Category Archives: Local News
School advocates watching school funding vote
Education advocates will be watching when the Legislature's budget committee votes on public school funding. Wisconsin Public Education Network Executive Director Heather DuBois Bourenane believes the...
May 23, 2019
Progress made with downtown Appleton housing projects
Two housing projects in downtown Appleton are clearing their first hurdle. The city's community and economic development committee is unanimously approving development agreements. One project would re...
May 23, 2019 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Anticipation grows around Gabriel Furniture building
The head of a downtown Appleton business group feels a sense of anticipation while crews work on the outside of the Gabriel Furniture building. They're removing the false facade to reveal the exterior...
May 23, 2019 (Image provided by Appleton Downtown Incorporated)
2 in custody for FdL shootings
Fond du Lac police have two people in custody for two shootings. Both men are from Fond du Lac. One is 29, and the other is 18. Police say the first shooting was in the 100 block of E. 2nd Street on A...
May 23, 2019
GOP's Sortwell accused of showing off gun
A Republican lawmaker from Two Rivers is accused of showing off a holstered gun in the Capitol office of a lawmaker. Democratic Rep. Sheila Stubbs of Madison bans guns in her office. An aide for Stubb...
May 23, 2019
Winning lottery ticket sold at Pulaski gas station
Someone bought a lottery ticket worth $100,000 at a Pulaski gas station. All or Nothing is a new daily game that launched last month. Eleven numbers are drawn, and people win the top $100,000 prize if...
May 23, 2019 (Image from the Wisconsin Lottery)
Trial ordered in deadly Lake Winnebago boat crash
A Neenah man will stand trial in connection with a deadly boating crash on Lake Winnebago. Forty-four-year-old Brian Sullivan was in Winnebago County court this morning for a preliminary hearing. He's...
May 23, 2019
Smith Elementary school in Oshkosh could close
Members of the Oshkosh school board appear to support a plan to close Smith Elementary this summer. The building is infested with mold and its roof needs immediate replacement. Administrators recommen...
May 23, 2019 (Image provided by the Oshkosh Area School District)
Calif. man who lost cat in crash adopts 2 in Wi.
The California man who lost his cat in the February pileup on ice covered roads on I-41 is adopting two cats from Wisconsin. Kevin Graves stopped at Almost Home Kitty Rescue, a foster program that hel...
May 23, 2019
Brown Co. man faces charges for missing wife's murder
A Brown County man is facing formal charges for the murder of his missing wife. About two weeks after he was arrested prosecutors are now filing charges against 73-year-old James Prokopovitz. Victoria...
May 22, 2019
