Category Archives: Local News
U.S. Venture looking at options
Appleton's mayor is making the city's offer to U.S. Venture public, at the same time the company is exploring other possibilities for its headquarters. The two sides have been negotiating for a couple...
Dec 20, 2019
Outagamie Co. starts census planning
The census is next year, and Outagamie County officials are starting to prepare. Planning Director Kara Homan says a special committee will reach out to different community groups. She wants everyone ...
Dec 20, 2019
Seymour parents charged with child neglect
Prosecutors are charging a Seymour couple with child neglect. Thirty-three-year-old Gregory and Elizabeth Hietpas are accused of keeping a 16-year-old girl and 12-year-old boy in a bedroom with a keyp...
Dec 19, 2019
Gbaja-Biamila defends himself, friends
Former Packers player Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila believes his friends did nothing wrong by going to a children's Christmas performance in Green Bay. Jordan Salmi and Ryan Desmith were at the Assembly Church...
Dec 19, 2019
DNR wants hunters to thin herd in CWD area
The DNR hopes more hunters get out in the woods in the area where chronic wasting disease was found in Sheboygan County. The special "holiday" hunt starts next week, and the agency will be handing out...
Dec 19, 2019 (Image from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
St. Mary Catholic plans athletics upgrade
Students at St. Mary Catholic Schools in Fox Crossing will have better athletic facilities at the start of the next school year. Athletic and Activities Director Matt Schoultz says they're going to re...
Dec 19, 2019
Dems call for Gurszynski to resign over harassment
There are calls from Assembly Democratic leaders for a first-term lawmaker to resign because of sexual harassment. Democratic Rep. Staush Gruszynski of Marinette was elected in the 90th district last ...
Dec 19, 2019
Arena owners ask for more time for plan
The owners of the bankrupt Menominee Nation Arena in Oshkosh want more time to figure out how to pay their debts. Fox Valley Pro Basketball is filing for an extension of its deadline to present its pl...
Dec 19, 2019
Appleton offering $40 mil to U.S. Venture
Appleton's mayor says the city is willing to give U.S. Venture $40 million in incentives to have the company move its headquarters to the downtown. The two sides have been negotiating for a couple of ...
Dec 19, 2019
Escaped inmate arrested in Appleton
The man who escaped from an Oshkosh prison is back in custody. Oshkosh police say 40-year-old Ryan Jurgens was arrested in Appleton. He escaped from the Drug Abuse Correctional Center Tuesday morning....
Dec 19, 2019
