Category Archives: Local News
Fox Cities Greenways turns 25
A nonprofit that helps with local trail projects is now 25 years old. Fox Cities Greenways Outgoing President Kim Biedermann hopes to continue the momentum, with collaborations like the boardwalk over...
Jan 23, 2020
Robots help sick students go to class
De Pere High School is using robots to keep sick kids in class. They're called Beam Bots, and they have two-way video screens so students can see what's going on in the classroom. They can also intera...
Jan 23, 2020
Unemployment rate rises to 3.4%
The state's unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percent last month. It was 3.4 percent in December. Preliminary figures also show the state added 9,000 private sector jobs last month. For the year, companie...
Jan 23, 2020
Oneida Nation frustrated with mascot vote
The Oneida Nation is frustrated with a state school board group's stance on Native American mascots. By a two-to-one margin, members of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards voted not to urge law...
Jan 23, 2020 Oneida Nation (Image courtesy Oneida Nation)
UW System regent resigns
A member of the UW System Board of Regents is resigning. Gerald Whitburn is a UW-Oshkosh graduate. He's the retired CEO of an insurance company for churches that's based in Merrill. He's been on the b...
Jan 23, 2020 (Image provided by UW System)
Chamber to focus on young talent
The Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce is focusing on bringing young workers to the area. President Becky Bartoszek says that was one of their major goals for last year, and it will continue to be this ye...
Jan 23, 2020
Show on lists to feature Appleton
Appleton will be featured in a new Discovery Channel show that focuses on communities that are on the top of lists. Comedian Mo Mandel is the host of "Small Town Throw Down." He says the show is inspi...
Jan 23, 2020
Woman facing charges for child's death
A woman is facing formal charges for the death of her two-month-old child in Fond du Lac in 2018. Twenty-six-year-old Shauntina Fuller-Pankey is accused of causing severe head injuries. Prosecutors sa...
Jan 23, 2020
Shop owners arrested in federal synthetic pot bust
The owners of Holy Smokes vape stores in northeast Wisconsin are in custody on a federal drug warrant. Marinette County Sheriff Jerry Sauve says 41-year-old Tracy Sheldon and 42-year-old Chad Zeske we...
Jan 23, 2020
Appleton banning conversion therapy
Conversion therapy for children is going to be banned in Appleton. The city council supported the proposal for sexual orientation and gender identity on a 14-1 vote late last night. People on both sid...
Jan 22, 2020 (Image from the City of Appleton)
