Category Archives: Local News
Appleton man faces charges for 2 Oshkosh crashes
Prosecutors are charging a 19-year-old Appleton man with stealing two cars and crashing them on the north side of Oshkosh Monday morning. They say David Mack hit a power pole and a house with a truck ...
Mar 28, 2018
Stakeholders look at what to do with juvenile offenders
Stakeholders from around northeast Wisconsin are looking for ways to take care of juvenile offenders. Lawmakers want to replace the state's troubled youth prison, Lincoln Hills, with smaller, regional...
Mar 28, 2018
Walker to focus on law change for special elections
Governor Walker is giving up his court fight over special elections, and instead focusing on a proposal to change the laws on them. A state appeals court ruled against the governor today, and he has u...
Mar 28, 2018
Costs doom 2 proposed Jones Park features
The city of Appleton plans to hold off on two proposed features at Jones Park in the downtown because the renovation project is already over budget. Bids came back higher than expected. Parks Director...
Mar 28, 2018 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Walker signs gun law targeting 'straw' buyers
Governor Walker signed a law that cracks down on people who legally buy a gun, and intend to give it to someone banned from having one. They're called "straw" purchases, and the crime would now be a f...
Mar 28, 2018
Suicide hotline seeks funding after Senate inaction
The leader of the local agency that runs a statewide suicide prevention hotline says they need to scramble to figure out a way to keep it going. Barb Bigalke is the executive director of the Center fo...
Mar 28, 2018
Menasha riverfront building to be torn down
A building along a channel of the Fox River in Menasha will be coming down, after a group had hoped to use it as a teaching tool. Best Friends of Neenah-Menasha was hoping to turn the building on Wate...
Mar 28, 2018 (Image provided by City of Menasha)
Bicyclist dies after G.B. hit & run
Police say the bicyclist who was the victim of a hit-and-run crash in Green Bay died from his injuries. Prosecutors say 29-year-old Barry Watters, Jr. of Green Bay is facing a series of charges for la...
Mar 28, 2018
Port season begins in G.B.
The shipping season is underway at the Port of Green Bay. The Michigan Great Lakes ship arrived at the port on Monday, five days later than the first ship arrived last year. The 2017 season ended Janu...
Mar 28, 2018
Community gathers to mourn Reedsville teen
The search continues off the Gulf Coast in Alabama for a Reedsville teen who was pulled under by a rip tide while on vacation with his family Sunday. Hundreds went to the Gathering Place in Reedsville...
Mar 28, 2018
