Category Archives: Local News
Neenah-Menasha sewage treatment plant overflows
The heavy rain on Tuesday afternoon caused the Neenah-Menasha sewage treatment plant to overflow sending some diluted raw sewage into the Fox River and Little Lake Butte des Morts. Plant Manager Paul ...
Aug 29, 2018
Man will spend 11 year in prison for racketeering, theft
The owner of a salvage yard just west of Oshkosh will spend 11 years in prison on charges that he ripped off a scrap metal company in Fond du Lac. Prosecutors say 53-year-old Sterling Kienbaum of Fox ...
Aug 29, 2018
Rescuer talks about saving boy swept away by flood water
A rescuer is talking about how crews saved an 11-year-old boy after he was swept away by flood waters in Harrison. Witnesses say the boy put on goggles to go underwater Tuesday afternoon and he didn't...
Aug 29, 2018
United Way kicks off campaign
The United Way Fox Cities will try to raise $8.75 million during the agency's annual campaign. The nonprofit group held a kickoff event this afternoon at SECURA Insurance on Appleton's south side. Dus...
Aug 29, 2018
Farmers deal with wet weather
A crop expert for Outagamie County says the first two inches of rain over these past few days were fine, but then it kept coming. Kevin Jarek is the county's UW-Extension ag agent. He says farmers nee...
Aug 29, 2018
N.L. teacher is a finalist for national honor
A teacher from New London is up for what's considered to be the highest honor the federal government gives to math and science teachers. Alicia Korth teaches those subjects to first-graders at Lincoln...
Aug 29, 2018
Gas station off I-41 in Lawrence robbed
Police say a gas station off I-41 in the Town of Lawrence was robbed at gunpoint early this morning. Hobart/Lawrence police say the suspect walked into the Kwik Trip on Freedom Road around 1:45 a.m. T...
Aug 29, 2018
Ground broken on new G.B. paper mill
A new paper mill is officially under construction in Green Bay. Green Bay Packaging is building a $500 million facility, and it will be the first new paper mill in the state in three decades. It will ...
Aug 29, 2018
2 tornadoes confirmed in eastern Wis.
There were at least two tornadoes in eastern Wisconsin during yesterday's storms. The National Weather Service says one touched down by the Calumet and Manitowoc County line, north of Kiel. It travele...
Aug 29, 2018
G.B. man was person killed on I-43
A 29-year-old Green Bay man was the person killed while walking along I-43 yesterday morning. Green Bay police say John Phillips was hit by a car, and they're still investigating the cause of the cras...
Aug 29, 2018
