Category Archives: Local News
Company offers to replace tires stolen from G.B. man
A local company is giving tires to a Green Bay man after his were stolen from the back of his truck earlier this week. U.S. Venture heard about the story of Sergeant Grant Soletski of the Wisconsin Na...
Oct 31, 2018
Neenah school board to work on referendum
The Neenah school board could decide in the next couple of months whether to hold a building referendum. Members went over the results of a district survey, and they could decide to go to voters in Ap...
Oct 31, 2018 (Image provided by the Neenah Joint School District)
State prison population on the rise
A non-profit says the prison population in the state is growing, and it could top 25,000 by the middle of 2020. David Callender is a spokesman for the nonpartisan Wisconsin Policy Forum. He says part ...
Oct 31, 2018
N.L. schools holding referendum
The New London school board is putting a building referendum on next Tuesday's ballot. Voters will decide whether to spend $1.1 million, in each of the next 10 years, for maintenance and upgrades at t...
Oct 31, 2018
Steffen, Lee face off for 4th Assembly seat
There's a race for an Assembly seat that covers parts of the Green Bay area. Republican Rep. David Steffen of Howard is facing Democrat Terry Lee of Green Bay in the 4th District. Steffen is running f...
Oct 31, 2018
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
