Category Archives: Local News
FVTC and UW-GB make transfer agreement
A new agreement will make it easier for business students at Fox Valley Technical College to go to UW Green Bay. The partnership is the region's first credit transfer agreement for a business program....
Oct 12, 2017
Health care premiums for federal exchanges will jump
The average premium in Wisconsin for health insurance through the federal exchanges will go up by 36 percent. The state Commissioner of Insurance Office says about 75,000 people will have to find new ...
Oct 12, 2017
Gallagher reacts to Trump's health care order
President Trump signed an executive order on health care, and a Republican from northeast Wisconsin is weighing in on the move. Congressman Mike Gallagher of Green Bay says he supports letting people ...
Oct 12, 2017
DNR helping with wildfires, but not in California
Crews from the DNR typically help with emergencies in other states, including wildfires, but a staffer says they haven't been asked to help in California. Catherine Koele is the agency's wildfire prev...
Oct 12, 2017 (Image from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
Survey lets people weigh in on future of Brown Co. Fairgrounds
The Brown County parks department is asking people what they'd like to see happen with the county fairgrounds in De Pere. Parks director Matt Kriese says they're putting together a master plan, and th...
Oct 12, 2017
Colorado man accused of trying to abduct Suamico teen
A 22-year-old Colorado man is in custody, after Brown County Sheriff's deputies say he wanted to take a 16-year-old Suamico girl to Colorado. Curtis Bowers was arrested on Tuesday. Investigators say B...
Oct 12, 2017
Deputies: Pregnant woman overdosed from heroin from Nygren, Gray
Brown County investigators say a 31-year-old pregnant Green Bay woman died of an overdose, and they believe a state lawmaker's daughter and her fiance sold her heroin. Twenty-eight-year-old Cassandra ...
Oct 12, 2017
More details expected this morning in Nygren case
Brown County Sheriff's deputies expect to release more details this morning on the arrest of a state lawmaker's daughter on possible drug-related homicide charges. 28-year-old Cassandra Nygren and 33-...
Oct 12, 2017
The Courtyard by Marriott hosts grand opening
Appleton's first riverfront hotel hosted its grand opening yesterday. The Courtyard by Marriott is a part of the RiverHeath development below the College Avenue bridge over the Fox River. Owner Mark G...
Oct 12, 2017
Menasha woman helps victims of Las Vegas shooting
A Menasha woman is helping victims of the Las Vegas shooting. She's a member of the Fox Cities Victim Crisis Response Team. Team supervisor Julie Neubert says they're called to scenes where officers t...
Oct 11, 2017
