Category Archives: Local News
Businesses to host ArtStreet in G.B.
Like so many other events this year, ArtStreet in Green Bay has a different look. Rather than line the downtown streets with their pieces, artists are displaying them inside Green Bay businesses tomor...
Aug 28, 2020
Man gets 4 months in prison for odometer scheme
A Green Bay man will spend four months in federal prison for rolling back odometers on used cars sold in northeast Wisconsin. Robert Solberg will be on probation for two years for fraud. Solberg and J...
Aug 28, 2020
Blood Center needs O negative donations
The Community Blood Center is reporting a shortage of O negative blood, and urging donors with that type to donate. The organization reports there were several local emergencies over the past 24 hours...
Aug 28, 2020
State adds 843 new COVID-19 cases
There are 843 new confirmed coronavirus cases in Wisconsin. The state is reporting 9.2 percent of tests were positive, and that's up from 8.1 percent yesterday. The seven-day average is 8.4 percent. T...
Aug 28, 2020
State applies for federal unemployment money
Wisconsin is trying to join a federal program that provides additional unemployment benefits. Governor Evers is applying for the Lost Wages Assistance program. People would get $300 dollars a week, an...
Aug 28, 2020
More details on Blake shooting released
The state Department of Justice is releasing the names of two more officers that were on the scene of last Sunday's police shooting in Kenosha. Officer Vincent Arenas used a taser on Jacob Blake, and ...
Aug 28, 2020
Development along Fox River scrapped
A development project along the Fox River in Appleton isn't going to happen anymore. The Fox River Navigational System Authority voted not go ahead with a proposed Fox Locks visitors center. CEO Jerem...
Aug 28, 2020
Trump visit costs Oshkosh taxpayers $28K
The City of Oshkosh won't recover its costs from hosting President Trump for a campaign stop last week. City Manager Mark Rohloff says he won't even try to bill the Trump campaign for the $28,000 in s...
Aug 28, 2020 (Image provided by the city of Oshkosh)
Free testing site opens in FdL
After seeing an increase in coronavirus cases, Fond du Lac County has a free testing site today and tomorrow. The Wisconsin National Guard set up the drive-thru location at the county highway departme...
Aug 28, 2020
Knaack, former Woodard Radio leader, passes away
A former general manager of Woodward Radio Group, Susan Knaack, passed away on Wednesday. Her family owned Tastee Bakery in Appleton, and she grew up working there. She managed WHBY and WAPL before be...
Aug 28, 2020
