Category Archives: Local News
USA Powerlifting High School Nationals start in Appleton
Young athletes from around the country are meeting in downtown Appleton today to compete for a national title. The USA Powerlifting High School Nationals start today. Adam Schanke is the sports market...
Mar 22, 2018
Council agrees to Fox River House music deal
Appleton leaders are going along with a compromise over outdoor music at a downtown bar. The Fox River House and neighbors came to a deal for Fridays and Saturdays, between Memorial Day and Labor Day....
Mar 21, 2018 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Fake gun found in Seymour school, 2 arrested
Seymour police say a fake gun was found in a classroom, during a campus-wide search this afternoon. Two students are in custody. Police put the middle and high schools on lockdown today, after a repor...
Mar 21, 2018
Man gets 10 yrs for Waupaca-area shooting death
An 18-year-old man is going to prison for the shooting death of a teenage boy in the Waupaca area. Austin Hovarter was sentenced to 10 years behind bars on a charge of first-degree reckless homicide. ...
Mar 21, 2018
EAB quarantine to spread statewide
The emerald ash borer is becoming so widespread in Wisconsin that the entire state will be quarantined. The state ag department made the move, and it's effective at the end of the month. Spokeswoman D...
Mar 21, 2018
Fire causes $100K in damage to G.B. apartments
A fire at an apartment building on the far east side of Green Bay caused about $100,000 in damage. Firefighters say the fire was in the wall and ceiling area of a first-floor apartment in a two-story,...
Mar 21, 2018 (Image: Green Bay Fire Department)
More bills targeting drugs, opioids clear Senate
The latest proposals to help curb drug addiction and abuse in the state got through the Senate last night. The two bills are part of what's called the Hope Agenda. The initiative was created to battle...
Mar 21, 2018
Bill aims to keep plastics out of landfills
Companies that want to turn certain plastics into fuel could soon have the green light to move into Wisconsin. Sen. Rob Cowles is the co-author of a bill that would allow the technology in the state. ...
Mar 21, 2018 Sen Robert Cowles announces he won't seek re-election in the newly redrawn 2nd District
Nelson calls for summit for paper industry
With proposed tax cuts for Kimberly-Clark on hold, a local leader wants stakeholders to come together to look for ways to help the paper industry in northeast Wisconsin. The Senate decided not to vote...
Mar 21, 2018
'Connect to Courage' expands to police, fire, EMS
An event that was aimed toward veterans when it was founded last year expanded. "Connect to Courage" was at the Public Safety Training Center at Fox Valley Technical College yesterday. The school's Bi...
Mar 20, 2018
