Category Archives: Local News
2 victims of wrong-way crash were going to family wedding
Two people from the Appleton area, killed in a crash in Brown County last Friday, were heading to a family wedding in Door County. Fifty-six-year-old Lynn Eckes was the mother of the groom, and 84-yea...
Oct 29, 2017
3 dead in wrong-way crash on Hwy. 57
Deputies say a crash in Brown County left three people dead, and two others with life-threatening injuries. The Sheriff's department says a 38-year-old Green Bay man was going the wrong way in the nor...
Oct 27, 2017
Police search for missing Oshkosh teen
Oshkosh police are looking for a missing teen. They say Dwayne Doss was last seen leaving home last Sunday. They say he's a black transgender boy, 5-4 and 150 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. P...
Oct 27, 2017
Crash shuts down Hwy. 57 by Dyckesville
UPDATE: Three people were killed in the crash on Highway 57. http://www.whby.com/2017/10/27/3-dead-in-wrong-way-crash-on-hwy-57/ A stretch of Highway 57 North in northeast Brown County is shut down be...
Oct 27, 2017
Appleton leaders to spend tomorrow on budget
Members of the Appleton city council will be going through the proposed budget for next year in an all-day session at City Hall. It's called "Budget Saturday." Ald. Kathy Plank is the chair of the fin...
Oct 27, 2017 (Image from the City of Appleton)
L.C. hosting open house at municipal services building
People will have a chance to check out Little Chute's new municipal services building tomorrow. The village is holding an open house from 10 a.m. to noon. The new facility is on E. Elm Drive, south of...
Oct 27, 2017
Paper mill in Shawano gets $40 mil upgrade
A paper company is making a major investment at its mill in Shawano. The move comes as the future of the Appleton Coated mill in Combined Locks is up in the air, and a Grand Chute company announced th...
Oct 27, 2017
Man accused of stealing from laundromat machines
Shawano County Sheriff's deputies are looking for a suspect in a string of break-ins and thefts at laundromats in the Shawano area. Detective Sgt. Gordon Kowaleski says a white man is hitting change, ...
Oct 27, 2017
Appleton's final outdoor Farm Market is tomorrow
The coordinator of Appleton's Farm Market says they saw more people along College Avenue this summer. The final outdoor market is tomorrow. Djuanna Hugdahl of Downtown Appleton Incorporated says some ...
Oct 27, 2017 (Image provided by Appleton Downtown Incorporated)
Fox River Locks could have $29 mil impact
The Fox River Locks could have an average economic impact of nearly $29 million a year, if the two remaining locks open. UW-Oshkosh Professor David Fuller crunched the numbers, and included the impact...
Oct 27, 2017 (Image from the Fox River Navigational System Authority)
