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

Voith buys Swedish company
A company that has a location on Appleton’s northeast side is buying a Swedish manufacturer. Voith Group makes equipment for the paper industry. BTG does too, and Voith will pay about $350 milli...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 20, 2019

Lawsuit filed against vaping companies
A law firm is filing the first lawsuit in Wisconsin against vaping companies, claiming they’re illegally marketing e-cigarettes to teens. Crueger Dickinson from the Milwaukee area is targeting t...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 20, 2019

Police want to identify 2 more after shooting
Appleton police are trying to identify two more people, in connection with a murder investigation in the downtown. They’ve been releasing pictures throughout the week of people inside a building...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 20, 2019

Arena owners countersue over loan payments
The owners of the bankrupt Menominee Nation Arena in Oshkosh are suing to get some money back from the company that built the facility. Under federal bankruptcy law, a company is considered to be R...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 20, 2019

FdL Chief: Fire deaths a ‘dark day’
Fond du Lac’s fire chief is calling the deaths of three people in a house fire a “dark day” for the community. The victims had cognitive disabilities, and they were on the second flo...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 20, 2019

Man gets 40 yrs in prison for Bellevue murder
A 47-year-old man convicted murdering a Bellevue woman is going to prison for 40 years. Anthony Kitchenakow of Suring received the maximum sentence on a charge of first-degree reckless homicide. He sh...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 19, 2019

City posts FAQs on U.S. Venture ramp
People can find out more about the proposed parking ramp for the U.S. Venture headquarters in downtown Appleton on the city’s website. The latest estimated cost is up to nearly $35 million. Earl...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 19, 2019

Pictures honor five retired judges
The pictures of five long-retired Outagamie County judges are now on display at the courthouse. Current Judge Vince Biskupic worked to add their photos, and short biographies, to the hallways on the s...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 19, 2019

Deputies: Railroad track played role in crash
Investigators think a problem with a railroad crossing was a factor in a head-on crash earlier this week, north of Appleton. Outagamie County Sheriff’s deputies say a tire blew on a van at a cro...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 19, 2019

Former L.C. teacher guilty of another assault
A former Little Chute High School teacher is facing more prison time…for sexually assaulting teenage girls. Several months after he was sentenced for a 20-year-old case, jurors found 47-year-old...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 19, 2019



