Category Archives: Local News
Vos apologizes for calling 3 GOP senators 'terrorists'
The top Republican in the Assembly is apologizing this afternoon, for calling three GOP senators "terrorists." Speaker Robin Vos was talking about the budget process on Up Front with Mike Gousha on WI...
Oct 23, 2017
Home sales slip slightly in Sept.
Home sales were a bit slower last month around the state. Economist Dave Clark of the Wisconsin Realtors Association says sales were down 1.2 percent in September. For the first nine months of the yea...
Oct 23, 2017
Police: No signs of break-ins in weekend Oshkosh cases
Oshkosh police are stressing safety, after two women reported a man walked into their home on the city's north side early Saturday morning. One of them says a man tried to assault her. Sgt. Todd Wrage...
Oct 23, 2017 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
School voucher program numbers are up
The number of students using taxpayer-funded vouchers to go to private schools is up almost eight percent this year. Green Bay's Catholic School system GRACE has the most students of any in the state,...
Oct 23, 2017
Oshkosh police investigate attempted sexual assault
Oshkosh police are investigating an attempted sexual assault that happened Saturday morning. Police say it happened at 2:30 a.m. in the 600 block of Scott Avenue near the UW-Oshkosh campus. They say a...
Oct 23, 2017 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
One person dead after New London car fire
One person is dead after a car fire in New London. The New London fire department and New London police were called to the scene at 9:43 a.m. Saturday. Investigators say an officer tried to put out th...
Oct 23, 2017
Bill would make state park passes good for 12 months
A lawmaker from Sun Prairie is trying to make state park passes good for a full year regardless of when they were bought. Passes are currently only valid in the calendar year they were purchased. Demo...
Oct 23, 2017
US senate race sees unusual amount of early activity
The two candidates in the fight for the Republican nomination in Wisconsin's US Senate race are already on the attack nine months before the primary. State senator Leah Vukmir of Brookfield is support...
Oct 23, 2017
Appleton may lift ban on alcohol on pub-style cycles
Appleton leaders might lift the ban on alcohol on the first pedal pub-style cycle in the city. The Social Station started offering tours in the downtown over the summer. Alderman Joe Martin says his p...
Oct 23, 2017
Appleton sells equipment from water treatment system
The city of Appleton will try to sell some equipment from the former system at the water treatment plant. Utilities Director Chris Shaw says they don't need the ultra-filtration membranes now that the...
Oct 22, 2017
