Category Archives: Local News
Brillion receives $500K grant for redevelopment project
The City of Brillion received a $500,000 grant to help with the redevelopment of the former Brillion Iron Works Site. The money is from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. CEO Mark Hogan s...
Dec 17, 2018
Groups ask federal judge to throw out early vote limits
A number of groups are officially asking a federal judge to throw out new limits on early voting. Governor Walker signed the lame-duck bill last Friday. Citizen Action of Wisconsin is among the organi...
Dec 17, 2018
Colburn sues Netflix, filmmakers over 'Making a Murderer'
One of the investigators in the Steven Avery case is suing Netflix and the filmmakers behind the "Making a Murderer" series. Andy Colborn claims the series falsely led viewers to the conclusion that C...
Dec 17, 2018
Home sales up slightly in November
It was a little better month for the housing market in the state in November. The Wisconsin Realtors Association reports sales rose by 0.5 percent, over November of last year. Median prices were up al...
Dec 17, 2018
Fewer stores busted for selling tobacco to minors
Businesses in the state are doing a little better not selling tobacco to minors. The state Department of Health Services says a survey found just under six percent were busted this year. That's down f...
Dec 17, 2018
Roth wants states to drop business incentives
A Republican lawmaker from Appleton wants all states to agree to not offer any incentives to businesses. Senate President Roger Roth is making that suggestion, after fighting to keep Kimberly-Clark's ...
Dec 17, 2018
Avery's attorney wants to test bones
The lawyer for Steven Avery wants to test some bones found in a gravel pit, to see if they belong to Teresa Halbach. Attorney Kathleen Zellner filed a motion this afternoon, announcing that a scientis...
Dec 17, 2018
Man arrested for baby's death in Oshkosh
Oshkosh police say they arrested a 34-year-old Oshkosh man for the death of a 10-month-old boy. Officer Kate Mann says they went to a home in the 800 block of Grove Street, on the city's east side on ...
Dec 17, 2018 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Small Business Saturday called a success
Some numbers are out from Small Business Saturday, and a local organizer says the one-day event was a huge hit. Heather Wessley is with Fox Communities Credit Union. She says close to 200 small busine...
Dec 17, 2018
UW-Whitewater chancellor will resign
The leader of UW-Whitewater is stepping down, after her husband was banned from campus, amid accusations of sexual harassment. Chancellor Beverly Kopper sent a campus-wide email this morning announcin...
Dec 17, 2018 (Image provided by UW System)
