Category Archives: Local News

WEDC wants to prioritize rural growth
The state's economic development agency wants to make rural areas a priority. Missy Hughes is the CEO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and she's looking forward to setting up a new O...
Jan 27, 2020

County, Riverview Gardens reusing bikes
Some bikes that people drop off at Outagamie County's landfill will be back on the streets. Recycling Administrator Joanne Gorski says they're working with Riverview Gardens to fix them, and give them...
Jan 27, 2020

20-yr-old woman killed in Hwy. 10 rollover
A 20-year-old woman was killed in a rollover crash last Saturday afternoon on Highway 10. Waupaca County Sheriff's deputies say Sapphire Johnson's car went down an embankment in the Fremont area, and ...
Jan 27, 2020

UW-GB drops transfer fee for tech students
UW-Green Bay is dropping its $50 application fee for transfer students from the state's technical college system. The change is taking effect immediately. Administrators say they know the fee is a bar...
Jan 27, 2020

Lake Winnebago events cancelled
Two events on Lake Winnebago are cancelled on Saturday. Organizers of Bike Across Bago and Walk Across Lake Winnebago say the ice conditions are unsafe. There's an alternative bike ride on land. Walk ...
Jan 27, 2020

Comedian George Lopez coming to Oshkosh
Comedian George Lopez is coming to Oshkosh in the spring. He'll be at Menominee Nation Arena on Saturday, April 25th. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday.
Jan 27, 2020
Wienermobile driver pulled over
A driver for the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile got in some hot water in Waushara County. The Sheriff's department says a deputy gave the person a verbal warning for not following the state's move-over law....
Jan 27, 2020
Prosecutors: Road rage led to Iola death
Waupaca County prosecutors say road rage led to a man's death in Iola last weekend. Twenty-three-year-old Tyler Knutson of the Iola area is accused of stabbing a 42-year-old Mukwonago man in the neck ...
Jan 27, 2020

Oshkosh companies optimistic about 2020
Most Oshkosh businesses expect to do better this year than in 2019. The Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce surveyed them, and 83 percent feel that way. President John Casper says that's building on several c...
Jan 27, 2020
Vehicle sales up in Fox Valley in 2019
More people bought vehicles in the Fox Valley last year than in 2018. Sales were up over seven percent in Outagamie, Winnebago, Calumet, and Brown counties in 2019. Nearly 30,000 cars and trucks chang...
Jan 27, 2020


