Category Archives: Local News
Benefit to raise money for Diemel children
There's a benefit on Saturday for the children of one of the Diemel brothers. Justin and Nick Diemel were killed on a business trip in Missouri in July. Nick and his wife Lisa have four children betwe...
Nov 07, 2019 (Photo compilation provided by family)
Evers picks interim ag secretary
Governor Evers is promoting the deputy agriculture secretary as the interim leader of the agency. The Senate fired Secretary Brad Pfaff earlier this week. Evers says Randy Romanski will take over. He'...
Nov 07, 2019
Oshkosh man killed in Hwy. 91 crash
An Oshkosh man was killed in a crash along Highway 91 in western Winnebago County. Sheriff's Capt. Lara Vendola-Messer says 64-year-old Mark Hoppe missed a curve near Rabbit Trail Road, and his car ro...
Nov 07, 2019
Lake Michigan water level up 17 inches
Homeowners filled the Oconto High School auditorium last night hoping to learn how to keep the rising water in the bay out of their homes. The Army Corps of Engineers gave neighbors a look at water le...
Nov 07, 2019
G.B officer and pedestrian hit on Leo Frigo
A spokesman for the Green Bay police department says an officer and a woman are lucky after they were hit by a truck on the Leo Frigo Bridge yesterday afternoon. Lieutenant Richard Belanger says the o...
Nov 07, 2019
Hanna: New hospital will be great for patients
There are plans for a $144 million specialty hospital in Appleton, and it would be one of the largest projects in city history. ThedaCare, the Neuroscience Group, and the Hand to Shoulder Center are p...
Nov 07, 2019
Private funding would cover costs of lot by City Center
There's a new twist to a proposal to build a parking lot next to the City Center in downtown Appleton. Appleton Downtown Incorporated Executive Director Jennifer Stephany says there's enough private f...
Nov 07, 2019
Crowd shows support for diversity position
A big crowd filled Appleton's city council chambers Wednesday night to support the city's diversity coordinator. Ald. Matthew Reed was thinking about trying to eliminate the position through the budge...
Nov 06, 2019 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Snow keeps 911 dispatchers busy
The phones were ringing much more than usual today at Winnebago County's 911 dispatch center. About 450 calls came in between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. That's more than twice as many as last week Wednesday. T...
Nov 06, 2019
Police in Brown Co. get 'throw phones' for standoffs
When police in Brown County go to a standoff, they can now use "throw phones" to talk with people. The Crisis Response Team is getting a set of "land-line phones in a box" that they toss into crisis s...
Nov 06, 2019
