Category Archives: Local News
REPORT: Rodgers has COVID, out for Sunday's game
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not play Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs. Jordan Love will get his first NFL start against Patrick Mahomes o...
Nov 3, 2021
Pierce announces expansions at two local plants
Pierce Manufacturing announces a major expansion. The fire truck maker will add 90-thousand square feet to the manufacturing facility in Appleton--with another 60-thousand square feet being added to t...
Nov 2, 2021
Appleton to study the future of Mead Pool
The city of Appleton will conduct a study on the future of the Meade Pool. Deputy Parks Director Jim Flick says the facility is nearing the end of its expected life. The Mead Pool opened in 1962. The ...
Nov 2, 2021 Photo from the Fox Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau
Bass virus found in bay of Green Bay
The D-N-R confirms an outbreak of Largemouth Bass Virus in the bay of Green Bay. Fourteen smallmouth bass collected along Door County tested positive for the disease in September. Largemouth Bass Viru...
Nov 2, 2021
Judge refuses to issue injunction blocking De Pere Schools quarantine requirements
A Brown County judge will not issue an injunction blocking COVID-19 mitigation policies in the De Pere School District. Substitute teacher and parent Stephanie McManus is suing the district claiming t...
Nov 2, 2021
Oshkosh schools extend mask mandate
The Oshkosh School District extends mandatory masking for students and staff for another month. Face coverings will be required inside all district buildings until December 3rd. The current mask polic...
Nov 2, 2021 (Image provided by the Oshkosh Area School District)
Silver Alert canceled for man missing since September 9
A Silver Alert for a man missing from a Park Falls nursing home has been canceled. 69-year-old Anthony Nicely was found safely, according to the Wisconsin Department of Justice. No details have releas...
Nov 1, 2021 Man missing from nursing home since Sept. 9 found.
Appleton garage damaged by fire
Fire damages a garage in Appleton. Crews were called to the detached structure along East Sylvan Avenue around 2:00 Saturday morning to find smoke coming from the building. They were able to stop the ...
Nov 1, 2021 (Image provided by the Appleton Fire Department)
Ramp closed at the 10/I41 interchange
One of the ramps at the Mike Ellis Memorial Interchange in Fox Crossing will be closed to traffic for the next two weeks. Crews started making repairs to a barrier wall along the ramp from eastbound H...
Nov 1, 2021 (Photo from WHBY archive)
One dead, one critically injured, in Dodge County Crash
A teeanager is dead--another is seriously injured--following a crash in Dodge County. The Sheriff's Office says the teens were in a car that ran off County Highway TW in the town of Hubbard around 8:3...
Nov 1, 2021
