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

State will add judges, Calumet Co. could get one
The state will be adding 12 more judges in counties around Wisconsin, over the next three years. Calumet County could be getting one of them. Republican Rep. Ron Tusler of Harrison is confident it wil...
Mike Kemmeter Mar 05, 2020

Soldiers in midst of Afghanistan mission
While negotiations to end the war in Afghanistan continue, about 400 soldiers from a Wisconsin National Guard unit are still serving there. They’re members of the 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry f...
Mike Kemmeter Mar 05, 2020

New North forms entrepreneur group
Local entrepreneurs could get some help from a new group. The New North is creating the NEW Launch Initiative with help from a grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. New North Exec...
Mike Kemmeter Mar 05, 2020

G.B. woman facing meth charges
A Green Bay woman is facing drug charges, after prosecutors say a Shawano County Sheriff’s deputy pulled her over and found a large amount of meth. Twenty-nine-year-old Brittany Vlach was pulled...
Mike Kemmeter Mar 05, 2020

Evers picks new UW Regent
The leader of Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin is joining the UW System Board of Regents. Governor Evers is picking Hector Colon to replace Gerald Whitburn. Whitburn was appointed by former Gover...
Mike Kemmeter Mar 05, 2020

G.B. teen charged with killing nephew in fire
Prosecutors are charging a 15-year-old Green Bay girl with murder for the death of her infant nephew in a house fire last June. Marcelia Fonseca is facing counts of first-degree intentional homicide a...
Carol Patrizi Mar 05, 2020

Sandbag-making machine kept busy
A machine to make sandbags is working overtime in Brown County. Public Works Director Paul Fontecchio says they bought it in August to deal with spring flooding issues. He thinks it’s a good fit...
Carol Patrizi Mar 05, 2020

Car crash in Oshkosh kills man
Oshkosh police say a 26-year-old man died when his car crashed into a tree. Police say it happened in the 3000 block of Oregon Street around 12 a.m. Officials say he was pronounced dead at a local hos...
Carol Patrizi Mar 05, 2020

State funding will help Hwy. N project
State funding will help add a sidewalk and pedestrian path, along a stretch of Highway N in the Darboy area. Calumet County is already planning to re-pave the road from Highway KK to Highway 10 this y...
Mike Kemmeter Mar 05, 2020

New law targets package thieves
Stealing packages from outside homes in Wisconsin will have more severe penalties. Republican Rep. Dave Murphy of Greenville helped work on a bill to make it a felony for taking at least 10 packages. ...
Mike Kemmeter Mar 04, 2020



