Category Archives: Local News
Teen dies in road crash
A 17-year-old boy from rural Fremont is dead after a crash yesterday afternoon in Waupaca County. Sheriff's officials say the boy was driving south on Highway 45, a half-mile north of Highway N in the...
Feb 11, 2019
United Way hosts Teen Symposium
High school freshmen from around the Fox Cities are converging on downtown Appleton today to learn about leadership. The United Way Fox Cities works with students to put together the Teen Symposium at...
Feb 11, 2019
GO Transit looks for more riders on route
GO Transit is trying to build ridership on a route that runs between Oshkosh and Neenah. Jim Collins is Oshkosh's Transportation Director. He says it's the one way someone without a vehicle could conn...
Feb 10, 2019 GO Transit (Image courtesy Greater Oshkosh Transit)
Over 300 sturgeon caught on opening weekend
People caught 153 sturgeon on Lake Winnebago during opening weekend. In the Upriver Lakes they caught 182. DNR Fisheries Biologist Ryan Koenigs says those numbers are similar to the opening weekends i...
Feb 10, 2019 (Image from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
Johnson weighs in on border security funding
A Republican from Oshkosh is weighing in on border security. U.S. Senator Ron Johnson of Oshkosh hopes Democrats and Republicans reach an agreement on border security funding. He says hopefully they c...
Feb 10, 2019 (Photo: Senator Ron Johnson)
Part of Kimberly Pick 'n Save now storage units
Part of the former Pick 'n Save store in Kimberly is being converted into indoor storage units. Some neighbors are raising concerns about plans to also have some portable storage containers outside th...
Feb 10, 2019
1 dead after snowmobile crash on Lake Winnebago
A person is dead after a snowmobile accident on Saturday. Investigators say it happened around 4:30 in the afternoon on Lake Winnebago near Stockbridge. They say the vehicle hit a crack in the ice or ...
Feb 10, 2019
Clarity better for start of sturgeon spearing
The sturgeon spearing season gets underway Saturday, and the DNR is watching the water clarity on Lake Winnebago. Fisheries Biologist Ryan Koenigs says they checked seven locations, and it averages 9-...
Feb 08, 2019 (Image from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
Make-up day set for Feb. 18th for Oshkosh schools
Oshkosh schools will have a full day of classes on Monday, Feb. 18th to make up for yesterday's snow day. That was originally scheduled to be a staff professional development day.
Feb 08, 2019 (Image provided by the Oshkosh Area School District)
Trial ordered for suspect in damage spree
One of the suspects in a crime spree around the Fox Cities will stand trial. Eighteen-year-old Kevin Peterson of Appleton was in court this afternoon, and he waived his right to a preliminary hearing....
Feb 08, 2019
