Category Archives: Local News
Evers creates WEDC panel for startups
Governor Evers wants to make it a priority for the state's economic development agency to work with entrepreneurs and support innovation. He's creating a committee within the Wisconsin Economic Develo...
Jan 14, 2019
Pepper spray, isolation still used at Lincoln Hills
Groups that sued the state over conditions at the state's juvenile prison say a new report ordered by a federal judge shows that "alarming and harmful conditions remain." A court-appointed monitor say...
Jan 14, 2019
Patterson's bond set at $5 million
Prosecutors say the 21-year-old suspect in the abduction of 13-year-old Jayme Closs confessed, and said he decided to kidnap her, after seeing her get on a school bus. Jake Patterson was in Barron Cou...
Jan 14, 2019
Truck procession honors fallen tow truck driver
There will be a truck procession on I-41 in Brown County this evening, to honor the tow truck driver killed Friday afternoon. Thirty-one-year-old Jesse "Bil" Hettmann of Green Bay was helping a driver...
Jan 14, 2019
Man kills wife, calls Marinette Co. Sheriff
Marinette County Sheriff's officials say a 55-year-old man called them last night just before 11 p.m. to say he shot and killed his wife. Deputies found the 63-year-old woman dead in a home on Petite ...
Jan 14, 2019
Name of man killed on I-41 released
Brown County sheriff's officials say Jesse "Bil" Hettmann was killed Friday afternoon while helping a disabled driver on I-41 at Oneida Street in Ashwaubenon. They say Hettmann worked for Glenn's Towi...
Jan 14, 2019
Kaukauna woman killed on Hwy 151
A 36-year-old Kaukauna woman was killed yesterday afternoon when she was hit by a pickup truck while crossing the street in the town of Calumet in Fond du Lac County. Sheriff's officials say she was l...
Jan 14, 2019
Suspect in Closs case to appear in court today
The suspect in the Jayme Closs case is scheduled to be in court later today. 21-year-old Jake Patterson is expected to be charged with two counts of first degree intentional homicide and one count of ...
Jan 14, 2019
Thin ice could cancel 'Walk Across Lake Winnebago'
Poor ice conditions could keep an annual fundraiser from happening this year. The "Walk Across Lake Winnebago" is scheduled for February 2nd. Organizer Stacy Frakes says they're hoping more ice builds...
Jan 13, 2019
Sen. Johnson: Barriers are first step to controlling border
A Republican U.S. Senator says the country needs better barriers at the Mexican border. Senator Ron Johnson is from Oshkosh. He says barriers work, and are a necessary first step to gaining control ov...
Jan 13, 2019 (Photo: Senator Ron Johnson)
