Category Archives: Local News
G.B. Children's Museum begins move to new location
Green Bay Children's Museum is moving to its new location. Crews hauled larger exhibits from the downtown to the building near Bay Beach today. Museum Event Specialist Heather Heil thinks they'll have...
Apr 23, 2019
Greater G.B. Community Foundation gets record gift
An estate is leaving the largest gift in the history of the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation. Ron and Paulene Heim decided to donate $16.5 million. The money is expected to provide more than $80...
Apr 23, 2019
United Way Fox Cities looks back on 2018
The United Way Fox Cities is highlighting a number of programs. President Peter Kelly says they handed out more than 100,000 books last year, to help young children be ready to learn when they get to ...
Apr 23, 2019
LU jazz ensemble wins national honor
A national magazine is once again honoring a jazz group from Lawrence University. "DownBeat" is picking the school's Jazz Ensemble as the top one, in the large ensemble category. It's the second-strai...
Apr 23, 2019
YP Week events cancelled in Fox Cities
There won't be any events in the Fox Cities this week to celebrate Young Professionals Week. The Pulse Young Professionals Network is cancelling its four scheduled activities. The first one was suppos...
Apr 23, 2019
Sturgeon spawning starts
The sturgeon spawning season is underway on the Wolf River, and the upper Fox River. DNR sturgeon expert Ryan Koenigs says spotters saw fish in the New London area yesterday, and in some spots along t...
Apr 23, 2019 (Image from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
Group sues over voter ID rule for college students
A federal lawsuit claims the state's voter ID rules for college students are unconstitutional. Common Cause in Wisconsin filed the suit, along with a 20-year-old student at the Milwaukee School of Eng...
Apr 23, 2019
Evers to veto abortion bill
Governor Evers says he'll veto a Republican-authored bill that could send doctors to prison for life, if they fail to give medical care to babies born alive after a failed abortion. Evers says there a...
Apr 23, 2019
Cecil man pleads guilty in fishing lure scam
A 38-year-old Cecil man is pleading guilty to three counts of embezzlement, after he stole money from investors in a fishing lure company. The state justice department says Andrew Reyment posted on so...
Apr 23, 2019
Big Powerball winner comes forward
The winner of last month's big Powerball jackpot is a 24-year-old man from the Milwaukee area. Manuel Franco of West Allis came forward this afternoon to claim his prize. The jackpot was worth $763 mi...
Apr 23, 2019 (Image from the Wisconsin Lottery)
