Category Archives: Local News
Ribble supports cleaning up voter list
There's a court battle over more than 200,000 names on voter lists, and a former congressman thinks they should be removed. Republican Reid Ribble says the state needs to update the rolls from time to...
Dec 24, 2019
Schools get donations to help with meal bills
Appleton schools are getting some donations to help children and families, if they're falling behind on their school breakfast and lunch bills. It's something that's also happening around the country....
Dec 24, 2019 (Image provided by Appleton Area School District)
Store owner fine with raising tobacco age
The owner of a shop in downtown Green Bay is fine with raising the minimum age to buy tobacco and vaping products to 21. President Trump signed a spending bill that includes the change, and it will ta...
Dec 23, 2019
Year contentious between Evers, GOP
It's been a contentious year of divided government at the state Capitol. Republican lawmakers used a lame-duck session a year ago to strip some of the powers from newly elected Democratic Governor Ton...
Dec 23, 2019
Competency exam ordered in Appleton murder case
The suspect in an Appleton murder will have to undergo a competency exam. Bradley Boettcher is charged with killing his mother, Lee Ann Dorn, at her apartment on the city's south side. She was found d...
Dec 23, 2019
KGB 'followers' charged in church incident
Two men described as "followers" of former Green Bay Packers player Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila had loaded handguns and ammunition when they went to a Green Bay church last week. KGB's children were in a Chr...
Dec 23, 2019
Ribble would've followed district on impeachment
A former congressman from northeast Wisconsin says he wouldn't have voted to impeach President Trump. But Reid Ribble also personally believes what the president did with Ukraine is an impeachable off...
Dec 23, 2019
Moran: It could take time to have Dem front-runner
A national political reporter for ABC News believes it could be a long Democratic primary process in the race for president next year. Terry Moran is a Lawrence University graduate, and he was a guest...
Dec 23, 2019
Warmer temps to last through Christmas
Santa may not have to bundle up to make his Christmas deliveries this year. First Alert Chief Meteorologist Steve Beylon says the unseasonably warm weather will continue, with temperatures about 15 de...
Dec 23, 2019
Trader Joe's sign in Wausau a prank
Pranksters are getting a lot of people in Wausau thinking a Trader Joe's is coming to their city. Someone put up a banner on the former Shopko store in Wausau that said "Trader Joe's coming soon." Pic...
Dec 23, 2019
