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Counselors available after snowmobile death
Counselors will be back at Seymour High School today, after a freshman was killed in a snowmobile crash yesterday morning. The 15-year-old Black Creek boy was on his way to school when he was hit by a...
Feb 12, 2020
Close call on Hwy. 41 makes deputies ‘cringe’
A close call along Highway 41, north of Green Bay, is leading Brown County Sheriff’s deputies to again urge drivers to slow down around emergency crews. Lt. John Bain says a minivan spun around ...
Feb 12, 2020
Kaukauna kicks off re-branding process
The re-branding process is getting underway in the City of Kaukauna. Mayor Tony Penterman says a group of about 30 people will sit down to brainstorm. He says they’ll talk about what they like a...
Feb 12, 2020
Potawatomi State Park tower coming down
The DNR is going to take the down the observation tower at Potawatomi State Park. The agency says three separate studies found significant wood rot and decay on the 75-foot tower in Door County. It wa...
Feb 12, 2020
Last pending coronavirus test negative
Another test for coronavirus in Wisconsin came back negative. The state Department of Health Services has tested 15 people, and all of the results are now in. One person from the Madison area did test...
Feb 12, 2020
Lawmakers shoot down Hortonia youth prison plan
There won’t be a new state prison for young people in the New London area. Lawmakers on the Legislature’s budget committee rejected the proposal from Governor Evers and the state correctio...
Feb 12, 2020
Oshkosh to study Public Safety Building
Oshkosh leaders will take a close look at the city’s Public Safety Building, and how it could be used in the future. City Manager Mark Rohloff thinks the former Winnebago County jail has its lim...
Feb 12, 2020
Oshkosh mental health facility gets admissions update
A new admissions unit is open at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute in Oshkosh. Gynger Steele is an Assistant Administrator for the state Department of Health Services. She says it will help them f...
Feb 12, 2020
Hintz criticizes Assembly’s short session
The Legislature doesn’t plan to meet much more this year, and a Democratic lawmaker from Oshkosh is blaming Republicans. Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz says the last scheduled day for the...
Feb 12, 2020
Name released of crash victim from N.L.
The 32-year-old woman killed in a weekend crash was Kari Enger of New London. Outagamie County Sheriff’s deputies say Enger collided with another car at Highway S and Allcan Road, east of New Lo...
Feb 12, 2020
