Category Archives: Local News
Fox Communities back as top Mile sponsor
Fox Communities Credit Union will be the main sponsor for Mile of Music again this year. The credit union has been involved as a sponsor since the first festival, but it took over the top spot last ye...
Feb 20, 2020 Mile of Music (Image courtesy Mile of Music)
ThedaCare looking for more therapy dogs
A therapy dog program is looking for more volunteers to help ThedaCare hospital and hospice patients. Canine Comfort owner Molly Johnson says they have about 40 volunteers right now, but they want mor...
Feb 20, 2020
Appleton police bust possible meth lab
Police found a possible meth lab at a home on Appleton's west side. Officers were at a house in the 1300 block of W. Rogers Avenue, by Pierce Park, late this morning. They haven't released any other d...
Feb 20, 2020
Nygren gets 13 yrs in prison for drug charges, overdose
The daughter of a state lawmaker is going to prison for 13 years for the overdose death of a pregnant woman and other drug charges. Cassandra Nygren and her boyfriend, Shawn Gray, sold heroin to Jenni...
Feb 20, 2020
Appleton man arrested for sex assault, child porn
Appleton police have a 44-year-old man in custody on possible charges of sexual assault of a child and child pornography. Officer Meghan Cash says Troy Meyer of Appleton was arrested at his south side...
Feb 20, 2020 (Image provided by the Appleton Police Department)
Survey shows many in Brown Co. aren't 'fine'
A survey of people in Brown County show most aren't "fine." The health and well-being nonprofit WELLO launched a survey last summer. It asked nearly 1,400 people across the county about their physical...
Feb 20, 2020
$1.2 million raised for G.B. non-profits
The numbers are in after a 24-hour online fundraising drive for Green Bay non-profits. Almost 2,800 people gave more than $1.2 million dollars to 40 organizations. Greater Green Bay Habitat for Humani...
Feb 20, 2020
Oshkosh Ave. Bridge closes today
Drivers in Oshkosh will have to start getting used to not having the Oshkosh Avenue Bridge for a while. The DOT is closing it today, and it's not expected to reopen for four months. The state is refur...
Feb 20, 2020 (Image provided by the city of Oshkosh)
Community service officer charged with child porn
Prosecutors are charging a community service officer for the Grand Chute police department with possessing child pornography. Twenty-three-year-old Casey Welk is facing 10 counts. He was arrested at h...
Feb 20, 2020
Kaukauna community waits for answers on deaths
Three days after two children were found dead at a home in Kaukauna, police haven't said much about what happened. Five-year-old William Beyer and three-year-old Danielle Beyer were in a duplex in the...
Feb 20, 2020
