Category Archives: Local News
Know before you Go: NFL Draft Edition
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- With less than a month until the 2025 NFL Draft arrives in Green Bay, we're learning more about how to best prepare for the week. Helping us to understand everything from logistics ...
Apr 22, 2025
Green Bay Diocese releases statement on the death of Pope Francis
GREEN BAY, Wis--Green Bay Bishop David Ricken releases the following statement on the death of Pope Francis: Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It is with great sadness that I heard of the death of ...
Apr 21, 2025 (Official portrait provided by the Vatican)
Man sentenced for robbing Appleton bank a second time
APPLETON, Wis. -- An Appleton man will spend five years in prison for robbing a downtown bank a second time. Martin Schiedermayer is also sentenced in Outagamie County Court to seven years on extended...
Apr 21, 2025 (Photo provided by the Outagamie County Sheriff's Office)
3 hurt in Outagamie County crash
TOWN OF CENTER, Wis. -- Three people are hurt -- two seriously -- in an Outagamie County crash. The sheriff's office says deputies were called to the intersection of County Highway EE and Wage Road in...
Apr 21, 2025 (Image: Outagamie County Sheriff's Office)
1 killed in Oshkosh house fire
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- One person is killed in an Oshkosh house fire. Crews were called to a home in the 1600 block of Burdick Street around 12:30 p.m. Sunday to find flames and thick smoke coming from the ...
Apr 21, 2025 Oshkosh Fire Department logo (Image courtesy Oshkosh Fire Dept.)
Menasha wants an independent inspection of the Racine St. Bridge [AUDIO]
MENASHA, Wis--An independent inspector may be brought in to check out the Racine Street Bridge in Menasha. Residents have complained about loud noises coming from the drawbridge when vehicles drive ov...
Apr 20, 2025 (Photo from WHBY archives)
WEAC criticizes Oshkosh Area School District's suspension of Dean involved in altercation with student
OSHKOSH, Wis--The state's largest teachers union is critical of the Oshkosh Area School District's suspension of the former Dean of Students at Vel Phillips Middle School. Christopher Willems was init...
Apr 20, 2025 (Image provided by the Oshkosh Area School District)
1 wounded, 1 arrested in Oshkosh shooting
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- An Oshkosh man is in custody following a shooting incident. Police say the 39-year-old fired shots into an occupied business in the 400 block of N. Main Street around 1:50 a.m. Friday...
Apr 18, 2025 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers sold to national company
GRAND CHUTE, Wis--The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers are under new ownership. Third Base Ventures, led by Craig Dickman, Rob Zerjav and Brad Raaths, announced today (Thursday) that it has agreed to sell th...
Apr 17, 2025
More than $1-million in construction liens filed against Oshkosh apartment development
OSHKOSH, Wis--Contractors that worked on an apartment building in Oshkosh's Sawdust District are seeking more than a million dollars in unpaid invoices for its construction. WHBY News has found nine c...
Apr 17, 2025 (Photo provided by the city of Oshkosh)
