Category Archives: Local News
Fire heavily damages Menasha home
MENASHA, Wis. -- An investigation is underway for a fire that heavily damaged a Menasha home late Monday morning. Neenah-Menasha Fire Rescue was called to a residence in the 300 block of Lopas Street ...
Jan 14, 2025 Neenah-Menasha Fire Rescue logo (Image courtesy Neenah-Menasha Fire Rescue)
Man who killed his relatives committed to mental institution
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A Green Bay man will be committed to a state mental institution for killing two of his relatives. Oscar Lemus-Franco was found guilty in Brown County Court on two counts of first-de...
Jan 14, 2025 Oscar Lemus-Franco (Photo courtesy Brown Co. Jail)
Appleton elementary school to be repurposed [AUDIO]
APPLETON, Wis. -- Columbus Elementary School in Appleton will be repurposed for another use in the school district. The Appleton Area School District Board of Education votes 5-2 Monday to find a new ...
Jan 14, 2025 (Photo provided by the Appleton Area School District)
Fundraiser aims to refurbish, maintain Appleton's Avenue of Angels [AUDIO]
APPLETON, Wis. -- Appleton Downtown, Inc. launches a fundraising campaign to refurbish and maintain the Avenue of Angels. Marketing director Abby Novak says the decorations along College Avenue have b...
Jan 13, 2025 A portion of the Avenue of Angels is seen above the intersection of College Avenue and Superior Street in Appleton, Wis., Jan. 13, 2025. (WHBY/Landen Moore)
Texas man accused of human trafficking in Oshkosh
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- A Texas man is accused of human trafficking in Oshkosh. Police were alerted on Friday that a woman staying in a local motel was a victim of trafficking. The 32-year-old man was arrest...
Jan 13, 2025 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Charges filed in Green Bay stabbing
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Criminal charges are filed in connection with a Green Bay stabbing incident. Jaharrie Jelks of Greenfield is facing counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide and false i...
Jan 13, 2025 Jaharrie Jelks (Photo courtesy Brown Co. Jail)
Driver escapes after car goes through the ice near a Neenah park
NEENAH, Wis--No one is hurt after a car goes through the ice just off-shore from a Neenah park. According to Neenah Police, the driver ran off the 200-block of Lakeshore Avenue just south of Kimberly ...
Jan 10, 2025 (Photo provided by the Neenah Police Department)
Man arrested after firing gun inside Oshkosh Fleet Farm
OSHKOSH, Wis--Oshkosh Police have a man in custody after allegedly firing a gun inside a store. The incident took place at the Fleet Farm along North Washburn Street around 8:45 Thursday morning. Inve...
Jan 10, 2025 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Oshkosh fire chief resigning
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Oshkosh Fire Chief Mike Stanley is leaving that job. Stanley is resigning to become the deputy fire chief in the city of Greeley, Colorado. The chief says the decision will allow him ...
Jan 10, 2025 Oshkosh Fire Department logo (Image courtesy Oshkosh Fire Dept.)
Paramedic-level ambulance service begins in Grand Chute [AUDIO]
GRAND CHUTE, Wis. -- Paramedic-level ambulance service is now being provided in the town of Grand Chute. The fire department added three ambulances to its fleet along with six more firefighter/paramed...
Jan 08, 2025 A pair of Grand Chute Fire Department ambulances are seen in the department's fire station No. 1 Jan. 8, 2025. (WHBY/Landen Moore)
