Category Archives: Local News
Bond set at $50K each for Nygren, Gray
The daughter of a state lawmaker and her fiance might not face formal charges until next week in the overdose death of a pregnant woman. 28-year-old Cassandra Nygren and 33-year-old Shawn Gray were in...
Oct 13, 2017
Appleton may update downtown parking study
The city of Appleton might update its downtown parking study because of the potential for future growth. The city will lose about 400 spots in a couple of years when the Blue Ramp next to the City Cen...
Oct 13, 2017 (Image from the City of Appleton)
'Waitress' comes to the Fox Cities PAC
The Broadway musical "Waitress" is coming to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center next month. Tickets will go on sale today. There will be eight performances from November 28th to December 3rd. PAC s...
Oct 13, 2017
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
