Category Archives: Local News
UPS 747 EAA AirVenture crew includes local pilot
The crew for the UPS 747 at EAA AirVenture this week includes a local pilot. Jeff Gentz is an Oshkosh native and a Fox Valley Technical College graduate. He brought two other cargo jets to AirVenture ...
Jul 25, 2019
EAA celebrates women with 'WomenVenture'
The EAA's annual "WomenVenture" is highlighting the contributions women are making to aviation. Capt. Tammie Jo Shultz was one of yesterday's speakers. She saved nearly 150 lives by landing a heavily ...
Jul 24, 2019
Lawmaker proposes cap on tuition increases
A Republican lawmaker from Greenville is proposing a cap on tuition increases at UW-System schools. The state has had a tuition freeze in place for several years. Representative Dave Murphy says if th...
Jul 24, 2019 (Photo provided by the Wisconsin Legislature)
Wife of missing man says no contact is out of character
The wife of one of two missing Shawano County brothers says her husband never waits long to contact their family on long trips. 35-year-old Nick Diemel and 24-year-old Justin Diemel went missing while...
Jul 24, 2019 (Photo compilation provided by family)
School officers get extra training in online safety
School police officers are getting some extra training about online safety concerns. Eric Tamashasky of Safer Schools Together is working with officers at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. He say...
Jul 24, 2019
Man facing federal child porn charges in local case
A 34-year-old man is facing federal charges that he made child pornography with two girls, including one from the Fox Valley. Cort Davis of New York was already convicted in Outagamie County of sexual...
Jul 24, 2019
EAA celebrates women in aviation
The EAA is celebrating women in aviation today, with its annual "WomenVenture." Nearly 1,000 ladies involved in aviation posed for the annual WomenVenture picture on Boeing Plaza today. Eighty-four-ye...
Jul 24, 2019
Chamber open to ideas to pay for street projects
The head of a business group is willing to talk about other possibilities to deal with street assessments in Oshkosh. The Common Council voted 5-4 last night, against creating a transportation fee to ...
Jul 24, 2019
Investigators work on 'multiple leads' in Diemel case
A sheriff's department in Missouri says investigators are following up on "multiple leads" in the search for two brothers from Shawano County. Thirty-five-year-old Nick Diemel and 24-year-old Justin D...
Jul 24, 2019 (Photo compilation provided by family)
Plans for Houdini sculpture progressing
A proposal to put a sculpture honoring Harry Houdini by a trestle bridge in the Appleton flats is taking a step forward. The city's public arts committee approved the plans for "Metamorphosis" this mo...
Jul 24, 2019 (Image from the City of Appleton)
