Category Archives: Local News

Vos wants to legalize medical marijuana
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos wants to work on legalizing medical marijuana this fall. Vos says Republicans cut Governor Evers' medical marijuana plan because it was "half-handed" and really about decrim...
Jun 28, 2019

Amtrak starts route from G.B. to Milwaukee
Amtrak will start running a bus from Green Bay to Milwaukee on Monday. The bus will make two daily round trips with stops in Appleton, Oshkosh, and Fond du Lac. The office of Green Bay Mayor Eric Genr...
Jun 28, 2019
G.B. murder trial delayed again
There's another delay in the case of a Green Bay murder suspect. Antwon Powell is once again without an attorney as he awaits trial on first degree reckless homicide and solicitation of homicide charg...
Jun 28, 2019

NeighborWorks opens in Green Bay
A new center for children in out-of-home care opens in Green Bay today. Neighborworks will let kids spend time with their families and provide other services. Spokesman Glen Tilot thinks the new space...
Jun 28, 2019

FDL police investigate inmate death
The Fond du Lac Police Department is investigating the death of an inmate at the Taycheedah women's prison. Barbara Jean Krause died at TCI on April 8th from sepsis. She had been transferred to the pr...
Jonathan Krause Jun 28, 2019

2 boaters safe after storm on Big Green Lake
The Green Lake Sheriffs Department says two boaters are okay after getting caught in Thursday's storms. The department initially responded to a report of an overturned sailboat on Big Green Lake. The ...
Jonathan Krause Jun 28, 2019

Trial set for former Fox Crossing judge
A September 26th trial date is set for former Fox Crossing Municipal Judge Len Kachinsky. Kachinsky is charged in Winnebago County Court with violating a restraining order against him by his former cl...
Jonathan Krause Jun 28, 2019
Cool, wet spring delays strawberries
Strawberry season is coming late to the Fox Valley this year. Dave Meuer from Meuer Farms in Fond du Lac County says the cool, wet spring is putting everything behind schedule. He says they do have be...
Jonathan Krause Jun 28, 2019

Menahsa advocates organizing nation's largest Rock the Block
Rock the Block advocates are organizing what they call the largest Rock the Block event in U.S. history. John Bergstrom of Bergstrom Automotive explains they want to repair and update 100 homes in the...
Jonathan Krause Jun 28, 2019 (Image provided by City of Menasha)

USA Luge comes to Appleton this weekend
A US Olympic star may be getting their start in Appleton this weekend. USA Luge is holding its annual "slider search" Saturday and Sunday. Development Director Gordy Scheer says the state is becoming ...
Jonathan Krause Jun 28, 2019



