Category Archives: Local News
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
Poll shows Evers over Michels, Barnes over Johnson
MADISON, Wis. -- Governor Evers leads his Republican challenger Tim Michels in the latest Marquette Law School Poll, 45 percent to 43 percent. That same poll shows Democrat Mandela Barns leading incum...
Aug 17, 2022
Large amount of fentanly found during Shawano County drug bust
SHAWANO COUNTY, Wis. -- A drug bust in Shawano County reportedly yields enough fentanyl to kill 500 people. Menoninee Tribal police followed a vehicle from a suspected drug house Tuesday afternoon bef...
Aug 17, 2022
Worker dies at Kaukauna paper mill
KAUKAUNA, Wis. -- A worker dies at a paper mill in Kaukauna. It happened Tuesday evening during operating hours at the Ahlstrom-Munksjo Thilmany Paper Mill. The worker's name and further details were ...
Aug 17, 2022 The Ahlstrom-Munksjo Thilmany Paper Mill in Kaukauna, Wis., is seen in this undated photo. (WBAY-TV)
Smoke forces evacuation of Menasha building
MENASHA, Wis. -- A Menasha building is evacuated because of smoke. Crews responded to Opportunity Way late Tuesday morning after smoke was coming from the vents. Firefighters were able to locate the c...
Aug 17, 2022 Crews respond to a report of smoke at Opportunity Way in Menasha, Wis., Aug. 16, 2022. (Neenah-Menasha Fire Rescue)
