Category Archives: ((WHBYAM) 1150 WHBY) Local News
Oshkosh offering TIF money for senior living project
A proposed low-income senior living project in Oshkosh is dependent on city assistance and state tax credits. Developers are looking to convert the former Cabrini Catholic School into senior apartment...
Dec 26, 2019
Christmas fire damages Harrison house
Fire damaged a home in the town of Harrison. Crews were called to the house along Lake Shore Drive around 10:15 p.m. on Christmas to find heavy smoke and flames coming from the roof. Everyone inside w...
Dec 26, 2019
Former Appleton mayor Sutherland dies
A former mayor of Appleton passed away earlier this month. James Sutherland was the city’s leader from 1972 to 1980. He lived in Santa Barbara, California, but he was in Indianapolis when he die...
Dec 26, 2019
Big donation will help with unexpected costs
The head of the Boys and Girls Club of Oshkosh says a new endowment will help avoid some unexpected expenses for years to come. An anonymous donor is setting aside $1 million for ongoing maintenance o...
Dec 26, 2019
New Outagamie sales tax was a top story in 2019
The fight over a proposed sales tax in Outagamie County was one of the top local stories in 2019. The county board agreed in June to become the latest in the state to put a half-cent tax in place, ove...
Dec 26, 2019
Winnfox Library System gets app
An app lets Winnefox Library System users check out things through their phone. The system includes libraries in Oshkosh, Neenah, Menasha, and communities to the south and west. Lisa Voss of the Oshko...
Dec 26, 2019
Traveling exhibit highlights women’s right to vote
A new traveling exhibit in the Fox Cities will help celebrate the 100th anniversary of women getting the right to vote. The History Museum at the Castle worked with the Wisconsin Historical Society, a...
Dec 26, 2019
Moran: Public sets ‘very, very high bar’ for removing president
A national political reporter for ABC News thinks it would take a super-majority of the public to support removing a president from office. Terry Moran is a Lawrence University graduate, and he says o...
Dec 24, 2019
Ribble supports cleaning up voter list
There’s a court battle over more than 200,000 names on voter lists, and a former congressman thinks they should be removed. Republican Reid Ribble says the state needs to update the rolls from t...
Dec 24, 2019
Schools get donations to help with meal bills
Appleton schools are getting some donations to help children and families, if they’re falling behind on their school breakfast and lunch bills. It’s something that’s also happening a...
Dec 24, 2019
