Category Archives: Local News
Stretch of Hwy. 55 closed in Kaukauna
Part of Highway 55 is going to be closed on Kaukauna's south side for the next couple of days. The DOT plans to shut down the northbound lane between Highways KK and CE for maintenance work. The closu...
Jul 28, 2019
Storm cleanup process is ongoing
Three counties were the hardest hit by the tornadoes and straight-line winds that passed through the state just over a week ago. Joy Staab of Wisconsin Emergency Management says they're Polk and Barro...
Jul 28, 2019
Hanna: State budget includes good things for cities
Appleton's leader believes the new state budget is a mixed bag for cities. Mayor Tim Hanna says lawmakers did take some positive steps. He says increases in funding for local road construction and mas...
Jul 28, 2019
Baseball team raises money for Diemel family
A local baseball team is raising money for the two missing brothers from the Seymour area. Investigators believe 35-year-old Nick Diemel and 24-year-old Justin Diemel are dead. The Navarino Rangers pl...
Jul 28, 2019 (Photo compilation provided by family)
Farmer hopes to fund suicide prevention programs
A farmer in southern Wisconsin hopes to get more funding from the state to prevent suicides in the industry. Jeff Ditzenberger attempted to take his own life but failed. He started a non-profit to hel...
Jul 28, 2019
Rohloff unsure of future of special assessments
The City of Oshkosh will have to decide how to move forward in the wake of last week's defeat of a proposed transportation fee. The money would've been used to cover most of the costs of street recons...
Jul 28, 2019 (Image provided by the city of Oshkosh)
Brothers from Seymour area presumed dead
Two brothers from the Seymour area who disappeared during a business trip to Missouri are now presumed to be dead. Clinton County Sheriff Larry Fish confirmed that the search for Nick and Justin Dieme...
Jul 26, 2019 (Photo compilation provided by family)
Local teen among those hospitalized after vaping
One of the eight teens that doctors believe were hospitalized because of vaping is from Winnebago County. Children's Hospital of Wisconsin says all eight had serious lung damage, and they had been usi...
Jul 26, 2019
NWS adds 6th tornado in NE Wis.
The National Weather Service now says a sixth tornado touched down in northeast Wisconsin last Saturday. It started causing damage about one mile to the south and southeast of Weyauwega, around 11 a.m...
Jul 26, 2019
Air traffic controllers expect busy EAA weekend
When EAA AirVenture wraps up this weekend, it's going to be a very busy time in the air traffic control tower. Oshkosh is home to the busiest airport in the world during the fly-in, and a lot of pilot...
Jul 26, 2019
