Category Archives: Local News

Appleton school administrators are looking into a big increase in the number of special education students. In the past eight years they've seen a 26 percent jump. That's compared to about a nine-and-...

There are some changes to Appleton rules for having backyard chickens and one of them stops neighbors from having a say. The city council agreed to end the process of notifying neighbors and giving th...

A person on a motorcycle was killed in a crash on Highway 21 between Oshkosh and Omro Sunday morning. The Winnebago County Sheriff's department says the driver of a car was going to turn left onto Rei...

Almost four years after Neenah and Menasha leaders first started talking about creating a Loop the Lake Trail, it will open tomorrow. The two communities helped pay for two trestle bridges, and constr...

There's a proposal to ban smoking within 20 feet of playgrounds in Appleton parks. Ald. Rachel Raasch says a number of mothers came forward with the idea. She says there's some frustration after some ...

The list of candidates for next year's election for Green Bay mayor is growing. Brown County Supervisor Patrick Buckley plans to formally announce that he's running next Tuesday. Buckley is serving hi...

The redevelopment of the former paper mill site in Kimberly will continue to take shape toward the end of the summer. Village Administrator Dani Block says construction is expected to start in the com...

The annual Aurora BayCare High Cliff Triathlon is tomorrow morning in Sherwood, and there's a change in the events this year. Race Director Gloria West says instead of having a short-distance competit...

Green Bay police have pictures of the suspect from an attempted bank robbery on the west side yesterday morning. They say he walked into Associated Bank in the 1400 block of W. Mason Street around 9:1...

Another Democrat is ending his campaign for governor. Rep. Dana Wachs of Eau Claire is the second candidate to drop out in two days. Wachs is endorsing Tony Evers in the August 14 Democratic primary. ...