Category Archives: Local News
Evers lays out marijuana proposal
Governor Evers is officially unveiling his plan to legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin. He's going to put the proposal in his state budget. Evers also wants to decriminalize having small amounts o...
Feb 18, 2019 (Image: Office of the Governor)
Oshkosh sets school make-up day plan
Making up snow days is becoming a huge challenge for local school districts. Oshkosh Superintendent Vickie Cartwright says administrators are asking the Department of Public Instruction for help, by g...
Feb 18, 2019 (Image provided by the Oshkosh Area School District)
Nursing home costs hit counties, taxpayers
Health advocates believe the nearly 400 nursing homes in the state are in crisis, because of a shortage of workers and the low Medicaid reimbursement rate. Each county has to run its own facility, and...
Feb 18, 2019
Longtime exhibit closes at Oshkosh museum
The Oshkosh Public Museum is closing a longtime exhibit today. Logging and Lumbering was on display for 22 years. Spokeswoman Karla Szekeres says back in the 1990s, the museum planned to show it off f...
Feb 18, 2019
Site calls Appleton most beautiful college town in Wis.
A website is calling Appleton the most beautiful college town in Wisconsin. MSN put together the list. The article points to Lawrence University's 19th century buildings, and the proximity of the camp...
Feb 18, 2019
Three Dog Night to play at PAC
Three Dog Night is coming to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in April. The legendary band will play in downtown Appleton on Thursday, April 11th. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. Three Dog N...
Feb 18, 2019
Mother killed in Suamico murder-suicide
Investigators say the victim of a murder-suicide in Suamico was in a custody battle with the father of her 14-month-old son. Thirty-four-year-old Brooke Fontaine was shot and killed at her parent's ho...
Feb 18, 2019
Armed robbery in Green Bay
Green Bay police are investigating an armed robbery on the east side. An official says it happened around 4 p.m. yesterday at the Pit Row Mobile in the 1400 block of University Avenue. Police say a ma...
Feb 18, 2019
Congressman looks to keep craft brewery tax breaks
A congressman from La Crosse wants to make a package of federal tax breaks for craft breweries and wineries permanent. Democratic Representative Ron Kind says the program works with federal agencies t...
Feb 17, 2019
Transformation House looks to move in Green Bay
A Green Bay non-profit that helps men get back on their feet might be moving to a new location. Leaders of The Transformation House already own the former Santa Maria Nursing Home on the 400 block of ...
Feb 17, 2019
