Category Archives: Local News
Little Chute students teach CPR
A group of students from Little Chute high school are hoping to help save lives. The kids, who are part of the Career Pathways Academy, are teaming with up the school's licensed athletic trainer and t...
Feb 19, 2019
Advocate reacts to Suamico murder-suicide
In the wake of a murder-suicide in Suamico, a domestic violence advocate says unfortunately, they're all too common in the state. Thirty-four-year-old Brooke Fontaine was killed at her parents' house ...
Feb 19, 2019
Some communities have spring primary election today
Voters in some communities have a spring primary election today. Oshkosh City Clerk Pamela Ubrig thinks polling places will be slow. She says this election has the mayoral primary race, and they expec...
Feb 19, 2019
Sturgeon season done on upriver lakes
Sturgeon spearers are done for the year on the upriver lakes. The season closed yesterday, after they got 307 fish over 10 days. It tied the second-longest season in the past 12 years. On Lake Winneba...
Feb 18, 2019 (Image from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
Steineke weighs in on medical marijuana
A top Republican is weighing in on a proposal from Governor Evers to legalize medical marijuana. The Democrat also wants to decriminalize having small amounts of pot. Assembly Majority Leader Jim Stei...
Feb 18, 2019
Doctor concerned about measles coming to Wisconsin
A local doctor is concerned about measles after several outbreaks across the country. Doctor Sharon Rink is a pediatrician at ThedaCare in Darboy. She's worried the virus could reach the state. She sa...
Feb 18, 2019
GOP wants to include criminal justice proposals in budget
Assembly Republicans are pushing some criminal justice proposals they want Governor Evers to include in the state budget. Representative Ron Tusler of Harrison says they want to expand treatment and d...
Feb 18, 2019
Home sales dropped in January
It was a tough month for home sales in January. The Wisconsin Realtors Association is reporting a nearly nine percent drop in closings statewide compared to the same month last year. Economist David C...
Feb 18, 2019
Shopko cutting some workers at headquarters
Shopko plans to layoff about 140 workers at the retailer's headquarters in Ashwaubenon. The company told the state Department of Workforce Development the positions are being cut, because fewer people...
Feb 18, 2019
Charges filed in boat crash that killed Neenah women
Prosecutors are charging a Neenah man in the deaths of two sisters in a boat crash on Lake Winnebago last summer. Forty-four-year-old Brian Sullivan is facing two counts of homicide by drunk boating. ...
Feb 18, 2019
