Category Archives: Local News
2 arrested, victim recovered in human trafficking operation
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A human trafficking operation leads to a pair of arrests. Green Bay police and the state Division of Criminal Investigation conducted a joint operation Thursday. Detectives and agen...
Aug 19, 2022 (Image courtesy Green Bay Police Department)
Bicyclist hospitalized after crash with car
FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- A bicyclist is seriously injured after being hit by a car in Fond du Lac. Police say the 21-year-old Fond du Lac man was struck in the area of Martin Avenue and Reinhardt Court ar...
Aug 19, 2022 (Image courtesy Fond du Lac Police Departmente)
Crews battle large fire in Sheboygan
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. -- Crews from six fire departments respond to a building fire in Sheboygan. It was reported shortly after 5:30 a.m. Thursday in the 1100 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. Crews arrived to ...
Aug 19, 2022 Smoke and flames pour out of a building in the 1100 block of Pennsylvania Avenue in Sheboygan, Wis., Aug. 18, 2022. (Sheboygan Fire Dept.)
Opening of Menasha's Racine Street Bridge delayed
MENASHA, Wis. -- The Racine Street Bridge in Menasha will remain closed two months longer than expected. The DOT says reconstruction of the bridge will continue into December. The project was original...
Aug 18, 2022 (Photo from WHBY archives)
Car wash to fill part of former Appleton Shopko building
APPLETON, Wis. -- A car wash will fill part of the vacant former Shopko building on Northland Avenue in Appleton. The common council votes Wednesday to approve a conditional use permit for the Zips Ca...
Aug 18, 2022 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Brown County extends sales tax
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The 1/2 percent sales tax continues in Brown County. The county board votes to extend the tax until the county's debt is eliminated, which is projected to be in 2037. Since taking e...
Aug 18, 2022 (Image: Brown County)
NWTC president to retire
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The president of Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is retiring. Dr. H. Jeffrey Rafn will step down July 1, 2023. Rafn has served as NWTC president since 1997. He also served as ...
Aug 18, 2022 Dr. H. Jeffrey Rafn (Northeast Wisconsin Technical College)
1 displaced after Sheboygan house fire
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. -- One person is displaced after a house fire in Sheboygan. It happened Monday evening in the 700 block of Michigan Avenue. Crews arrived to find fire coming from the garage and back o...
Aug 18, 2022
Driver evades law enforcement after lengthy chase
FOND DU LAC COUNTY, Wis. -- A driver gets away from law enforcement after leading a chase in Fond du Lac and Dodge counties. A deputy tried pulling the driver over for speeding on State Highway 26 ear...
Aug 18, 2022 (Image: Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Department)
Wisconsin issues health advisory over fentanly-laced drug deaths
MADISON, Wis. -- The Department of Health Services issues a public advisory after the increase in deaths from drugs laced with synthetic substances, especially fentanyl. Officials say fentanyl is up t...
Aug 18, 2022
