Category Archives: Local News
Group hopes for momentum on vaping bans
An expert with the American Lung Association says the decisions by Appleton and Grand Chute to include e-cigarettes in their smoking bans is a trend. Kathy Drea says 11 states already include vaping i...
Mar 22, 2019
Car dealership founder Les Stump passes away
The founder of a car dealership in northeast Wisconsin died yesterday. Les Stumpf was in Florida when he passed away. He was 92. He reportedly died of a sudden illness. Stumpf's funeral will be late n...
Mar 22, 2019
Evers has no immediate plans for restored powers
Governor Evers doesn't have any more immediate plans now that a judge is blocking the lame-duck laws that limited his powers. Not long after today's ruling Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul took st...
Mar 21, 2019 (Image: Office of the Governor)
Group starts looking at Appleton school truancy system
A group that will look at the Appleton school district's truancy system is starting its work. Assistant Superintendent Polly Vanden Boogard is leading a task force. She says they need to look at thing...
Mar 21, 2019
43-year-old man accused of G.B. crime spree
Police say the suspect in three robberies in Green Bay last weekend is connected to a number of break-ins. Commander Paul Ebel believes 43-year-old Alexander Johnson was the ringleader and he worked w...
Mar 21, 2019
Hortonville tracks kids getting on and off school bus
A local school district is the first in the state to use technology that tracks when kids are on their bus. Kids on two Hortonville buses can scan a card when they get on or off. That information is p...
Mar 21, 2019
DNA from envelope led to double-murder suspect
Prosecutors say an envelope ties a Lakewood man to the cold case murders of a Green Bay couple. They're charging 82-year-old Raymand Vannieuwenhoven with two counts of first-degree murder, and one cou...
Mar 21, 2019
Steineke, Hintz weigh in on capital budget
A top Republican believes GOP members of the state Building Commission rejected Governor Evers' capital budget to leave more time to negotiate. Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke of Vandenbroek bel...
Mar 21, 2019
Appleton, G.C. treat vape shops differently with bans
Appleton and Grand Chute are including vaping in their smoking bans, but the communities are handling vaping shops differently. Appleton's rule exempts businesses that sell e-cigarettes, so people can...
Mar 21, 2019
Plow driver kept cars out of I-41 pileup
While cars were slamming into each other in the massive I-41 pileup last month, a plow driver was trying to keep other drivers from crashing. Winnebago County Executive Mark Harris says Chris Williams...
Mar 21, 2019
