Category Archives: Local News
Zima files lawsuit against G.B. city and mayor
Former Green Bay Alderman Guy Zima filed a lawsuit this week against the City of Green Bay and Mayor Jim Schmitt for defamation and slander. The civil lawsuit claims Schmitt, in a television interview...
Dec 19, 2018
Packers pledge up to $250K for Bay Beach project
The Green Bay Packers will match up to $250,000 dollars in donations to pay for a new swimming beach at Bay Beach in Green Bay. Mayor Jim Schmitt and Packers CEO Mark Murphy made the announcement yest...
Dec 18, 2018
Appleton police look for community feedback
Appleton police want to hear from the community about what issues officers should spend more time on in 2019. Officer Meghan Cash says the Focus survey is online and there are a lot of different topic...
Dec 18, 2018 (Image provided by the Appleton Police Department)
Oshkosh man charged in 10-month-old's death
Prosecutors are charging a 34-year-old Oshkosh man with the death of his roommate's 10-month-old son. Freddy Colon was in Winnebago County court Tuesday afternoon, and his bond was set at $250,000. He...
Dec 18, 2018
14 rescued on ice on Green Bay
There was an ice rescue on the Bay of Green Bay this morning. Fourteen fishermen were stranded when the section of ice they were on broke away from the shore. No one was hurt. Brown County Sheriff's d...
Dec 18, 2018
About $1.6 mil in grants issued to fight poverty
Some groups that are fighting poverty in the region will share almost $1.6 million in new grant funding. It's coming from the Basic Needs Giving Partnership, through money raised at the annual U.S. Ve...
Dec 18, 2018
Neenah schools consider nearly $130 mil referendum
There could be a big school referendum in Neenah in April. The school board is scheduled to vote tonight on a nearly $130 million question. District spokesman Jim Strick says about $84 million of that...
Dec 18, 2018 (Image provided by the Neenah Joint School District)
One of 'Monfils 6' is out of prison
After nearly 24 years in prison, a man found guilty in the murder of Tom Monfils, is now free. Fifty-four-year-old Michael Hirn is known as one of the Monfils 6. He was granted parole this month and r...
Dec 18, 2018
Good Samaritan becomes robbery victim
A woman who stopped to help a person in a disabled vehicle became a robbery victim last night. Kewaunee County sheriff Matt Joski says the woman saw the vehicle along the side of the road on Highway C...
Dec 18, 2018
Innocent man killed by speeding driver
A 25-year-old man died Sunday after his pickup truck was hit by a driver speeding away from sheriff's deputies. Manitowoc County officials say both men are from Two Rivers. They say a 48-year-old man ...
Dec 18, 2018
