Category Archives: Local News
Sculpture honoring Houdini could be back on display
A sculpture honoring Harry Houdini might be back on display in Appleton. The city is proposing to place "Metamorphosis" along Lawe Street in the flats next to the future Lawe Street trestle bridge. De...
Jul 23, 2019 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Wisconsin brothers missing on Missouri business trip
Police are looking for two brothers from northeast Wisconsin reported missing while on a business trip to Missouri. 35-year-old Nick Diemel and 24-year-old Justin Diemel own Diemel's Livestock in sout...
Jul 23, 2019 (Photo compilation provided by family)
Company fixes Oneida woman's driveway after scam
An Oneida woman is getting a new driveway after getting scammed out of about $9,000 in June. Joyce Diestler says a company called Asphalt Paving offered to fix her old driveway. But she says workers d...
Jul 23, 2019
Man killed by fallen tree in Oconto Co.
A 67-year-old man died, after he was hurt while trying to remove a fallen tree in Oconto County. Sheriff's deputies say John Nichols had a chain attached to the tree, and a four-wheeler, last Friday n...
Jul 23, 2019 Oconto County Sheriff's Office logo (Image courtesy Oconto Co. Sheriff's Office)
EAA chair looks back on his first AirVenture
No one forgets there first EAA AirVenture, and that goes for Chair Jack Pelton too. Pelton says he never saw anything like it, with so many "crazy aviation people all in one place." He says the variet...
Jul 23, 2019
Wrightstown hit hard by storm
Wrightstown was one of the communities hardest hit by Saturday's storms. Village Administrator Travis Coenen says initially, the entire village lost power for at least six to eight hours. He estimates...
Jul 23, 2019
Steffen pushing for licensing changes after storms
Some people are reaching out to insurance companies and contractors, in the wake of Saturday's storms. A Republican lawmaker from Howard is working on a bill to help protect them from scammers. Rep. D...
Jul 23, 2019
Blood Center needs platelets after storms
The storms are impacting supplies at the Community Blood Center. Vice President of Donor Services Kristine Belanger says they've had a high number of cancellations since last weekend. She says people ...
Jul 23, 2019
Students study how people move around at AirVenture
Anyone going to EAA AirVenture knows it can be a challenge to get in, and then once you're there, there's a lot of ground to cover. To improve transportation and mobility, the organization is working ...
Jul 23, 2019
Hansen wants cap on insulin co-pays
A state lawmaker from Green Bay is trying to help people pay for insulin. Democratic Sen. Dave Hansen wants to put a $100 cap, per month, on co-pays for the drug. He says it now costs about $340 for a...
Jul 23, 2019
