Category Archives: Local News
Fire damages Little Chute hotel
LITTLE CHUTE, Wis. -- Fire damages a portion of a Little Chute hotel. Crews were called to Country Inn & Suites around 7 p.m. Monday to find flames in the mechanic room and a boiler pipe in the ce...
Mar 11, 2025 jag_cz / Depositphotos.com
Joe Martin, former common council member/community advocate, dies
APPLETON, WI -- A former Appleton Common Council member who advocated for handicap rights and accessibility has died. Joe Martin passed away Saturday at a Milwaukee hospital. Martin, who was confined ...
Mar 10, 2025 Former Appleton Common Council member Joe Martin dies.
Appleton Downtown Incorporated proposes 'selfie' sculpture for Houdini Plaza [AUDIO]
APPLETON, Wis--Downtown Appleton could soon have its own "selfie spot". Appleton Downtown Incorporated wants to put a sculpture in Houdini Plaza that Executive Director Jennifer Stephany says will enc...
Mar 10, 2025 (Image provided by Appleton Downtown Incorporated)
Second man charged in Appleton drug overdose death
APPLETON, Wis. -- A second person is charged in connection with the overdose death of an Appleton woman. Eric Abresch is charged in Outagamie County Court with first-degree reckless homicide as a repe...
Mar 10, 2025 Eric Abresch (Photo courtesy Outagamie Co. Jail)
Man sentenced for shooting at teens who were egging his house
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A Pittsfield man will spend three years in prison for shooting at kids egging his house. Jackson Rego is also sentenced in Brown County Court to eight years on extended supervision ...
Mar 10, 2025 Jackson Rego (Photo courtesy Brown Co. Jail)
More information released on fatal Fond du Lac police shooting
FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- The state Department of Justice releases more information on a fatal officer-involved shooting in Fond du Lac. Sheriff's Sgt. Andrew Kohlmann opened fire on Jesus Mendez Berry aft...
Mar 10, 2025 (Image provided by Wisconsin Department of Justice)
Suspect in Kaukauna ATM theft convicted, sentenced
APPLETON, Wis. -- A Venezuelan man who took part in the theft of cash from a Kaukauna ATM will spend a year in jail. Manuel Pina-Gonzalez was convicted in Outagamie County Court on one count of being ...
Mar 07, 2025 Manuel Pina-Gonzalez (Photo courtesy Outagamie Co. Jail)
2 killed, 1 badly hurt in Calumet County crash
UPDATE: The sheriff's office identifies the truck driver and passenger as Ronald Woelfel and Nancy Woelfel. The other driver, Vicky Fesing, remains hospitalized as of March 7. ----- TOWN OF CHARLESTOW...
Mar 06, 2025 (Image courtesy the Calumet County Sheriff's Office)
Appleton makes College Avenue 'road diet' permanent [AUDIO]
APPLETON, Wis. -- The College Avenue "road diet" in downtown Appleton will become permanent. The Appleton Common Council voted unanimously Wednesday to keep one lane of eastbound traffic, one lane of ...
Mar 06, 2025 (Image provided by the city of Appleton)
Fox Cities Exhibition Center continues to operate in the red [AUDIO]
APPLETON, Wis--The Fox Cities Exhibition Center continues to operate in the red. The 2024 financial report for the expo hall shows a loss of more than $162,000, despite an increase in events and reven...
Mar 05, 2025 (Image provided by the Fox Cities Exhibition Center)
