Category Archives: Local News
Sturgeon season numbers up slightly
Sturgeon spearers had some more success this year, despite the tough ice conditions over opening weekend. They got more than 800 fish from Lake Winnebago and the upriver lakes. That's up three percent...
Feb 24, 2020 (Image from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
Appleton will pay more for concrete work
Several concrete street projects in Appleton will cost more than the city had hoped. Public Works Director Paula Vandehey says for the second straight year, only one company put in a bid for the concr...
Feb 24, 2020 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Teens learn skills at symposium
About 250 freshmen from 10 Fox Valley high schools took part in a Teen Symposium today. It was the 20th year for the event. Coordinator Mandi Dornfeld of the United Way Fox Cities says they want to te...
Feb 24, 2020
Student arrested for school social media threat
Brown County Sheriff's deputies say they arrested a student for making a threat on social media toward Bay Port High School. Investigators say the student used the app Snapchat around 8:30 a.m. They s...
Feb 24, 2020
Evers appoints new National Guard leader
There's a new leader of the Wisconsin National Guard. Governor Evers is appointing Brig. Gen. Paul Knapp to the job. Knapp is currently the mobilization assistant to the Commander of the Air Force Nuc...
Feb 24, 2020
First State Bank completes merger
First State Bank now has several more locations in the state. The New London-based bank announced last year that it was merging with Pioneer Bank. The names of all of the branches officially changed t...
Feb 24, 2020
Police: No new details on Kaukauna deaths
It's been one week since two children were found dead in a home on Kaukauna's south side, and police say there aren't any new details they can release. Police Chief Jamie Graff put out a statement tod...
Feb 24, 2020
Sanders leads in new UW-Madison poll
A poll from from UW-Madison shows that support for Bernie Sanders is surging in Wisconsin. The school's Election Research Center and YouGov found Sanders now has a commanding lead over the rest of the...
Feb 24, 2020
Evers wants Legislature to continue meeting
Majority Republicans in the Legislature are planning to finish their work for the year next month, and that's not sitting well with Governor Evers. The Assembly met for the last scheduled time last we...
Feb 24, 2020 (Image: Office of the Governor)
Hunters look back on gun deer season
A few months after the gun deer season, hunters are still talking about how plenty of people came home empty-handed. The DNR says 24 percent fewer deer were shot over the nine days. Biologist Curt Rol...
Feb 24, 2020
