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Benefit to raise money for Diemel children
There’s a benefit on Saturday for the children of one of the Diemel brothers. Justin and Nick Diemel were killed on a business trip in Missouri in July. Nick and his wife Lisa have four children...
Mike Kemmeter Nov 07, 2019

Evers picks interim ag secretary
Governor Evers is promoting the deputy agriculture secretary as the interim leader of the agency. The Senate fired Secretary Brad Pfaff earlier this week. Evers says Randy Romanski will take over. He&...
Mike Kemmeter Nov 07, 2019

Oshkosh man killed in Hwy. 91 crash
An Oshkosh man was killed in a crash along Highway 91 in western Winnebago County. Sheriff’s Capt. Lara Vendola-Messer says 64-year-old Mark Hoppe missed a curve near Rabbit Trail Road, and his ...
Mike Kemmeter Nov 07, 2019

Lake Michigan water level up 17 inches
Homeowners filled the Oconto High School auditorium last night hoping to learn how to keep the rising water in the bay out of their homes. The Army Corps of Engineers gave neighbors a look at water le...
Carol Patrizi Nov 07, 2019

G.B officer and pedestrian hit on Leo Frigo
A spokesman for the Green Bay police department says an officer and a woman are lucky after they were hit by a truck on the Leo Frigo Bridge yesterday afternoon. Lieutenant Richard Belanger says the o...
Carol Patrizi Nov 07, 2019

Hanna: New hospital will be great for patients
There are plans for a $144 million specialty hospital in Appleton, and it would be one of the largest projects in city history. ThedaCare, the Neuroscience Group, and the Hand to Shoulder Center are p...
Mike Kemmeter Nov 07, 2019

Private funding would cover costs of lot by City Center
There’s a new twist to a proposal to build a parking lot next to the City Center in downtown Appleton. Appleton Downtown Incorporated Executive Director Jennifer Stephany says there’s enou...
Mike Kemmeter Nov 07, 2019

Crowd shows support for diversity position
A big crowd filled Appleton’s city council chambers last night to support the city’s diversity coordinator. Ald. Matthew Reed was thinking about trying to eliminate the position through th...
Mike Kemmeter Nov 06, 2019

Snow keeps 911 dispatchers busy
The phones were ringing much more than usual today at Winnebago County’s 911 dispatch center. About 450 calls came in between 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. That’s more than twice as many as last week ...
Mike Kemmeter Nov 06, 2019

Police in Brown Co. get ‘throw phones’ for standoffs
When police in Brown County go to a standoff, they can now use “throw phones” to talk with people. The Crisis Response Team is getting a set of “land-line phones in a box” that...
Mike Kemmeter Nov 06, 2019




