Category Archives: Local News
2 arrested after Fond du Lac County high-speed chase [VIDEO]
FOND DU LAC COUNTY, Wis. -- Two people are arrested in Fond du Lac County following a high-speed chase May 8. The suspect vehicle was wanted in a pair of high-speed chases in recent weeks and putting ...
14h ago (Image from the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office)
2 arrested for alleged attempt to smuggle drugs into Oshkosh Correctional Institution
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Two Milwaukee residents are accused of trying to sneak drugs into the Oshkosh Correctional Institution. Oshkosh police say prison staff suspected a 24-year-old woman was trying to sne...
16h ago Two arrested for attempting to smuggle drugs into Oshkosh Correctional (Oshkosh Police Dept. photo)
Brillion man accused of killing his father now mentally competent to stand trial
CHILTON, Wis. -- A Brillion man accused of killing his father is now mentally competent to stand trial. Doctors believe Kenneth Nelson can assist in his own defense on one count of first-degree intent...
19h ago Kenneth Nelson (Photo courtesy Calumet Co. Jail)
Neenah Foundry fined $200K for environmental violations
NEENAH, Wis. -- Neenah Foundry will pay a $200,000 fine to settle claims of violating environmental laws. The state Department of Justice filed 18 violations against the plant along Brooks Avenue alle...
20h ago (Logo provided by Neenah Foundry)
Charge reduced for YMCA worker who allegedly gave kids melatonin without parental consent
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Winnebago County prosecutors have reduced the charge against a former Neenah YMCA employee accused of giving children nutritional supplements without their parents' permission. Annale...
20h ago belchonock / Depositphotos.com
'Uncle Fester' reaches plea deal in meth lab case
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A Green Bay man who was running a meth lab reaches a plea deal with prosecutors. Stephen Preisler, better known as "Uncle Fester," is convicted in Brown County Court on charges of d...
May 12, 2026 Stephen Preisler, aka "Uncle Fester", whose formulas for ricin were linked to a terrorist attack in Japan, arrested in meth raid on his home. (Brown Co. Jail photo)
Man killed in Calumet County crash
TOWN OF CHILTON, Wis. -- One person is dead following a Calumet County crash. The sheriff's office says a sport utility vehicle driven by a 39-year-old Shawano man pulled out from a stop sign and coll...
May 12, 2026 (Image courtesy the Calumet County Sheriff's Office)
Former Courtney Woolen Mill back up for sale
APPLETON, Wis. -- The former Courtney Woolen Mill in Appleton is back up for sale. The 179-year-old former mill along E. Water Street was purchased by Lawrence University in August of 2024, after the ...
May 11, 2026 (Photo courtesy of the Courtney Woolen Mill)
5 hurt in wrong-way crash on I-41
WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Wis. -- Five people are hurt in a multiple vehicle crash along Interstate 41 allegedly caused by a wrong-way driver. The Winnebago County Sheriff's Office received a report of a vehi...
May 11, 2026 (Image from the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office)
2 killed in Kewaunee County crash
TOWN OF MONTPELIER, Wis. -- Two people are dead following a weekend crash in Kewaunee County. The sheriff's office says a motorcycle collided with a pickup truck along State Highway 29 and County Road...
May 11, 2026 Alex_Schmidt / Depositphotos.com
