Category Archives: Local News
Groups react after U.S. Supreme Court hearing
U.S. Supreme Court justices heard arguments in a lawsuit over Wisconsin's political maps, and supporters of redistricting reform rallied outside. Former Republican California governor and actor Arnold...
Oct 03, 2017
Appvion hopes to protect employees' stock value
A spokesman for Appvion in Appleton says they're working with lenders to try and keep the value and structure of their Employee Stock Ownership Plan. The company is employee owned. Bill Van Den Brandt...
Oct 03, 2017
Worker's comp premiums take big drop
Worker's compensation premium rates in the state dropped nearly 8-1/2 percent this month. Mark Grapentine is with the Wisconsin Medical Society. He says that's the biggest decline in almost a quarter ...
Oct 03, 2017
Local farmers could get help with crop damage
The rain and flooding in June and July damaged crops in parts of northeast Wisconsin, and the federal government is offering to help. The USDA made a disaster declaration in seven counties. They're Ca...
Oct 03, 2017
Deer in Shawano Co. had CWD
A deer shot at a Shawano County game farm tested positive for chronic wasting disease. The three-year-old buck was one of about 250 on the Comet Creek farm in the Tigerton area. It's the first positiv...
Oct 03, 2017
Judge denies new trial for Avery
A judge in Sheboygan County says Steven Avery shouldn't get a new trial, for the murder of Teresa Halbach. A jury convicted Avery of the Halloween 2005 death of the freelance photographer, and he's be...
Oct 03, 2017
U.S. Supreme Court takes up state's political maps
A lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's political boundaries goes before the U.S. Supreme Court later today. An attorney for the groups challenging the maps says Republicans used redistricting to gerrymande...
Oct 03, 2017
Hovarter pleads not guilty in shooting death
An 18-year-old man is pleading not guilty in the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy west of Waupaca. Prosecutors charged Austin Hovarter with first-degree reckless homicide last month. He also waived...
Oct 02, 2017
Hanna: Appvion situation different than Appleton Coated
Appleton's mayor says the situation at Appvion is much different than what's going on with the Appleton Coated paper mill in Combined Locks. Appvion filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday. Mayor Ti...
Oct 02, 2017 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Neenah-Menasha firefighters getting ID kits to kids
Neenah-Menasha firefighters will be handing out ID kits to students this month. The department goes to schools in the two communities during October. Firefighter Jamie Leonard says they raised money t...
Oct 02, 2017 Neenah-Menasha Fire Rescue logo (Image courtesy Neenah-Menasha Fire Rescue)
