Category Archives: Local News
Police look for dog, owner after fight at dog park
Fox Valley Metro police are looking for the owner of a dog, after a fight at the Outagamie County Dog Park. They say it happened Sunday around 2:45 p.m. A dog, and one person, were hurt. The dog they'...
Apr 01, 2019
Cummings running for re-election in Oshkosh
There's a race for mayor in Oshkosh on tomorrow's ballot. Incumbent Mayor Steve Cummings faces Deputy Mayor Lori Palmeri. Cummings believes they can help improve some of the older homes in the central...
Apr 01, 2019
Students learn about preparing for emergencies
Over 100 students at Freedom Elementary School got a chance to learn about how to be ready for emergencies. Robert Olson of the Outagamie County emergency management department took part in a program ...
Apr 01, 2019
AG responds to Avery appeal
The state justice department is arguing Steven Avery does not deserve a new trial. Attorney General Josh Kaul is questioning the bone fragments found in a nearby quarry. He says Avery's attorneys have...
Apr 01, 2019
Appleton man formally charged with double murder
Prosecutors say an Appleton man murdered a father and daughter in Manitowoc to get money. Thirty-five-year-old Karl Hess is accused of telling police he was going through financial difficulties, and h...
Apr 01, 2019
Appleton composer passes away
An Appleton composer passed away late last week. Ninety-five-year-old Maury Laws was the musical director for the classic stop-motion "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" Christmas special that's on TV ar...
Apr 01, 2019
Car smashes into Appleton Taco Bell
Appleton police say a man damaged a Taco Bell on the city's north side over the weekend, while he was driving drunk. They say the 25-year-old man was speeding through the roundabout at Richmond Street...
Apr 01, 2019
Bond set for man in deadly boating crash
The Neenah man charged in a boating crash that killed two sisters last summer made his first court appearance today. A Winnebago County court commissioner set a $10,000 signature bond for 44-year-old ...
Apr 01, 2019
Man seriously hurt in crash, woman arrested
An Omro man has life-threatening injuries, and a 30-year-old Omro woman is in custody for driving drunk. Oshkosh police say the man was hit by a car on Boyd Street, near Merritt Avenue, around 2:30 a....
Apr 01, 2019 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Jail inmate dies by suicide
Outagamie County sheriff's officials say a 43-year-old inmate died by suicide this morning. Officials say the man had been in custody on a $25,000 cash bond since August of 2017 for repeated sexual as...
Apr 01, 2019 (Image: Outagamie County Sheriff's Office)
