Category Archives: Local News

Treasurer wants to increase home ownership
A new state task force is focusing on how to increase home ownership, especially among young people. State Treasurer Sarah Godlewski set up the group, in hopes of helping people buy their first house,...
Mar 6, 2020

Health experts meet in G.B. to talk COVID-19
A panel of health experts is breaking down the implications of the coronavirus or COVID-19. The group met yesterday at U-W Green Bay. Brian Merkel is an associate professor of microbiology and immunol...
Carol Patrizi Mar 6, 2020

Valley Transit has new long-range plan
There's a new long-range vision for Valley Transit. General Manager Ron McDonald says the recommendations include some tweaks to their routes. The plan also includes new routes that would run east to ...
Mar 6, 2020

Chamber honors local educators
A new ceremony in the Fox Cities is honoring teachers and school staff. The Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce organized the "Shining Star" Awards. Spokeswoman Emily Feagles says they wanted to celebrate ...
Mar 6, 2020
Prosecutors concerned about teen's past
Brown County prosecutors are raising concerns about the attitude, and the past, of a 15-year-old girl accused of killing her nephew in a fire. Marcelia Fonseca is charged with first-degree intentional...
Mar 5, 2020

Arena has proposed bankruptcy plan
The Menominee Nation Arena in Oshkosh could be out of bankruptcy by the end of next month. A federal judge has set an April 29th hearing, where those owed money by Fox Valley Pro Basketball can presen...
Mar 5, 2020

Catholics make changes for coronavirus
Catholics in the Green Bay Diocese might notice some changes at mass because of the coronavirus. The diocese is sending a letter to parishes, telling them to take steps to prevent the spread of illnes...
Mar 5, 2020

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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 2020


