Brown County News

Blood tests confirmed today that a man was driving drunk June 26 when he crashed head-on into another car on U.S. 41, killing himself and three people in the other vehicle.

Charlene P. Stites, 43, of Manitowoc, was charged Tuesday with three counts of bail jumping after a Manitowoc County Sheriff's Department detective and lieutenant found letters written from her to her jailed husband, according to a criminal complaint.

State highway officials say Wisconsin 172 from Interstate 43 to U.S. 41 - including all lanes on the Allouez-Ashwaubenon bridge over the Fox River - will be open by July 31.

Trial is set for Oct. 7 for a Green Bay man accused of burning his ex-girlfriend's dog in her oven.

Three people in a judge's courtroom at the Brown County Courthouse were checked for possible contamination after a letter was found with a suspicious substance inside.

The Green Bay Fire Department says a letter sent to a Brown County judge contained a white powder that has been identified as calcium sulfate, more commonly known as drywall material.

The 2009 Festival Foods Fire Over The Fox celebration kickoff begins at 1 p.m. Saturday with the ringing of the replica Liberty Bell on the Brown County Courthouse grounds.

ONEIDA - Kelsey Verbeten shot 73 in the second round Sunday and finished with a 143 to win the championship flight title at the Brown County women's amateur golf tournament at Brown County Golf Course.

Brown County residents already are taking advantage of a new BadgerCare health insurance plan for low-income adults who don't have children.

The head-on crash that killed three Menasha friends on June 19 in Ashwaubenon is the latest rallying cry for legislators to adopt tougher drunken driving laws in Wisconsin.

A bronze marker that once rested at the site of the original Brown County Courthouse in De Pere was rededicated Friday and returned to the corner of Wisconsin Street and George Street.

Brown County's 911 Communications Center is in its new home at the county jail, setting the stage for the county's funding of a new radio system.

Entries are being accepted for exhibitors for this year's Brown County Fair, which will be Aug.

GREEN BAY - An early morning fire today destroyed a two-story, 17-unit apartment building on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus.

Allouez A resident chased and caught one of four young males who were seen breaking into vehicles early June 9 in the 600 block of West Briar Lane, the Brown County Sheriff's Department said.

Ramp closures are on tap this week as crews move forward on the Wisconsin 172 construction project.

Outagamie County could lose $579,763 on its new recycling plant during the first full year it operates, and the entire county recycling program may post a $1.4 million deficit in 2010.

Children need to be in class in order to be successful in school and life, a panel of experts emphasized Friday during a Brown County United Way summit on education.

Three people have died in a two-vehicle crash that deputies say was caused by a driver going the wrong way on a Brown County highway.

One of the nationa s top roundabout advocates spoke in Brown County on Thursday.