 2019 (Image provided by the UW System)
About 25,000 in Oshkosh for Lifest
People from around the country were in Oshkosh over the weekend for Lifest. Director John Dougherty says the four-day Christian festival features live music and speakers. He says the event has an econ...
Jul 14, 2019
Artists show off work at De Pere Art in the Park
Artists got a chance to show off their work in De Pere this weekend. It was the fourth annual Art in the Park event at Voyager Park. Amber Thiel is the president of the city's Chamber of Commerce. She...
Jul 14, 2019
Johnson wants more done on border crisis
A Republican from Oshkosh thinks there needs to be more long and short-term strategies to solve the migrant crisis at the southern border. U.S. Senator Ron Johnson was on "Meet the Press" Sunday. He s...
Jul 14, 2019 (Photo: Senator Ron Johnson)
UWO gets new logo, branding
There's a new logo for UW-Oshkosh, and different names for UW-Fox Valley and UW-Fond du Lac. Chancellor Andrew Leavitt says UW-Fox will now be known as UW-Oshkosh, Fox Cities. UW-Fond du Lac is becomi...
Jul 12, 2019 (Image provided by the UW System)
