Author Archives: Terry Kovarik
Gas prices edge down
Gas prices edge down again in the Fox Valley. Gas Buddy Dot Com reports the average for regular unleaded fell three cents in the Appleton area last week to two-78 a gallon. Gas prices in Green Bay sli...
Jun 21, 2021
Access issue may have shut down Oshkosh concert site
The issue that led to the relocation of all events planned for Ford Live Park in Oshkosh this summer may involve access to the site. A source familiar with the situation tells W-H-B-Y News that the ow...
Jun 21, 2021
Attorney questions mental competency of teen that killed his grandparents
An Appleton teenager found guilty of killing his grandparents may undergo another round of mental competency testing. The attorney for Alexander Kraus says his client has shown "remarkable decline" in...
Jun 18, 2021
Grant will expand veterans cemetery in King
A federal grant will help expand the cemetery at the King Veterans Home in Waupaca County. The state is getting three-point-three million dollars from the U-S Department of Veterans Affairs. The money...
Jun 18, 2021
Competitor files challenge to Oshkosh Defense postal contract
A competitor is challenging the awarding of the contract for new U-S Postal Service vehicles to the Oshkosh Corporation. Workhorse Group of Ohio filed the challenge--but the grounds for it have been s...
Jun 18, 2021 (Image courtesy the Oshkosh Corporation)
State recommends pregnant women get tested for syphilis
The state Department of Health Services recommends pregnant women in six counties be tested for syphilis. The D-H-S reports a spike in syphilis cases since the start of the pandemic--and an increase i...
Jun 18, 2021
Chronic Wasting Disease found in Green Lake County
A deer found dead in Green Lake County tests positive for chronic wasting disease. The whitetail was discovered in the town of Brooklyn in early May--ten miles from the borders with Fond du Lac, Winne...
Jun 18, 2021
Trial set in Kaukauna murder case
A November 9th trial date is set for a Kaukauna murder suspect. Dontae Payne is charged in Outagamie County Court with First Degree Intentional Homicide and Armed Robbery. Payne is accused of shooting...
Jun 17, 2021
Escaped Oshkosh sex offender arrested in Las Vegas
An Oshkosh sex offender that escaped from G-P-S monitoring is captured in Las Vegas. Lloyd Pitzen fled Oshkosh in December of last year. U-S Marshals arrested him this week in Nevada. Pitzen was on th...
Jun 17, 2021
Suspect arrested in Wrightstown chase
An Appleton man is arrested following a police chase in Wrightstown. The Police Department says the 31 year old was spotted driving without lights on along Bengal Lane around 3:25 this (Thursday) morn...
Jun 17, 2021 Wrightstown Police Department logo (Image courtesy Wrightstown Police Dept.)
