Category Archives: Local News
MU Poll: Take Medicaid money, legalize marijuana
The latest Marquette University Law School poll shows 62 percent want the state to accept federal funding to expand Medicaid. Twenty-five percent oppose it, and 12 percent don't know. Governor Evers i...
Jan 24, 2019
Kaul rejects Evers' directive on health care lawsuit
Attorney General Josh Kaul is rejecting a directive from Governor Evers to withdraw Wisconsin from a multi-state lawsuit seeking repeal of the federal health care reform law. Kaul sent a letter to Eve...
Jan 24, 2019
Oshkosh Restaurant Week kicks off
Oshkosh Restaurant Week is back for a second straight year. Twenty-five restaurants will offer special deals starting today, and running through next Wednesday. Justin DeJager of Visit Oshkosh is one ...
Jan 24, 2019
De Pere businessman gets 7 yrs for fraud
A De Pere businessman will spend more than seven years in prison for defrauding the state's economic development agency and other investors. Ronald Van Den Heuvel was sentenced in federal court Wednes...
Jan 23, 2019
United Way Fox Cities raises $8.5 mil
The annual fundraising campaign by the United Way Fox Cities brought in $8.5 million. That's short of the goal of $8.75 million. It's also about $200,000 below the previous year's total. Agency Presid...
Jan 23, 2019
Extensive damage at Champion Center work site
The damage at the construction site of the Fox Cities Champion Center is extensive. That's according to Grand Chute Police Officer Travis Waas. He says at least one person broke into the site of the i...
Jan 23, 2019
Doctor urges people to be cautious in low temperatures
Below-zero temps are expected to move in Thursday night and stay for the next couple of days. Doctor Kyle McCarty works in the emergency room at Saint Vincent Hospital in Green Bay. He says the bigges...
Jan 23, 2019
Group reacts to removing term "mental retardation"
Two state lawmakers are going after the term "mental retardation" and a local group says it's a step in the right direction. Julie Tetzlaff is the director of adult services at the CP Center in Alloue...
Jan 23, 2019
Milwaukee gets line of credit for Democratic convention
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett says the city is securing a third-party line of credit in hopes of hosting the 2020 Democratic National Convention. Milwaukee is one of three finalists. Houston and Miami a...
Jan 23, 2019
Jennie-O donates $25K reward to Jayme Closs
Jennie-O says it will donate its $25,000 reward in the case of Jayme Closs directly to the 13-year-old girl. Closs was kidnapped from her home in Barron last October and her parents were killed. James...
Jan 23, 2019
