Category Archives: Local News

Blood Center partnering with HSHS
The Community Blood Center in Grand Chute will start providing blood to the HSHS hospital system across Wisconsin. That includes St. Mary's and St. Vincent Hospitals in Green Bay. Blood Center Preside...
Jun 29, 2020

State notifies counties of overdose increases
A recent alert from the state Department of Health Services is warning about opioids, after two recent overdoses in Outagamie County. Director of Opioid Initiatives Paul Krupski says they provide info...
Jun 29, 2020

Man wanted for Neenah murder
Neenah police believe a 34-year-old Milwaukee man shot and killed a man last week. Prosecutors are charging Donald Billings with the murder of 38-year-old Adam Baith, in a home in the 900 block of Ada...
Jun 29, 2020

Percentage of new positive cases at 5.3%
The state is reporting 5.3 percent of coronavirus tests came back positive today. That's down from 7.1 percent yesterday, and it's the lowest total since last Thursday. There are 315 new confirmed cas...
Jun 29, 2020

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...
Carol Patrizi 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...
Carol Patrizi 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...
Carol Patrizi 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


