Category Archives: Local News
Veterans get ready for 'Return to Nam' honor flight
About 50 veterans from northeast Wisconsin are getting ready for the first-ever local honor flight back to Vietnam. They were randomly picked out of more than 500 vets to apply for the "Return to Nam"...
Jan 21, 2019
Rep. Gallagher talks government shutdown
A federal lawmaker is talking about the government shutdown. Republican Congressman Mike Gallagher of Green Bay was at a town hall meeting in Chilton yesterday. He says he's talked with President Trum...
Jan 21, 2019
Big house in Suamico heavily damaged by fire
Suamico firefighters say a large house appears to be a total loss, after a fire this afternoon. A neighbor walking a dog called 911 after seeing smoke from the home in the 3400 block of Blackberry Lan...
Jan 21, 2019
ATW had 25% jump in passengers in 2018
It was a lot busier at Appleton International Airport last year. Nearly 718,000 people flew in or out, and that record number was 25 percent higher than 2017's total. Airport spokesman Patrick Tracey ...
Jan 21, 2019 (Image from Appleton International Airport)
Home sales down slightly in 2018
It was a little slower for home sales in Wisconsin last year. There was a 2.2 percent decline in closings, from a record-setting total in 2017. David Clark is an economist for the Wisconsin Realtors A...
Jan 21, 2019
Building For Kids shows off new exhibit
There's a new play area for the youngest visitors at a downtown Appleton children's museum. Building for Kids Executive Director Jarrad Bittner says the Babies and Toddlers Around the World exhibit re...
Jan 21, 2019
Oshkosh's Merrill Middle School to host MLK celebration
A school in Oshkosh is holding a community celebration tomorrow in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Ryan Peterson is principal at Merrill Middle School. He says it's their fifth annual event, and stud...
Jan 21, 2019 (Image provided by the Oshkosh Area School District)
Yellow Ramp elevators will be shut down for weeks
Both elevators in the Yellow Ramp in downtown Appleton will be down for at least several weeks, after a weekend fire. The parking ramp is at the corner of Morrison and Washington streets. City spokesm...
Jan 21, 2019
Power outage forces Madison airport to close
Officials at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison say a power outage forced them to close the airport. No flights are going in or out. They estimate power could be back up around 10:15 a.m. and adv...
Jan 21, 2019
Person from G.B killed in a crash in Kohler
A 20-year-old from Green Bay is one of two people killed in a crash on I-43 in Sheobygan County. Kohler police says Shawnie Silas-Grode and 58-year-old Heidi Martiny of Forestville were killed in the ...
Jan 21, 2019
