Category Archives: Local News
Little Oshkosh Playground torn down
What remained of the Little Oshkosh Playground in Menominee Park is gone. Crews have removed the old wooden structure to make way for a new playground. City Manager Mark Rohloff says memorials to thos...
Sep 8, 2019 (Image provided by the city of Oshkosh)
Missing snake found in FdL High School
The principal at Fond du Lac High School believes turning up the heat coaxed a three-foot python out into the open. The snake went missing from its cage over Labor Day weekend. Matthew Steinbarth says...
Sep 8, 2019
Scott Walker talks about son's potential run for congress
Former Governor Scott Walker is talking about his son's possible run for Congress. Matt Walker has not formally announced entering the race for the 5th district seat. But Walker thinks his son would b...
Sep 8, 2019
Baldwin wants expanded background checks for guns
A Madison Democrat wants congress to talk about expanded background checks. U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin says she's a gun owner herself. She says law-abiding citizens should be able to purchase guns. Sh...
Sep 8, 2019
re:TH!NK Addiction Run in Oshkosh is tomorrow
A run in Oshkosh Saturday will help support people recovering with drug and alcohol addictions. It's the sixth annual re:TH!NK Addiction Run and Walk. Organizers expect more than one thousand people a...
Sep 6, 2019
Nestle announces layoffs, includes some local jobs
Nestle foods announce layoffs at four plants in Wisconsin including in Little Chute. 32 workers at the facility along Freedom Road will lose their jobs. The plant itself will remain open. The layoffs ...
Sep 6, 2019
Oshkosh Plan Commission approves senior living building
The Oshkosh Plan Commission approves designs for a large new senior living community on the city's west side. MSP Real Estate is looking to build hundreds of memory care, assisted living, and independ...
Sep 6, 2019 (Image provided by the city of Oshkosh)
State volunteers help victims of Hurricane Dorian
Nearly 40 disaster volunteers from the Wisconsin Red Cross are in the southeast part of the country to help people threatened by Hurricane Dorian. Agency spokesman Justin Kern says they ramped up that...
Sep 6, 2019
Penterman relieved bridge grant came through
Kaukauna's leader says the state came through with the 80/20 split it needed to repair a lift bridge in the downtown. Mayor Tony Penterman says the city's share to repair Veterans Memorial Bridge is $...
Sep 6, 2019
Cartwright looks at differences between hurricanes, snow
The head of the Oshkosh school district says there are some similarities and differences preparing schools for hurricanes and snow. Superintendent Vickie Cartwright held that same position in Orlando,...
Sep 6, 2019 (Image provided by the Oshkosh Area School District)
