Category Archives: ((WHBYAM) 1150 WHBY) Local News
Dassey’s lawyers ask for his release
Lawyers for Brendan Dassey want Governor Evers to pardon the convicted murderer and release him from prison. Attorney Laura Nirider says Dassey was a 16-year-old special needs student when he confesse...
Oct 02, 2019
Streckenbach in favor of smart road technology
Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach wants to be ready for new technology that could make winter driving easier. He says road sensory networks or smart roads could make a big impact when crews dec...
Oct 02, 2019
Champion Center could open next month
The clock is ticking before a major regional youth sports facility will be ready in the Fox Cities. Construction on the Community First Champion Center in Grand Chute started a little over a year ago....
Oct 02, 2019
Pillars marks 1st yr as merged group
A group that’s fighting homelessness in the Fox Cities is celebrating its first year working together. Pillars was created by the merger of three organizations. Director of Community Engagement ...
Oct 02, 2019
G.B. sets yearly precipitation record
There are still three months to go in 2019, and the City of Green Bay already broke the record for the most precipitation in a year. Yesterday’s rain put the total over the previous record of 39...
Oct 02, 2019
More students walking to school
While the weather might make it a bit wet, there’s a push to get kids to use their own two feet to get to school today. It’s International Walk to School Day. Melissa Kraemer Badtke of the...
Oct 02, 2019
U.S. Venture has no deadline for ramp decision
If debate on a new U.S. Venture headquarters in downtown Appleton drags on, the company’s CEO doesn’t have a timeline right now for deciding whether to actually move forward. The city coun...
Oct 01, 2019
Business program for vets gets grant
A state grant will help more veterans get their business ideas off the ground or expand their existing ones. Fox Valley Technical College is receiving $100,000 for the school’s Venture Center. C...
Oct 01, 2019
Man charged in G.B. shooting
Prosecutors are charging a man with attempted murder for a shooting on Green Bay’s east side. Forty-four-year-old Tony Simmons, Sr. is accused of shooting a man and punching a woman at an apartm...
Oct 01, 2019
U.S. Venture trying to keep ramp costs low
Appleton leaders are going over the details of a proposed parking ramp for the U.S. Venture project, and the company’s CEO is pledging to work to keep the cost as low as possible. John Schmidt s...
Oct 01, 2019
