Category Archives: Local News

Local veterans take ride in open cockpit plane
Some World War II, Korean and Vietnam veterans from the Green Bay area will take part today in a free flight on a 1943 Stearman open cockpit biplane. Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport di...
Carol Patrizi Jun 27, 2019

People in Oshkosh may pay more for water and sewer
The city of Oshkosh is getting ready to request a water rate increase from the Wisconsin Public Service Commission. City Manager Mark Rolff says the additional revenue will fund continued upgrades and...
Carol Patrizi Jun 27, 2019 (Image provided by the City of Oshkosh)

Freedom holding special meeting on police
There's a special meeting in Freedom tonight on the future of the town's police department. The town board and police commission are getting together tonight to look at whether to keep the town's own ...
Jun 27, 2019

Neenah schools win hydroponic units
The Neenah school district will be getting more hydroponics units. High School Teacher Emily Bennett says they were the leading vote-getter in a national grant contest from Opal Apples. She says they ...
Jun 27, 2019 (Image provided by the Neenah Joint School District)

State budget heads to Evers' desk
The state budget is now on its way to Governor Evers. Majority Republicans in the Senate approved the two-year plan yesterday afternoon. The governor will have to decide whether to use his line-item v...
Jun 26, 2019
Prosecutors: Man was drinking while driving before crash
Prosecutors say a 39-year-old man charged with hurting three children in a crash was drinking while he was driving. Gustavus Dalton of Green Bay is facing two counts of causing injury while driving dr...
Jun 26, 2019

Johnson calls for action at U.S. border
A Republican U.S. Senator from Oshkosh is calling for action after seeing a photo of a migrant father and his 23-month-old daughter dead at the southern border. The two drowned in the Rio Grande. Sena...
Jun 26, 2019 (Photo: Senator Ron Johnson)

Dog reunites with owner after 8 months
A three-year-old chocolate lab is back with her owner after going missing nearly eight months ago. The Fox Valley Humane Association is crediting Facebook for helping with the reunion. The group's Emm...
Jun 26, 2019

Local college student hopes her story inspires others
A first-generation student in De Pere wants to stay in the area and help other people in similar situations. Naomy Garcia Ortiz is about to start her senior year at St. Norbert College. She wants to g...
Jun 26, 2019

Parents remember Kaukauna boy as bright, artistic
The parents of the Kaukauna boy pulled from a retention pond are remembering him as a bright young man. Dylun Tapio drowned Tuesday night at an apartment complex on the north side. Jason Tapio says hi...
Jun 26, 2019



