Category Archives: Local News
State sets new single-day record for coronavirus cases
A day after setting a single-day record for coronavirus deaths, the state has a new high for confirmed cases. There are 2,887 more cases, and that's 70 more than last Saturday's previous record. Twent...
Oct 1, 2020
Harbor House holding vigil, porch project
Harbor House is using a virtual ceremony to honor people killed through domestic violence. The Appleton group is holding a candlelight vigil tonight at 6:30 p.m. on its Facebook page. Spokeswoman Morg...
Oct 1, 2020
Building for Kids hopes to raise $100K
The Building for Kids Children's Museum in downtown Appleton is launching a fundraising campaign today. Spokeswoman Casie Holdcroft says their goal is $100,000. She says they lost revenue, because of ...
Oct 1, 2020
Outagamie Co. deputy resigns after crash
An Outagamie County Sheriff's deputy is resigning, after he was charged with causing a wrong-way crash while off-duty. Prosecutors say Jonathan Cvengros of Neenah made a U-turn on Highway 441 in March...
Oct 1, 2020
Shiocton Homecoming tradition returning
A Homecoming week tradition is returning this year in Shiocton. The dance and other activities are canceled because of the pandemic, but administrators will let seniors "toilet paper" the high school....
Oct 1, 2020
Murder suspect charged with chase, officer attack
Prosecutors are filing some charges against the suspect in a Green Bay double murder. Twenty-eight-year-old Oscar Lemus-Franco of Green Bay is also accused of leading police on a high-speed chase, and...
Sep 30, 2020
Design work on Southern Bridge project planned for 2021
Three local governments want to get started on one part of the southern bridge project in the De Pere area next year. The long-talked about bridge would cross the Fox River on the south side of the ci...
Sep 30, 2020
U.S. Venture Open raises more than $4.6 mil
The final numbers are in for this year's U.S. Venture Open, and the media-thon helped raise more than $4.6 million dollars. Greg Vandenberg of the U.S. Venture Foundation says they were initially at $...
Sep 30, 2020
Woman killed in Brown Co. crash
Brown County Sheriff's deputies report a 27-year-old Green Bay woman was killed in a crash, northeast of the city. They say she was driving recklessly and speeding on Nicolet Drive, near Fischer Road,...
Sep 30, 2020
Calumet Co. puts in-person court hearings on hold
Calumet County is going to suspend holding in-person court hearings, with COVID-19 cases surging. Outagamie and Brown also took that step this week. Calumet County's hearings will be over the phone, u...
Sep 30, 2020
