Category Archives: Local News
Neighbor: House explosion like an 'earthquake'
A woman who lives two doors down from the house explosion in Harrison says she's never been in an earthquake, but she thought that's what hit. Jenny Hoffman says the noise woke her up, just after 8 a....
Oct 10, 2018
Sale of Kaukauna-based paper company finalized
The deal is done for the sale of a Kaukauna-based paper company to one from Finland. Expera Specialty Solutions announced in July that it would soon be owned by Ahlstrom-Munksj. The new company will t...
Oct 10, 2018
$1 mil Mega Millions ticket sold in FdL
Someone won $1 million in last night's Mega Millions drawing with a ticket sold in Fond du Lac. The winner bought the ticket at the Pick 'n Save on Johnson Street, by I-41. It matched five out of five...
Oct 10, 2018 (Image from the Wisconsin Lottery)
Poll shows tight race for governor
The latest Marquette University Law School poll shows a tight race for governor. Governor Walker is leading Democrat Tony Evers 47 to 46 percent. That's within the margin of error. Poll Director Charl...
Oct 10, 2018
House explodes in Harrison
A house was destroyed in an explosion in Harrison, near Lake Winnebago, this morning. Lt. Mark Wiegert of the Calumet County Sheriff's department says no one was at the home on Fire Lane 12 at the tim...
Oct 10, 2018
Appleton will keep looking for site for new park
Appleton could keep looking for a site for a long-talked-about large regional park on the southeast side. Mayor Tim Hanna included $500,000 in next year's proposed budget to buy land. Parks and Recrea...
Oct 10, 2018 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Today is International Walk to School Day
Over 75 schools in the Fox Valley area are holding special events for International Walk to School Day today. Melissa Kraemer Badtke is with the East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission. Sh...
Oct 10, 2018
U.S. Post office says it won't pay for bank fees for missing mail
The U-S Post Office says it won't reimburse any bank fees or other charges for people who reported missing mail from the Neenah Menasha area. The mail disappeared around September 4 and postal officia...
Oct 10, 2018
V.P. Pence visits Green Bay today
Vice President Mike Pence will be in the Green Bay area today to campaign for Governor Walker. He'll speak at an event at the Oneida Golf and Country Club. The two will make several stops throughout t...
Oct 10, 2018
Exam ordered for Shawano woman after child's death
A judge is ordering a competency exam for a Shawano woman accused of planning to bury her dead two-month-old child, and not tell police. Twenty-two-year-old Catherine Barker was in Shawano County Cour...
Oct 9, 2018
