Category Archives: News
Marathon County To Consider Lawsuit Against Opioid Makers
A vote coming up next Tuesday in Marathon County concerning a lawsuit aimed at the opioid crisis. The claim is that drug makers know how dangerous they are, yet market them as a treatment for chronic ...
Oct 14, 2017 Brandon Giesbrecht / CC
Contractors Sought For County Courthouse Asbestos
The Shawano County Public Property Committee needs to find someone to get asbestos-containing materials out of the county courthouse. They're seeking bids now for qualified contractors to do so. The i...
Oct 14, 2017
Sex Offenders House Near Children In Birnamwood
A violent sex offender could be placed near a home where two children live in Shawano County, because of a legal loophole. It's happening in Birnamwood, where a small piece of land separates the famil...
Oct 13, 2017
County Will Keep Paying Utility Bills For Food Center
The Shawano Area Food Center will continue to have its utility bills paid by Shawano County. Officials approved a memorandum of understanding to that effect this week. Utility bills for the food cente...
Oct 13, 2017
Ho-Chunk Gaming Soft Open Scrapped
They delayed the ribbon-cutting ceremony planned for Thursday for the new gaming area at Ho-Chunk Gaming Wittenberg. Management there didn't get into details as to why but issued a statement apologizi...
Oct 13, 2017
Charges Recommended Against Representative's Daughter
More details have been released about the arrest of a state legislator's daughter on Tuesday. Brown County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Todd Delain says officers were called to the 1500 block of South Webst...
Oct 12, 2017
Nygren's Daughter Jailed In Drug Death
Sheriff's deputies in Green Bay plan to say more Thursday about the arrest of a state lawmaker's daughter for a recent drug death. Republican Assembly finance cochair John Nygren of Marinette cited hi...
Oct 12, 2017
Missing Woman in Brown County
Brown County officers are looking for a 24-year-old woman who's been missing for two days. Sheriff's investigators say Azure Ra Dunbar was last seen Tuesday at a home in Howard near Green Bay. Officia...
Oct 12, 2017
Waupaca County Sheriff's Department to crack down on drug dealing
Waupaca County Sheriff Officials are planning on filing charges for more than 20 suspected drug dealers by the end of the November. A crack down on suspected heroin, narcotics and methamphetamine deal...
Oct 12, 2017
Two Year Schools To Merge With Four Year Campuses?
The University of Wisconsin System's two-year schools would merge with its four-year campuses under a plan system President Ray Cross announced Wednesday in hopes of boosting flagging enrollment. The ...
Oct 12, 2017
