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

G.B. Restaurant Week delayed
Organizers of Green Bay Restaurant Week are pushing back the event. It will now be held from September 10-17, instead of in July. The Greater Green Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau hopes the delay w...
Mike Kemmeter May 19, 2020

Foremost cheese plant closing in Chilton
A cheese plant in Chilton is closing. Foremost Farms is reporting there are significant challenges because of the plant’s layout, and the age of the facility. The company is also blaming a signi...
Mike Kemmeter May 19, 2020

Evers plans to spend nearly $1.2 bil on COVID-19
Governor Evers believes the state could spend nearly $1.2 billion to fight coronavirus this year. The money is coming from the federal stimulus package. Some of it has already been spent, and the tota...
Mike Kemmeter May 19, 2020

UWO economists study COVID-19 & election
A study by UW-Oshkosh economists found there are links between in-person voting in Wisconsin last month, and the spread of coronavirus. Professor Bryan Engelhardt says they looked at the case numbers,...
Mike Kemmeter May 18, 2020

Special Olympics Summer Games go virtual
Special Olympics athletes will have to compete on their own this summer. The annual games in Stevens Point next month will be virtual. Special Olympics Wisconsin spokesman Tommy Jaime says they can pa...
Mike Kemmeter May 18, 2020

Bars mainly slow since opening
While pictures of some crowded bars in Wisconsin caught national attention last week, most owners in northeast Wisconsin say that was the exception. Ben Burnette from the Watering Hole in Howard says ...
Mike Kemmeter May 18, 2020

Advanced placement tests different for students
High school students taking advanced placement courses are facing a unique challenge this year. Instead of year-end tests in a classroom to earn their college credits, kids are taking online exams. So...
Mike Kemmeter May 18, 2020

Diemel family reaches wrongful death settlement
The family of two brothers from the Seymour area who were killed in Missouri last year reached a $2 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit. The family of Nick and Justin Diemel will get the mo...
Mike Kemmeter May 18, 2020

Free tests available at FVTC without symptoms
Anyone can now get a free test for COVID-19 at Fox Valley Technical College in Grand Chute, even if they don’t have symptoms. It’s open to people living in Outagamie, Winnebago, and Calume...
Mike Kemmeter May 18, 2020

Evers won’t push statewide coronavirus rules
Governor Evers won’t try to create any more statewide COVID-19 guidelines. He says Majority Republicans in the Legislature are clear on their position, that they don’t want any state rules...
Mike Kemmeter May 18, 2020



