Category Archives: Local News
Underly addresses early literacy instruction during visit to Appleton school [AUDIO]
APPLETON, Wis. -- State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly announces a portion of her proposed 2025-27 budget. The plan includes $42 million to fund professional development opportuniti...
Oct 30, 2024 Wisconsin education and Appleton Area School District officials observe early literacy instruction at Highlands Elementary School in Appleton, Wis., Oct. 30, 2024. (WHBY/Landen Moore)
Last Marquette Law School Poll shows races are too close to call [AUDIO]
MILWAUKEE, Wis--The last Marquette Law School Poll before election day shows Vice President Kamala Harris with a 50% to 49% lead over former President Donald Trump among likely voters. Poll Director C...
Oct 30, 2024 (Image: Marquette Law School)
Outagamie County sheriff's deputy nearly struck by alleged drunk driver
BUCHANAN, Wis. -- An Outagamie County sheriff's deputy is OK after nearly being hit by an alleged drunk driver. Deputy Brent Baxter was trying to remove a deer carcass on Highway CE in Buchanan around...
Oct 30, 2024 The patrol vehicle of Outagamie County Sheriff's Deputy Brent Baxter is damaged after being struck by an SUV in Buchanan, Wis., Oct. 29, 2024. (Photo courtesy Outagamie Co. Sheriff's Office)
De Pere man sentenced for Appleton murder
APPLETON, Wis. -- A De Pere man is sentenced to life in prison for an Appleton murder. Yia Lor was convicted in Outagamie County Court on charges of first-degree intentional homicide, attempted armed ...
Oct 30, 2024 (Photo provided by Appleton Police Department)
Fire danger now 'very high' in Northeast Wisconsin
APPLETON, Wis. -- Fire danger is on the rise in Northeast Wisconsin. According to the DNR's fire danger map, the entire region is now in the "very high" category. Fire officials in Greenville are urgi...
Oct 30, 2024 karnstocks / Depositphotos.com
UPDATE: Hit-and-run suspect wanted in Oconto County arrested in Arkansas
TOWN OF GILLETT, Wis. -- An alleged hit and run driver that killed a Green Bay man in an Oconto County crash is now in police custody. The sheriff's office says Obilio Sargento Robrelo was apprehended...
Oct 28, 2024 Obilio Sargento Robrelo (Photo courtesy Oconto Co. Sheriff's Office)
Body recovered from the Fox River in Appleton
APPLETON, Wis--Divers recover a body from the Fox River in Appleton. The Outagamie County Sheriff's Office says the 68-year old Appleton man was found in the water near East Banta Court around 11:15 t...
Oct 25, 2024 (Image: Outagamie County Sheriff's Office)
Significant drug bust made in Oshkosh
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Oshkosh police make a significant drug bust. Officers with the department's Vice and Narcotics Unit conducted search warrants at residences in the 1700 block of Lombard Avenue and 100...
Oct 25, 2024 Items seized during a drug investigation in Oshkosh, Wis., Oct. 24, 2024, are displayed. (Photo courtesy Oshkosh Police Dept.)
Wisconsin Elections Commission issues statement on delays in in-person absentee voting
MADISON, Wis--The state Elections Commission issues a statement on system issues that continue to slow down in-person absentee voting this week. Lines in larger municipalities have grown long while cl...
Oct 24, 2024 (Image provided by the Wisconsin Elections Commission)
Candidates in redrawn 55th Assembly District meet in Oshkosh forum (VIDEO)
OSHKOSH, WI -- The two candidates for the newly redrawn 55th Assembly District meet in a forum in Oshkosh. Representative Nate Gustafson (R), who serves in the current 55th District faces a challenge ...
Oct 24, 2024
