Category Archives: Local News
Hgihway crews start spring cleanup
Highway crews in northeast Wisconsin are starting to pick up trash that was covered by snow. Norm Scray has worked for the Brown County Highway Department for about 29 years. He says a lot of it blows...
Apr 09, 2019
G.B. police to review what led up to Pyro's stabbing
A K-9 handler with the Green Bay police department says they're going to review the situation that led to the stabbing of K-9 Pyro. Officer Joe Merrill says officers thought the suspect had a cell pho...
Apr 09, 2019
Hagedorn gains votes in Outagamie Co. review
The Outagamie County clerk says a detailed review from last Tuesday's election is done, and the leader in the state Supreme Court race picked up more votes. Lori O'Bright says Judge Brian Hagedorn ext...
Apr 09, 2019
Oshkosh leaders to consider vaping ban for minors
The City of Oshkosh may be next to ban vaping by minors. The Common Council will have a first reading of the proposal tonight. City Manager Mark Rohloff says the school district is asking for the rule...
Apr 09, 2019 (Image provided by the City of Oshkosh)
Dems holding meetings on Medicaid expansion
Democrats will be going around the state this month to talk about the proposal to accept the federal Medicaid funding. Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz of Oshkosh says it's baffling to him that t...
Apr 09, 2019
Appeals court sides with Evers on appointments
A state appeals court is siding with Governor Evers, and his decision to rescind appointments that Majority Republicans confirmed during a lame-duck session. Evers made the move after a judge ruled th...
Apr 09, 2019 (Image: Office of the Governor)
Tribal leader calls for end of Native American mascots
The leader of the Oneida Nation is calling on state lawmakers to eliminate the remaining Native American high school mascots. Tehassi Hill also wants them to protect the environment, and aggressively ...
Apr 09, 2019
State officially out of health care lawsuit
The state is officially not part of a multistate lawsuit challenging the federal health care reform law anymore. A federal appeals court is granting the request to withdraw from state Attorney General...
Apr 09, 2019
Man from Kiel area killed in bicycle crash
A 68-year-old man from the Kiel area lost his life when a driver hit his bike yesterday afternoon. The Manitowoc County Sheriff's department says Robert Hughes was riding on Highway XX in the Town of ...
Apr 09, 2019
Civil suit filed in FdL death
The daughter of a man who died while in police custody is suing the city of Fond du Lac, the police department and paramedics. Christopher Cary died last December, shortly after a traffic stop. Fond d...
Apr 09, 2019
