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

Girl raising money with pushups
A 12-year-old Hobart girl is raising money online by doing pushups. Kaylee Murphy came up with the idea after hearing that a young boy in North Carolina ran in his backyard for six hours, and donated ...
Mike Kemmeter Apr 27, 2020

Person killed in I-41 crash near De Pere
A rollover crash on I-41 south of De Pere left one person dead. Hobart-Lawrence police say a 27-year-old Appleton man was heading north when he lost control of his SUV by the Scheuring Road exit yeste...
Mike Kemmeter Apr 27, 2020

Scrap metal pile catches fire in Kaukauna
A pile of scrap metal caught fire at a company’s yard in Kaukauna. Firefighters spent about four hours getting it under control at Goldin Iron and Metal Recycling yesterday. The pile was about 1...
Mike Kemmeter Apr 27, 2020

Oshkosh Food Co-op reaches goal
The Oshkosh Food Co-op topped its $1.6 million fundraising goal. The organization collected about $16,000 more than that, and the contributions came from almost half of the co-op’s members. Lead...
Mike Kemmeter Apr 27, 2020

Police arrest robbery suspect
Oshkosh police say they caught a gas station robber. They believe the 37-year-old Oshkosh man asked the clerk at the Mobil on W. Murdock Avenue to put money in a paper bag on Saturday afternoon. They ...
Mike Kemmeter Apr 27, 2020

Man with machete arrested in Omro
Omro police arrested a man they say was threatening two people with a machete. They say the 50-year-old man was playing loud music in his home, and acting strangely, around 4:15 p.m. Saturday. They re...
Mike Kemmeter Apr 27, 2020

Hwy. 15 project near Hortonville delayed
The likelihood of rain this week is forcing a delay of a construction project on Highway 15. The Outagamie County Highway Department planned to start extending a lane at the intersection with Highway ...
Mike Kemmeter Apr 27, 2020

Some soldiers return from Afghanistan
About 150 soldiers from the Wisconsin National Guard are back in the country. The 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry from the Red Arrow brigade spent seven months in Afghanistan. Another 250 members are st...
Mike Kemmeter Apr 27, 2020

Statewide confirmed coronavirus cases up 4% to 5,911
The state is reporting 5,911 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin. That’s a four percent increase from yesterday’s total of 5,687. There have been 272 confirmed deaths in Wisconsin. That&...
Mike Kemmeter Apr 26, 2020

Statewide confirmed COVID-19 cases up 6% to 5,687
The state is reporting 5,687 confirmed coronavirus cases in Wisconsin. That’s a six percent increase from yesterday’s total of 5,356. There have been 266 confirmed deaths. That’s fou...
Mike Kemmeter Apr 25, 2020



