Category Archives: ((WHBYAM) 1150 WHBY) Local News

Snow leads to crashes, traffic headaches
The snow that hit during the rush hour this morning caused problems throughout northeast Wisconsin. Calumet County Highway Commissioner Brian Glaeser says it was harder to deal with than the two earli...
Mike Kemmeter Nov 06, 2019

Owner looking at options for Shopko Express site
Several months after the Shopko Express closed on Appleton’s northeast side, the building’s owners are asking the city to expand the possibilities for the building. Deputy Community Develo...
Mike Kemmeter Nov 06, 2019

Rhythm & Brews concert series returns
The weekly Wednesday night concerts from Mile of Music organizers are back. The first Rhythm and Brews concert is tonight at Stone Arch at Riverview Gardens. Taylor Greenwood of Mile of Music says it&...
Mike Kemmeter Nov 06, 2019

Bill would raise age for tobacco, vaping to 21
Lawmakers held a hearing today on a proposal to raise the minimum age to use tobacco and vaping products in Wisconsin to 21. The bill would cover anything with nicotine in it to match the rules for al...
Mike Kemmeter Nov 06, 2019

Man charged with hate crime in acid attack
A Milwaukee man accused of throwing battery acid in the face of a Hispanic man is facing a hate crime. Milwaukee County prosecutors are charging 61-year-old Clifton Blackwell with first-degree reckles...
Mike Kemmeter Nov 06, 2019

New $144 mil specialty hospital planned in Appleton
There are plans for a new specialty hospital on the northeast side of Appleton. ThedaCare is partnering with the Hand to Shoulder Center and the Neuroscience Group to build a $144 million facility. It...
Mike Kemmeter Nov 06, 2019

Man brings ‘explosive devices’ to Oshkosh hospital
Oshkosh police say a man brought two explosive devices to a hospital early this morning. They say someone found one of them at Ascension’s Mercy Hospital around 2:15 a.m. today. Officers then di...
Mike Kemmeter Nov 06, 2019

Hunter finds Crivitz man after crash
A rural Crivitz man is the eighth traffic fatality in Marinette County. The sheriff says a hunter heard the crash and found a man in a car on Deer Lake Road just south of Eagle Road around 3:30 p.m. y...
Carol Patrizi Nov 06, 2019

Green Bay council passes 2020 budget
After hours of debate Green Bay has a budget for 2020. It passed 7-5. The budget includes a three-point-two percent increase and taxpayers could see an increase in storm sewer rates on their water bil...
Carol Patrizi Nov 06, 2019

New plans call for bigger riverfront project
The next phase of a development along the Fox River in Appleton could be more valuable than anticipated. The Alexander Company already built the Eagle Point Senior Living apartments on the former site...
Mike Kemmeter Nov 06, 2019



