Category Archives: Local News
Dryer fire closes school
Classes at Lineville Intermediate School are canceled today because of a fire. Howard fire crews went to the school around 7:30 p.m. and found a fire in a dryer in a first-floor room. The fire was con...
Feb 13, 2020
Hortonia leader happy youth prison plan dropped
The leader of the Town of Hortonia is very happy that a state youth prison won't be coming to the community. Lawmakers on the Legislature's budget committee shot down plans from Governor Evers and the...
Feb 13, 2020
Clemons hopes experience helps in race for mayor
One of the eight candidates for Appleton mayor spent 20 years on the city council. Jim Clemons believes that experience would help him in the city's top job. He wants to make sure city leaders priorit...
Feb 13, 2020 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Endowment will provide swim lessons
A $500,000 donation to the YMCA of the Fox Cities will help some kids learn how to swim. Financial Development Director Jan Davey says they're setting up scholarships for swimming classes for low-inco...
Feb 13, 2020
Counselors available after snowmobile death
Counselors will be back at Seymour High School today, after a freshman was killed in a snowmobile crash yesterday morning. The 15-year-old Black Creek boy was on his way to school when he was hit by a...
Feb 12, 2020 (Image provided by Seymour Community School District)
Close call on Hwy. 41 makes deputies 'cringe'
A close call along Highway 41, north of Green Bay, is leading Brown County Sheriff's deputies to again urge drivers to slow down around emergency crews. Lt. John Bain says a minivan spun around and al...
Feb 12, 2020
Kaukauna kicks off re-branding process
The re-branding process is getting underway in the City of Kaukauna. Mayor Tony Penterman says a group of about 30 people will sit down to brainstorm. He says they'll talk about what they like about K...
Feb 12, 2020
Potawatomi State Park tower coming down
The DNR is going to take the down the observation tower at Potawatomi State Park. The agency says three separate studies found significant wood rot and decay on the 75-foot tower in Door County. It wa...
Feb 12, 2020 (Image from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
Last pending coronavirus test negative
Another test for coronavirus in Wisconsin came back negative. The state Department of Health Services has tested 15 people, and all of the results are now in. One person from the Madison area did test...
Feb 12, 2020
Lawmakers shoot down Hortonia youth prison plan
There won't be a new state prison for young people in the New London area. Lawmakers on the Legislature's budget committee rejected the proposal from Governor Evers and the state corrections departmen...
Feb 12, 2020 Sen Robert Cowles announces he won't seek re-election in the newly redrawn 2nd District
