Category Archives: Local News
Man dead after driving into Fox River in G.B.
Green Bay police say a man died after he drove into the Fox River on the city's north side this morning. They say he was speeding when he went down the Green Bay Metro Boat Launch on Bay Beach Road ar...
Jul 11, 2018
Firefighter killed in Sun Prairie was a 10-yr vet
A 10-year member of the Sun Prairie fire department was the firefighter killed in last night's explosion in downtown Sun Prairie. Capt. Cory Barr also owned a bar on Main Street that was heavily damag...
Jul 11, 2018
Bubolz, Catalpa Health partner on activities
A mental health provider and a nature center in Grand Chute are teaming up for a program that encourages people to get outside. Gordon Bubolz Nature Preserve and Catalpa Health created free mindfulnes...
Jul 11, 2018
Group formally asks DOT for I-41 expansion
A group is going on the record, calling for an expansion of I-41 from the Fox Cities to the Green Bay area. The East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission has a transportation committee. Memb...
Jul 10, 2018
State confirms 1st death of tick disease
State health officials are confirming Wisconsin's first documented death from Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The Department of Health Services says the tick-borne disease took the life of a La Crosse w...
Jul 10, 2018
Illegal fireworks use drops in Winnebago Co.
Police say an initiative to stop the use of illegal fireworks in Winnebago County was a success. It's down about 45 percent around the Fourth of July in Menasha, Neenah, and Fox Crossing. Officers wen...
Jul 10, 2018
L.C. leaders make plans for former grocery store
There are plans in Little Chute for a former grocery store building in the downtown. Dollar Tree will be moving into most of the former Save-A-Lot Foods on Main Street. Village Administrator James Fen...
Jul 10, 2018
Ashwaubenon boy meets responders who saved his life
A three-year-old boy got to meet the first responders who saved his life earlier this month. Calyx Harnowski of Ashwaubenon was at a family friend's pool party when was found lifeless in the water. Me...
Jul 10, 2018
Kimberly receives school safety grant
Kimberly is one of the latest school districts to get a safety grant from the state. $180,000 will go toward things like an improved security camera system. All entrances will also have a buzz-in syst...
Jul 10, 2018 (Image courtesy Kimberly School District)
2 Texas men face charges for textbook theft
A federal grand jury in Milwaukee indicted two men from Texas for stealing textbooks from UW-Green Bay and colleges in several other states. Ryan Lewis and Genesis Abellar of Houston were arrested alm...
Jul 10, 2018
