Category Archives: ((WHBYAM) 1150 WHBY) Local News
House explodes in Oshkosh
The Oshkosh Fire Department is investigating a house explosion near Merrill Middle School. It happened yesterday around 5:30 p.m. at the corner of West Custer Avenue and Kentucky Street. One person wa...
Aug 25, 2020
G.B. school district sets plan to reopen
The Green Bay School Board unanimously approved a plan to reopen schools. Superintendent Stephen Murley says they put together their own plan because they’re not getting guidance from federal, s...
Aug 25, 2020
Local protesters call for justice after Kenosha shooting
The police shooting of a Black man in Kenosha led to protests in the Fox Valley yesterday. People stood along College Avenue and in Houdini Plaza in downtown Appleton last evening, calling for justice...
Aug 25, 2020
School year underway in Brillion
Students are back in the classroom in Brillion. The district is having in-person classes five days a week for all students. Superintendent Nick Madison says they’re phasing things in, to make su...
Aug 24, 2020
Man charged with homicide in death of abuse victim
Prosecutors are charging a Fond du Lac man with homicide, three years after a girl died from pneumonia. Twenty-nine-year-old Thomas Abitz is in prison for child abuse, after he hurt the girl when she ...
Aug 24, 2020
COVID-19 outbreak grows at G.B. prison
There are more coronavirus cases at the Green Bay state prison. The Department of Corrections is reporting 258 inmates caught it, and so did 20 staff. That’s the largest outbreak in a prison in ...
Aug 24, 2020
Evers calls special session on police reform
Governor Evers wants state lawmakers to work on police reforms right away. He’s calling a special session for next Monday, on a series of bills he proposed in June. The decision comes in the wak...
Aug 24, 2020
Assembly GOP wants task force on race, police
Assembly Republicans want to set up a task force to look at racial disparities and police policies, before taking up the governor’s proposals. Majority Leader Jim Steineke of Vandenbroek believe...
Aug 24, 2020
National Guard activated for Kenosha
The Wisconsin National Guard will help local police during protests in Kenosha. Governor Evers is activating guard members to help protect property. He says they can’t be used to impede the abil...
Aug 24, 2020
Not guilty pleas in deaths of 2 Kaukauna children
The man charged with killing his two children in Kaukauna is pleading not guilty. Matthew Beyer of Manitowoc was in Outagamie County court this morning. He’s accused of murdering five-year-old W...
Aug 24, 2020
