Category Archives: Local News

Brown County needs more 911 dispatchers
Brown County is looking for more 911 dispatchers. Public Safety Communications Director Cullen Peltier says they have about 60 workers right now but they lose about seven a year. He says it can be tou...
Jul 8, 2019

Deputies release video of purse thief
Brown County Sheriff's deputies are putting out a video of the suspect, after he stole an 84-year-old woman's purse in a grocery store parking lot. They say a man pushed the woman to the ground on Jun...
Jul 8, 2019

Girl reported missing in New Holstein area
Calumet County Sheriff's deputies say a 14-year-old girl from the New Holstein area is missing. Melissa Vasguez-Gonzalez doesn't speak English, and she's new to the area. She was last seen yesterday, ...
Jul 8, 2019

Sheboygan man claims Megabucks jackpot
A Sheboygan man is claiming a $5.9 million Megabucks jackpot. Matthew Neal came forward just days before the July 15th deadline. He won the top prize in the January 16th drawing. Neal bought the ticke...
Jul 8, 2019 (Image from the Wisconsin Lottery)
Kaukauna fire chief thanks helpful neighbors
The head of Kaukauna's fire department is applauding the people who helped neighbors during fires over the past week. Chief Jacob Carrel says it's also important not to put yourself in danger. He want...
Jul 8, 2019

Oshkosh schools will get extra state funding
The Oshkosh school district is expected to get an additional $616,000 in state funding, after Governor Evers used his veto pen to put nearly $90 million toward public schools. Sue Schnorr is the distr...
Jul 8, 2019 (Image provided by the Oshkosh Area School District)

G.B. man found dead in Oconto Co. lake
The Oconto County Sheriff's department is releasing the name of the Green Bay man who died after falling off a raft into Anderson Lake. They say 37-year-old Nathaniel Prenot fell from the raft around ...
Jul 8, 2019
President Trump to visit Milwaukee on Friday
President Trump is planning to come to Wisconsin on Friday for a fundraiser. State Republican Party spokesman Charles Nichols says the event will be in Milwaukee, and they learned about it this mornin...
Jul 8, 2019

Homeless programs looking for donations
A nonprofit group is trying to get a matching grant to help the homeless in the Fox Cities. An anonymous donor is pledging $30,000 to Pillars. Joe Mauthe says many people only think about shelters in ...
Carol Patrizi Jul 8, 2019

G.C. officer nearly hit by car before chase
Grand Chute police are looking for a 31-year-old suspect in a high-speed chase. Officer Travis Waas says police went to the Burger King on West College Avenue on a report that a man had been in his ca...
Carol Patrizi Jul 8, 2019


