Category Archives: Local News
Barriers helped keep cars on bridge in I-43 pileup
Cars didn't go over the side of the Leo Frigo Bridge in Green Bay during this week's pileup in part because of concrete barriers. About 30 cars were involved and video shows some of them hitting the b...
Mar 6, 2019
Howard leaders look at plans for new village center
Village leaders in Howard are looking at new plans for a village center. They started working with architects in 2016 on a site off Cardinal Lane near the YMCA. Village Administrator Paul Every says a...
Mar 6, 2019
4 people charged in G.B. teen's murder
Prosecutors are formally charging four people with the murder of a Green Bay Preble High School student. They accuse 21-year-old Jared Williquette of shooting Federico Abarca during a drug robbery in ...
Mar 6, 2019
Group backs clean water pact
A group is on board with a long-term effort to have cleaner water in Lake Winnebago, the Bay of Green Bay and other nearby waterways. The county executives from Winnebago, Outagamie, Brown and Fond du...
Mar 6, 2019
Kaukauna man's Christmas display moving
A homeowner's Christmas display in Kaukauna will be moving to the city's industrial park. Some neighbors have complained about the number of people driving to Rusty Court to check it out. The Industri...
Mar 6, 2019
Menasha closing TIF district
A TIF district that covers a business park in Menasha will close early. The area is southeast of the intersection of Midway and Appleton roads. Menasha Mayor Don Merkes says they created the district ...
Mar 6, 2019 (Image provided by City of Menasha)
Students learning about Outagamie Co. govt
Students from four local high schools are learning more about county government today. They're taking part in the annual Outagamie County Youth in Government program. County Board Chair Jeff Nooyen sa...
Mar 6, 2019
Elizabeth Smart to speak in Closs' hometown
Kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart is coming to northwest Wisconsin to speak in the hometown of Jayme Closs. The 13-year-old Closs escaped in January, after prosecutors say she was held captive for a...
Mar 6, 2019
Vinland fire damages construction company
A fire significantly damaged a construction company's building west of Neenah. Crews went to J.J. Geffers Construction on Commerce Plaza Drive in the Town of Vinland around 11 p.m. Tuesday. Town of Ne...
Mar 6, 2019
Iowa man convicted of murdering Oshkosh man
A jury says the death of an Oshkosh man in an Iowa bar was murder. Members handed down a guilty verdict in the trial of 49-year-old Rodney Henricksen. He was charged with second-degree murder in the d...
Mar 6, 2019
