Category Archives: Local News
Oshkosh school board reviewing student media policy
Oshkosh school board members want to talk more about the district's policies for school newspapers and other student media. The board's policy and governance committee started a review last night. It ...
Apr 18, 2019 (Image provided by the Oshkosh Area School District)
Foxconn reacts to Evers' comments
Foxconn says it remains committed to "long term" job creation in Wisconsin. The company is issuing a statement, a day after Governor Evers said it's unrealistic to expect the company to employ 13,000 ...
Apr 18, 2019
Unemployment rate stays at 2.9%
The state's unemployment rate stayed at 2.9 percent for the second straight month. Figures from the state Department of Workforce Development show the state lost 4,500 private-sector jobs in March. Ov...
Apr 18, 2019
Pyro visits G.B. police station
Green Bay police say K-9 Pyro stopped at the police station today for a short visit. They say he's also eating solid food, and his feeding tube was removed. Pyro is still wearing a protective coat, wh...
Apr 18, 2019
Mile of Music details unveiled, Jones Park back
The scope of this year's Mile of Music festival will be similar, with the return of a big venue. Co-founder Dave Willems says they're planning to have about 200 artists and around 950 performances, ov...
Apr 18, 2019
G.C. hotel owner says she'll pay late room tax bill
The Grand Chute licensing committee voted unanimously last night to revoke the license of a motel behind on paying its room tax. The full board will make the final decision at its meeting next month. ...
Apr 18, 2019
Cat dies in house fire, no smoke detectors
No people were hurt but one cat died in a house fire in downtown Appleton last night. Officials say there's significant damage to the kitchen and heat and smoke damage to other areas of the home in th...
Apr 18, 2019
Home hit on Green Bay's west side
Green Bay police say a house on the city's west side was hit by bullets last night around 10 p.m. Officers found shell casing in the street near the home in the 600 block of 11th Avenue which is just ...
Apr 18, 2019
First details out about Mile of Music
The first details on this year's Mile of Music festival are coming out today. The seventh annual event in downtown Appleton is less than four months away and organizers are officially kicking things o...
Apr 18, 2019 Mile of Music (Image courtesy Mile of Music)
Work starts on Greenville fire station
Work is starting on a new fire station in Greenville. 58 percent of voters agreed to spend up to $6.5 million in a referendum last August. Joel Gregozeski is the town administrator. He says they offic...
Apr 18, 2019
