Category Archives: Local News
Early voting up from 2014
Early voting totals for next Tuesday's election are already more than the last race for governor and mid-term federal election in 2014. The Wisconsin Elections Commission says nearly 378,000 ballots w...
Oct 31, 2018
Local senate races draw big outside spending
A government watchdog group says two races in northeast Wisconsin for state Senate are among the top in the state for spending from outside groups. The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign says the total is a...
Oct 31, 2018
Opioid prescriptions down in state
A state report shows opioid prescriptions are down 32 percent in Wisconsin over the past three years. The state Controlled Substances Board says there were nearly 1.3 million prescriptions over the fi...
Oct 31, 2018
MU poll: Governor's race tied
A new poll from the Marquette University Law School puts the race for governor at a tie. Among likely voters, 47 percent each support Governor Walker and his Democratic challenger Tony Evers. The marg...
Oct 31, 2018
Cuts to police and fire in G.B. budget
The Green Bay Finance Committee is working on the 2019 budget and it calls for a nearly four percent cut to most city departments and a one-point-one percent increase in property taxes. The cuts will ...
Oct 31, 2018
Construction on Oneida Street ends today
A major construction project on Appleton's south side will be done later today. Crews will be picking up the orange barrels along Oneida Street this afternoon or early evening. Paula Vandehey is Apple...
Oct 31, 2018 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Work finished on Main Street in Winneconne
Construction is done today on a major project in Winneconne. Crews started replacing the road on Highway 116 in April. DOT spokesman Mark Kantola says they replaced the pavement, sewer systems, and wa...
Oct 31, 2018
Candidates talk about race for Senate seat
The race for a state Senate seat in northeast Wisconsin is a rematch from earlier this year. Democratic Senator Caleb Frostman defeated Republican Representative Andre Jacque in a special election. Th...
Oct 31, 2018
VP Pence plans visit to western Wisconsin
Vice President Mike Pence is planning to visit western Wisconsin on Saturday for a campaign rally with Governor Walker. Walker's campaign says Pence will join the governor at a trucking company in Hud...
Oct 31, 2018
Boil water notice in Gresham
Gresham public schools are closed today because of a water main break. The village in Shawano County is under a boil water notice. Operations Manager Brian Carroll says crews were doing sewer work on ...
Oct 31, 2018
