Category Archives: ((WHBYAM) 1150 WHBY) Local News
Appleton’s History Museum will open Friday
People will be able to go to the History Museum at the Castle again, starting Friday. Chief Curator Dustin Mack says they made some changes around the downtown Appleton building. He says they took ste...
Jun 08, 2020
Oshkosh Avenue Bridge reopening
The Oshkosh Avenue Bridge in Oshkosh is scheduled to open at 6 a.m. Tuesday. It was closed in February to refurbish the bridge, and replace the concrete for the road. The drawbridge opened for boats i...
Jun 08, 2020
Appleton has 4 new COVID-19 cases
Appleton’s health department is reporting four more confirmed COVID-19 cases. Two of them caught it from another known case. One got it through community spread, and the other case is still unde...
Jun 08, 2020
Appleton police answering questions online
Appleton police have a new section on the department’s website to let people reach out with questions, and see the answers to other ones. Police Chief Todd Thomas says he’ll respond to the...
Jun 08, 2020
Protest turns tense in Appleton Saturday
The day-long protests in downtown Appleton took a tense turn, later at night. Appleton Police Chief Todd Thomas says some people made their way from Houdini Plaza to the police station. He says the gr...
Jun 08, 2020
Rare tropical storm could hit Wis.
Wisconsin could be hit by a tropical storm for the first time in at least 170 years. First Alert Chief Meteorologist Steve Beylon believes it’s going to be a close call as to whether Cristobal w...
Jun 08, 2020
Expert: People feel differently about going out, working
A behavioral expert at ThedaCare says some people will feel more comfortable than others about getting together with more people, and returning to work. Counselor Catherine Langdon believes people nee...
Jun 08, 2020
Family of man killed by police join G.B. protest
Yesterday’s Black Lives Matter protest in Green Bay included the family of a man killed in police custody two years ago. Jonathan Tubby was arrested on a felony warrant during a traffic stop, an...
Jun 08, 2020
Gas prices inching higher
Gas prices in the Appleton area are up about 25 cents from this time last month. AAA spokesman Nick Jarmusz says they’re still about 85 cents lower than at this time last year. The average in th...
Jun 08, 2020
State reports 2.7% of new coronavirus tests were positive
The state is reporting 2.7 percent of new coronavirus tests came back positive. That’s up slightly from yesterday’s 2.3 percent, and the same as Saturday. There are now 21,038 confirmed ca...
Jun 08, 2020
