Category Archives: Local News

Brown County Sheriff's Office is looking for a "porch pirate"
BELLEVUE, Wis--The Brown County Sheriff's Office is looking for a "porch pirate". A woman is captured on surveillance video taking a package from the porch of a home in the 3000-block of Manitowoc Roa...
Jonathan Krause Jun 24, 2025 (Image from the Brown County Sheriff's Office)

5 rescued from Lake Poygan after boat submerges
LAKE POYGAN, Wis. -- Five people are rescued after their boat takes on water on Lake Poygan. First responders were called to the lake around 8:10 p.m. Sunday on the report of a boat that was fully sub...
Landen Moore Jun 23, 2025 (Image from the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office)

Motorcyclist seriously hurt in Calumet County crash
BUCHANAN, Wis. -- A motorcyclist is seriously injured in a Calumet County crash. The biker collided with another vehicle along County Highway KK and Loderbauer Road around 9:55 p.m. Saturday. He was a...
Landen Moore Jun 23, 2025 majorosl66 / Depositphotos.com

Hundreds welcome Mary Beth Nienhaus Activity Center to Appleton (VIDEO)
APPLETON, WI --Fox Valley seniors have a brand new place to gather, to learn, make friends and just have fun. The Mary Beth Nienhaus Activity Center dedicated its new location on East College Avenue j...
Terry Kovarik Jun 20, 2025

PBS Wisconsin to air Mile of Music concert documentary
APPLETON, Wis. -- A concert documentary on Appleton's Mile of Music Festival will soon air on PBS Wisconsin. The piece, just shy of an hour long, features live performances and artist interviews, givi...
Hayley Tenpas Jun 20, 2025

Town board chair charged in connection with dog's death
UPDATE: Van Buren was charged with one count of mistreatment of animals causing death. He faces up to 3 1/2 years in prison if convicted. ----- TOWN OF CHESTER, Wis. -- The chair of the Chester Town B...
Landen Moore Jun 20, 2025 Richard Van Buren (Photo courtesy Dodge Co. Sheriff's Office)

Schara family reacts to verdict in wrongful death suit [AUDIO]
APPLETON, Wis. -- Grace Schara's family speaks out after an Outagamie County jury exonerates Ascension St. Elizabeth's Hospital in a wrongful death lawsuit. Schara's family sued the hospital and the d...
Terry Kovarik Jun 19, 2025 Ascension St. Elizabeth Hospital exonerated in death of Grace Schara
(Photos from gracechara.com-Ascension NE Wisconsin)

Jury exonerates hospital in Schara death
APPLETON, Wis. -- A jury reaches a verdict in a wrongful death lawsuit against Ascension Saint Elizabeth's Hospital in Appleton. After just under two hours of deliberations, jurors exonerate the healt...
Terry Kovarik Jun 19, 2025 (Photo provided by Schara family)

Milwaukee teen sentenced to 20-years in prison for killing an Oshkosh woman in a carjacking
MILWAUKEE, Wis--A Milwaukee teen will spend twenty years in prison for killing an Oshkosh woman during a carjacking. Seventeen-year old Jayden Adams is also sentenced in Milwaukee County Court to ten ...
Jonathan Krause Jun 19, 2025 (Photo provided by Balogun family)

3rd man sentenced in Green Bay murder
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A Green Bay man will spend 7 1/2 years in prison for his role in a murder. Jacob Ventura is also sentenced in Brown County Court to eight years on extended supervision for harboring...
Landen Moore Jun 19, 2025 freedomtumz / Depositphotos.com


