Category Archives: Local News
Breakthrough drops Shipyard plans
A company won't be building its headquarters in Green Bay's Shipyard development. Breakthrough wanted to consolidate three downtown locations on that site. The City of Green Bay is announcing the plan...
Mar 05, 2020
Woman gets 17 yrs in prison for daughter's death
An Appleton woman convicted of child neglect in the death of her daughter will spend 17 years in prison. Thirty-nine-year-old Nicole Gussert pleaded no contest to that charge, and one for having meth....
Mar 05, 2020
Man pleads guilty to traveling to Neenah for teen sex
A former Oshkosh man accused of walking and hitchhiking from the Indianapolis area to have sex with a Neenah teen is pleading guilty. Thirty-two-year-old Tommy Jenkins was convicted of a federal charg...
Mar 05, 2020
Police release name of man killed in crash
The man killed in a crash in Oshkosh early this morning was 26-year-old Jacob Farr from the Town of Black Wolf. City police say Farr hit a tree in the 3000 block of Oregon Street, on the city's south ...
Mar 05, 2020 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Appleton calls for nonpartisan redistricting
Appleton leaders are calling on state lawmakers to use a nonpartisan process for re-drawing Legislative districts. The city council voted 13-1 last night. Ald. Kyle Lobner says it's fundamental for de...
Mar 05, 2020 (Image from the City of Appleton)
State will add judges, Calumet Co. could get one
The state will be adding 12 more judges in counties around Wisconsin, over the next three years. Calumet County could be getting one of them. Republican Rep. Ron Tusler of Harrison is confident it wil...
Mar 05, 2020
Soldiers in midst of Afghanistan mission
While negotiations to end the war in Afghanistan continue, about 400 soldiers from a Wisconsin National Guard unit are still serving there. They're members of the 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry from th...
Mar 05, 2020
New North forms entrepreneur group
Local entrepreneurs could get some help from a new group. The New North is creating the NEW Launch Initiative with help from a grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. New North Exec...
Mar 05, 2020
G.B. woman facing meth charges
A Green Bay woman is facing drug charges, after prosecutors say a Shawano County Sheriff's deputy pulled her over and found a large amount of meth. Twenty-nine-year-old Brittany Vlach was pulled over ...
Mar 05, 2020
Evers picks new UW Regent
The leader of Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin is joining the UW System Board of Regents. Governor Evers is picking Hector Colon to replace Gerald Whitburn. Whitburn was appointed by former Gover...
Mar 05, 2020 (Image provided by UW System)
