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

U.S. Venture Open raises record $5.1 mil
The largest single-day fundraiser in northeast Wisconsin got even bigger. The U.S. Venture Open brought in a record of $5.13 million Wednesday to fight poverty. The David Thiede estate helped shatter ...
Mike Kemmeter Aug 14, 2019

State board denies Greenville incorporation
A state board is denying the Town of Greenville’s request to become a village at least for now. The town applied for incorporation last year. Town Chair Jack Anderson says instead of trying to i...
Darcy O'Brian Aug 14, 2019

OnStar helps catch suspected car thief in Outagamie Co.
Technology helped Outagamie County Sheriff’s deputies catch a suspected car thief yesterday morning. Lieutenant Ryan Carpenter says the owner has OnStar and the company tracked the car to the ar...
Darcy O'Brian Aug 14, 2019

Evers stops in Green Bay to fix potholes, talk grants
Governor Evers stopped in Green Bay yesterday and he helped fill some potholes in the downtown area. He worked with a crew at the corner of Adams and Crooks streets. Evers used the trip to talk about ...
Darcy O'Brian Aug 14, 2019

Wife mourns husband killed in Manawa house explosion
A woman is remembering her husband after he died in a house explosion in Manawa earlier this week. Gwinette Zielke says she left home to go to church around 7:30 in the morning last Sunday. Her husban...
Darcy O'Brian Aug 14, 2019

Brown County jail faces overcrowding
The Brown County Sheriff’s Department is spending thousands of dollars a month to send jail inmates to other facilities because of overcrowding. Yesterday, 66 people were in Outagamie, Oconto, M...
Darcy O'Brian Aug 14, 2019

State reports fewer opioid deaths in 2018
There were fewer opioid deaths in the state last year. The Department of Health Services says 838 people died in 2018, and that’s the lowest total since 2015. But hospital emergency room visits ...
Mike Kemmeter Aug 14, 2019

Hundreds show up to buy ‘Hamilton’ tickets
Hundreds of excited people got their hands on tickets for the first stop of “Hamilton” in Wisconsin. The musical is coming to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in downtown Appleton in ...
Mike Kemmeter Aug 14, 2019

Oshkosh creates committee for street assessments
A special committee will try to find a way to cover most of the costs of rebuilding streets in Oshkosh. The Common Council will pick 12 members, and they could be homeowners, business owners, and offi...
Mike Kemmeter Aug 14, 2019

Oshkosh won’t have term limits for city boards
There won’t be any term limits on boards and commissions in the City of Oshkosh. Mayor Lori Palmeri floated the idea, arguing it would give more people a chance to take part in government. But c...
Mike Kemmeter Aug 14, 2019



