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

Ashwaubenon police investigate baby’s death
Ashwaubenon police are investigating the death of an infant. They say there were reports yesterday morning that the baby wasn’t breathing. They say the infant was dead when officers got to the O...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 24, 2019

Evers opens applications for Winnebago Co. coroner
Governor Evers is accepting applications for the next Winnebago County coroner. Longtime Coroner Barry Busby is resigning at the end of October. Evers will appoint a new one to complete Busby’s ...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 24, 2019

Panel votes down parking lot on ramp site
A proposal to build a parking lot on the site of the former Blue Ramp, next to Appleton’s City Hall, isn’t gaining much traction. The municipal services committee opposed the idea on a 3-1...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 24, 2019

Advocate notes domestic abuse deaths in rural areas
A local advocate for victims of domestic violence says a report shows more people are being killed in rural areas. Wendy Gehl of Harbor House in Appleton says that’s unusual. End Domestic Abuse ...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 24, 2019

Group trying to register people to vote today
There’s a push locally, and around the country today, to register more people to vote. The League of Women Voters is taking part in the campaign. State Executive Director Erin Grunze says they...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 24, 2019

Evers to push GOP on gun bills, medical pot
Governor Evers says he’ll push Majority Republicans in the Legislature to pass changes to gun laws, and legalize medical marijuana, this fall. The governor and Democrats introduced bills requiri...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 24, 2019

2nd GOP candidate running for Congress
A second Republican is getting in the race for a northern Wisconsin congressional seat. Army veteran Jason Church of Hudson hopes to succeed Congressman Sean Duffy in the seventh district. The 30-year...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 24, 2019

Name released of man killed in Ledgeview crash
The construction worker killed in a crash in the Town of Ledgeview yesterday morning was 46-year-old Eric Anderson of the De Pere area. The Brown County Sheriff’s deputies say he was trying to u...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 24, 2019

Cause of FDL fire and victim’s names released
The names of the three people who died in a fire at a group home last week in Fond du Lac are being released along with the cause. Division Fire Chief Troy Haase says based on interviews and the locat...
Carol Patrizi Sep 24, 2019

Investigation into house explosion continues
The investigation continues into a house explosion that hurt four people. It happened yesterday afternoon just before 4 p.m. in the Town of Grant north of Marion. Shawano County Sheriff’s deputi...
Carol Patrizi Sep 24, 2019



