Category Archives: Local News
Missing toddler found in Oconto River
Oconto County Sheriff's deputies say an hour-long search for a missing toddler ended tragically. Deputies were called around 7:30 p.m. Saturday to help look for the boy in a wooded area near the Ocont...
Jun 29, 2020 Oconto County Sheriff's Office logo (Image courtesy Oconto Co. Sheriff's Office)
Name released of woman killed in I-41 crash
Brown County Sheriff's deputies say the woman killed in a crash on I-41 last Friday was 25-year-old Letisia Vasquez of the Green Bay area. They say she lost control of her SUV by Highway 172, and it r...
Jun 29, 2020
Deputies: Man killed wife in murder-suicide
Brown County Sheriff's deputies believe a man shot and killed his wife, and then himself, in Allouez last month. They bodies of Gary and Susan Hahn were found in their home in the 3200 block of S. Web...
Jun 29, 2020
State reports 7.1% of new COVID-19 tests were positive
The percentage of new positive COVID-19 tests rose for the third straight day, to 7.1 percent. That's the highest total since eight percent came back positive on May 20th. Yesterday's total was 5.9 pe...
Jun 28, 2020
Percentage of new positive COVID-19 tests up again
The state is reporting 5.9 percent of new coronavirus tests came back positive. That's the highest total since 6.8 percent on May 23rd. Yesterday's figure was 5.7 percent. There are 539 new confirmed ...
Jun 27, 2020
Johnson: 'Would be crazy' to not reopen schools
Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson of Oshkosh says all schools in Wisconsin should open for in-person instruction in the fall. He spoke during a Milwaukee Press Club event today, while case numbers are ...
Jun 26, 2020
Protester accused of extorting Madison businesses
Federal prosecutors are charging a Black man with extorting local businesses, for an incident that triggered a violent protest in Madison. Devonere Johnson was arrested Tuesday afternoon, after he wen...
Jun 26, 2020
DNR to reopen hunter safety classes
The DNR plans to restart in-person hunter safety classes, after a hunter advocacy group filed a lawsuit last week. The Kansas-based Hunter Nation believes the department has no authority to cancel the...
Jun 26, 2020 (Image from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
Bridge work done on I-41 in Fox Cities
A project along I-41 in the Fox Cities is done. One lane in both directions was shut down in the Grand Chute, so crews could put in concrete barricades along the sides of two bridges. DOT spokesman Ma...
Jun 26, 2020
Possible payroll tax hike not expected until 2022
A study shows Wisconsin businesses may not face a payroll tax increase, until at least early 2022. Wisconsin Policy Forum Researcher Jason Stein says the state's fund for unemployment benefits was in ...
Jun 26, 2020
