Category Archives: Local News

Grand Chute Chick-fil-A opening August 22nd
The first Chick-fil-A in northeast Wisconsin will open on August 22nd. The restaurant is on W. College Avenue in Grand Chute, just off I-41. There are several locations in the Milwaukee and Madison ar...
Jul 17, 2019

Winnebago Co. board members to investigate Busby
Some Winnebago County board members are going to investigate longtime Coroner Barry Busby. The judiciary and public safety committee is taking that action in the wake of reports that Busby has been sp...
Jul 17, 2019

Construction begins for new Brown Co. Expo Center
Construction is underway on the new Brown County Expo Center in the Green Bay area. County Executive Troy Streckenbach is calling the $93 million project a game changer. He says allows them to market ...
Jul 17, 2019

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...
Carol Patrizi 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


