Local Red Cross awaits call for volunteers

The relief effort for the tornado in Moore, Oklahoma will be going on for weeks, and Red Cross volunteers from northeast Wisconsin expect to get called into action any day now. Barbara Behling is a spokeswoman for the local chapter.…

posted 2013-05-22 05:05 by WHBY

Food stamp rules move forward

A proposal to force man food stamp recipients to work, or go through job training, took a step forward yesterday. The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee agreed to keep the provision in the budget. Republican Rep. John Nygren of Marinette is…

posted 2013-05-22 05:04 by WHBY

Appleton library to open creative lab

There's going to be a special place in the Appleton public library for people to get creative. Community partnership supervisor Brian Kopetsky says they're opening a Digital Creation Lab on the second floor. People will be able to use cameras,…

posted 2013-05-22 05:03 by WHBY

Developer eyes Kaukauna library

The Kaukauna library will eventually move to the former Eagle mill, and the same developer from that project wants to explore the possibilities for the current library building. It was built in 1908, using grant money from Andrew Carnegie, and…

posted 2013-05-22 05:02 by WHBY

2013-05-21

Gillett man killed in Bonduel crash

A 75-year-old Gillett man was the victim of a crash in Bonduel yesterday. The Shawano County sheriff's department says Leon Wychesit was riding in a pickup truck that hit a tree, around noon yesterday, in the 300 block of N.…

posted 2013-05-21 15:01 by WHBY

Ministry Health Care cutting up to 250 jobs

A health care organization with three hospitals in the Fox Valley is cutting up to 250 jobs. Ministry Health Care officials say they're necessary because high-deductible health insurance plans are leading to lower demand, and they lost $10 million in…

posted 2013-05-21 15:00:58 by WHBY

Red Cross leader remembers similar tornado

While the search for survivors continues in Moore, Oklahoma, the regional director for the American Red Cross in northeast Wisconsin says he knows first hand the horror a tornado leaves behind. Steve Hansen says he went to Greensburg, Kansas in…

posted 2013-05-21 13:05 by WHBY

Tornado emergencies rare in Wis.

The National Weather Service issued a "Tornado Emergency" yesterday, when the EF-5 tornado tore through Moore, Oklahoma. That's a relatively new kind of warning, reserved for only the most severe storms. Meteorologist Jeff Last is with the National Weather Service's…

posted 2013-05-21 13:04:17 by WHBY

Thilmany changing name to 'Expera'

A name change is on the way for the Thilmany paper mills in De Pere and Kaukauna. Once the sale to KPS Capital Partners becomes final this summer, the Thilmany mills will be known as Expera Specialty Solutions. KPS is…

posted 2013-05-21 13:03:55 by WHBY

Con-way Freight consolidating in FdL

A trucking company is consolidating three service centers into a larger facility in Fond du Lac. One of the smaller Con-way Freight centers is in Neenah. Company officials announced their plans today for the $8 million project in a business…

posted 2013-05-21 13:01 by WHBY

Proposal could knock half off food stamps

Governor Walker wants people in the state's food stamps program to spend at least 20 hours a week searching for work or taking part in job training. A report from the non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau found more than 31,000 FoodShare…

posted 2013-05-21 05:05 by WHBY

Derks gets 6 years for Omro accident

An Oshkosh man will spend six years behind bars for killing an elderly Omro man, while driving drunk. 33-year-old Jeremy Derks was convicted in March of homicide by driving drunk, after he entered a no contest plea and he'll spend…