Category Archives: Local News
Two seriously hurt in crash
Railroad workers inspected a crossing on Highway A, north of Appleton, after two men were seriously hurt in a crash this morning. Staff Sgt. Wang Lee of the Outagamie County Sheriff's Department says ...
Sep 17, 2019
Birkholz's widow supports bill for families
The widow of a Fond du Lac police officer killed in the line of duty is pushing for a bill to pay the health insurance premiums for the immediate families of fallen officers. Ashley Birkholz lost her ...
Sep 17, 2019
Suspect in Pyro stabbing ruled competent
A judge is ruling the man charged with stabbing Green Bay Police K-9 Pyro is competent to stand trial. Thirty-year-old Sai Vang has been at a state mental health facility, after he was arrested in Apr...
Sep 17, 2019
Fitzgerald running for Congress
The top Republican in the state Senate is officially running for Congress. Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald wants to take the fifth-district seat of longtime Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner of Menominee...
Sep 17, 2019
Police release name of murder victim
The man murdered in downtown Appleton last weekend was from Green Bay. Appleton police say 47-year-old Bobby Higgs was shot in a building in the 500 block of W. Johnston Street. They say people got to...
Sep 17, 2019 (Image provided by the Appleton Police Department)
'Hamilton' holding lottery for $10 tickets
"Hamilton" will make its debut at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in downtown Appleton in three weeks, and people will get a chance to win a lottery for tickets. PAC spokeswoman Trisha Witt says...
Sep 17, 2019
Open houses at former Smith Elementary
People in Oshkosh will have two more chances to visit Smith Elementary School. The School District is hosting open houses tonight and Saturday afternoon. Superintendent Vicki Cartwright calls it a fin...
Sep 17, 2019 (Image provided by the Oshkosh Area School District)
Brown Co. officials looking to help those in flood areas
Flood waters damaged countless homes and businesses in Brown County over the past year. Three separate severe weather events from September of last year and March and September of this year threatened...
Sep 17, 2019
Red Lion behind on paying room taxes
The Red Lion Paper Valley Hotel in downtown Appleton is once again behind on paying its room taxes. The city's Finance Director tells our partner station Action Two News the updated amount is more tha...
Sep 17, 2019
Suspicious death a homicide
Police are now considering the suspicious death of an Appleton man a homicide. The 47-year-old was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds in a building along the 500 block of West Johnston Street Sun...
Sep 17, 2019 (Image provided by the Appleton Police Department)
