Category Archives: ((WHBYAM) 1150 WHBY) Local News
New police station recommended in Oshkosh
A study recommends construction of a new police station somewhere in Oshkosh. FMG Architects presented three options to the Oshkosh Common Council last night. One would renovate the existing Public Sa...
Feb 26, 2020
State agency watching coronavirus
A state health official says they’re watching the spread of coronavirus in Europe, and trying to figure out why it’s happening. Tom Haupt of the Department of Health Services says theyR...
Feb 26, 2020
Work on Brin Building site could start in spring
Work on the former Brin Building site in downtown Menasha could be well underway in the coming months. The plans call for a four-story building at the corner of Main Street, with apartments and busine...
Feb 25, 2020
Group, city celebrate revived tennis courts
About a decade after there were plans to get rid of tennis courts in some Appleton parks, more could be getting them. Parks and Recreation Director Dean Gazza says a group called MATCH stepped up to h...
Feb 25, 2020
Prof: Bloomberg hopes for brokered convention
Wisconsin’s presidential primary is still more than a month away, but one candidate is already running plenty of ads. Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has already spent $1.3 million in no...
Feb 25, 2020
Teen charged with making school threat
Prosecutors are charging a junior at Bay Port High School with threatening to “shoot up” the school. They say 17-year-old Javon Kempen is banned from school grounds because of a history of...
Feb 25, 2020
‘No Mow May’ hits snag
Some Appleton city council members want more details, before deciding on the proposed “No Mow May.” Supporters want to let people grow out their lawns during the month to help pollinators,...
Feb 25, 2020
Oshkosh council taking up Sawdust District plan
The Oshkosh Common Council is expected to vote tonight on the plans for the Sawdust District. That’s the area along Main Street, and south of the Fox River. Economic Development Services Manager...
Feb 25, 2020
Snowmobile deaths already top all of 2019
More people have already died in snowmobile crashes since the start of the year than in all of 2019. Three people were killed last weekend, bringing the total for 2020 to 17. Sixteen people lost their...
Feb 25, 2020
Record number get flu shot
People are still getting flu shots, helping the state set a new record. Tom Haupt of the Department of Health Services says 41 percent have been vaccinated so far. He says fewer than 20 percent got th...
Feb 25, 2020
