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A drive-in restaurant in Fond du Lac is turning 70 this week. Gilles Frozen Custard on Main Street opened in 1949. The restaurant sold cones, fries, and drinks for 70 cents yesterday to celebrate. Own...

A group of state prison inmates is the first to graduate with a certificate from a program at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. The men are staying at a low-security facility in Oneida. They spen...

A 31-year-old woman is dead, and her husband was seriously hurt, when they fell to the bottom of a quarry, west of Winneconne. Winnebago County Sheriff’s deputies were called the quarry along Hi...

Governor Evers is officially asking for federal help with the cleanup of last month’s storms across Wisconsin. FEMA and the state emergency management department verified more than $19.5 million...

The owner of the Menominee Nation Arena in Oshkosh is filing for bankruptcy. The move comes just hours before a hearing in Winnebago County court that could have seen a receiver appointed to take over...

An increase in drug, alcohol and suicide deaths is shortening the life expectancy of people in the state. A report by the Wisconsin Policy Forum shows the numbers are up in every county. Spokesman Mar...

Instead of only criticizing the health care proposals from Democrats, a Republican from northeast Wisconsin says the GOP needs to come up with solutions. Congressman Mike Gallagher of Green Bay believ...

The CB Trail will be expanding in Greenville. Crews are starting work today on a new stretch, from Highway 96 north to the Highway 15 area. Town Administrator Joel Gregozeski says it will connect two ...

An Appleton advocacy group is joining forces with a group from Milwaukee to call for drivers licenses for illegal immigrants. They’re holding an event at the Menasha library tonight. Connie Raet...

Home sales climbed by three percent last month, after a rough start to the summer for the housing market. Economist David Clark of the Wisconsin Realtors Association says the statewide median price la...