Category Archives: Local News
Sprinkler potentially saves kids, staff at day care
Appleton firefighters are crediting a sprinkler system for possibly saving children's lives at a day care on the south side. About 65 kids were at KinderCare in the 2400 block of S. Oneida Street yest...
Feb 26, 2019
Vietnam vets react to their 1st trip back since the war
Veterans on the Old Glory Honor Flight to Vietnam are reacting to being back in country after nearly 50 years. About 50 veterans and others left the Fox Valley Sunday for the long trip back. Bob Smith...
Feb 26, 2019
Training helped with pileup response
Training played a role in how emergency responders dealt with the pileup on I-41 South in the Neenah area. Winnebago County Sheriff John Matz says they put their mass casualty plan in place. He thinks...
Feb 26, 2019
New mixed-use project in the works in Oshkosh
A new project is in the works in the Marion Road redevelopment area in downtown Oshkosh. City Manager Mark Rohloff says an Iowa company is looking to put a mixed-use building at the corner of Marion R...
Feb 26, 2019 (Image provided by the city of Oshkosh)
Steffen: New prison estimate not 'based in reality'
A lawmaker from Howard says the estimate of up to $500 million to replace the Green Bay state prison isn't accurate. Republican Representative David Steffen thinks consultants might change that figure...
Feb 26, 2019
Insurance agents busy with I-41 pileup claims
Insurance agents will be busy dealing with claims from the people involved in Sunday's pileup. Claims adjusters can't look at the vehicles involved until the Winnebago County Sheriff's department rele...
Feb 25, 2019
Crews work to get ice off roads
Crews are working to scrape ice off the roads after last weekend's rain and snow. Green Bay Public Works Superintendent Tony Fietzer says it's created some challenges. He says crews drove around cars ...
Feb 25, 2019
Police: Pot deal led to G.B. teen's death
Prosecutors believe a marijuana deal led to the murder of an 18-year-old Green Bay man. Federico Abarca was shot in the parking lot of an apartment building on the city's east side last Friday night. ...
Feb 25, 2019
Court orders hearing in Avery appeal
A state appeals court is ordering a hearing in Steven Avery's appeal. His attorney, Kathleen Zellner, wants to test bones found in a gravel pit to see if they are Teresa Halbach's. She says police gav...
Feb 25, 2019
Evers bringing back Guard troops from border
Governor Evers is ordering Wisconsin National Guard troops to return from the border in Arizona. About 110 soldiers and airmen were helping with border security. Former Governor Scott Walker started s...
Feb 25, 2019 (Image: Office of the Governor)
