Category Archives: Local News
Bus systems explore commuter line in NE Wis.
People might be able to hop a bus to get to work between Green Bay and Fond du Lac in the future. Valley Transit General Manager Ron McDonald says they're going to start a study. He says thousands of ...
Mar 21, 2019
Port of G.B. wants 2nd ice-breaking ship
There's a push for federal funding to buy another ice-breaking boat for the Great Lakes to open the Port of Green Bay sooner. Port Director Dean Haen says they're waiting for the Coast Guard to come. ...
Mar 21, 2019
Evers, Kaul withdraw from health care lawsuit
Governor Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul are pulling Wisconsin out of a multistate lawsuit challenging the federal health care reform law. The move comes after a judge's ruling on the Republican-...
Mar 21, 2019
Judge blocks GOP lame-duck laws
A judge is blocking the lame-duck laws that limit the powers of Governor Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul. Dane County Judge Richard Niess also refused a request from Majority Republicans to put h...
Mar 21, 2019
Door Co. deputies say male's body pulled from lake
Door County Sheriff's deputies are releasing a little more information about the body found in Lake Michigan. They say the body recovered near Cave Point County Park is a white male. An autopsy is bei...
Mar 21, 2019
Green Bay's candidates for mayor face off
The two candidates for mayor of Green Bay shared their similarities and difference at a debate last night. Brown County supervisor Patrick Buckley and former Democratic state representative Eric Genri...
Mar 21, 2019
Appleton bans vaping in public places
Appleton is the largest city in northeast Wisconsin to restrict the use of electronic cigarettes. The city council last night voted unanimously to ban e-cigarettes in public. In a separate vote the co...
Mar 21, 2019 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Winnebago Co. board debates buying land in Oshkosh
The Winnebago County Board is still debating whether to buy more land next to the Sunnyview Expo Center in Oshkosh. The Parks Department wants to acquire 63-acres of farmland east of the current park....
Mar 21, 2019
Oshkosh could have new senior-living development
A major new senior-living development could be going up on the west side of Oshkosh. Heritage Senior Living is looking to build 225 units along Witzel Avenue just west of I-41. Development Director Ma...
Mar 21, 2019 (Image provided by the City of Oshkosh)
Cheer, dance coach faces trial on sex charges
A judge is ordering a trial for a former cheer and dance coach charged with child sex crimes. Twenty-nine-year-old Eric Fisher was working in Manitowoc, at Galaxy All-Star Cheerleading. He waived his ...
Mar 20, 2019
