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

Arena owners owe top creditors $8.9 mil
Court records show the owner of the Menominee Nation Arena in Oshkosh owes far more than the $13 million dollar construction loan currently in default. The Chapter 11 filing by Fox Valley Pro Basketba...
Mike Kemmeter Aug 20, 2019

Names released of couple from quarry fall
The Oshkosh woman killed, when she fell into a quarry with her husband, was 31-year-old Alissa Bartels. Winnebago County Sheriff’s deputies say they were near the Hill Tavern, along Highway D, w...
Mike Kemmeter Aug 20, 2019

G.B. police investigating shots fired near downtown
Green Bay police are investigating shots fired near the intersection of Cherry and Irwin streets in the downtown. Sgt. Tom Denny says they were called to the area around 6:15 p.m. Denny says people in...
Carol Patrizi Aug 20, 2019

ESPN runs documentary on Appleton native Rocky Bleier
The country will get to see the latest chapter in the story of Appleton native Rocky Bleier tonight. ESPN is running a documentary showing Bleier’s return to Vietnam 50 years after he was wounde...
Darcy O'Brian Aug 20, 2019

Expert thinks people downplay dangers of alcohol
A report shows more people in Wisconsin are dying of drug and alcohol problems and a director of a local program thinks the overall issues with alcohol are being downplayed. Lynn McLaughlin is with th...
Darcy O'Brian Aug 20, 2019

Winnebago County Board to vote on longtime coroner
The Winnebago County Board could take a vote of no confidence in longtime Coroner Barry Busby tonight. The proposal also calls for censuring him. Busby has come under fire this year with a number of a...
Darcy O'Brian Aug 20, 2019

Man leads deputies on high-speed chase
Deputies say a man led them on a chase on I-41 and he later drove into oncoming traffic to try to get away. Someone called 911 last Friday morning about a dangerous driver near De Pere. Brown County S...
Darcy O'Brian Aug 19, 2019

Gilles Frozen Custard celebrates 70 years
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...
Darcy O'Brian Aug 19, 2019

Inmates graduate from NWTC program
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...
Darcy O'Brian Aug 19, 2019

Woman killed, husband hurt at quarry
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...
Mike Kemmeter Aug 19, 2019



