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

Gas prices dropping
Coronavirus is leading some people to stay home, and that’s bringing down gas prices. Allison Mac of Gas Buddy says in Wisconsin, the price for a gallon fell by nine cents over the past week. Ri...
Mike Kemmeter Mar 09, 2020

Steineke hopes Senate votes on homeless bills
A local Republican lawmaker wants the Senate to take up several proposals that are expected to help the homeless. Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke of Vandenbroek says there are seven bills waitin...
Mike Kemmeter Mar 09, 2020

G.B. fire dept. gets backpacks for kids in crisis
The Green Bay Fire Department is getting 22 backpacks with books to give to children in a crisis situation. REACH-A-Child donates them to firefighters and first responders around the state. Lt. Shauna...
Mike Kemmeter Mar 09, 2020

Baldwin wants emergency sick leave for coronavirus
Wisconsin’s Democrat in the U.S. Senate is pushing for emergency paid sick leave, if workers are impacted by coronavirus. Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Madison is working on a bill that would require bu...
Mike Kemmeter Mar 09, 2020

Buffalo chicken egg rolls win T-Rats contest
Fans at Fox Cities Stadium will be able to try buffalo chicken egg rolls at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers games this season. Kerry Prideaux of Plymouth won the team’s annual Food Fight contest. The ...
Mike Kemmeter Mar 09, 2020

Police ask people to wear pink for murder victim
Appleton police are encouraging people to wear pink tomorrow, on Tuesday, March 10th, to show support for the family and friends of a three-year-old murder victim. Zyana Corbin was killed on February ...
Mike Kemmeter Mar 09, 2020

Name of FdL crash victim released
Fond du Lac police say 30-year-old Eric Ferdinand was the Fond du Lac man killed in a crash over the weekend. They say he hit a tree, and the Cross Roads Care Center building on E. Arndt Street, just ...
Carol Patrizi Mar 09, 2020

Body recovered and identified from East River
The body of a 24-year-old man who went missing one month ago was pulled from the East River in Green Bay yesterday. Jeffrey Maldonado fell through the ice around Roosevelt and Main streets. Green Bay&...
Carol Patrizi Mar 09, 2020

Armed robbery suspect in custody
Brown County Sheriff’s Deputies have a suspect in custody for a late night armed robbery. Deputies were called to the Lineville Shell in the 1700 block of Lineville Road in Howard around 9:45 p....
Carol Patrizi Mar 09, 2020

Library visits, circulation down in 2019
There was a decline in visitors and circulation at Appleton’s library last year. The number of people walking through the doors of the library was down seven percent last year. Circulation slipp...
Mike Kemmeter Mar 08, 2020



