Category Archives: Local News
First woman APD officer to be honored at FVTC
APPLETON, WI -- The first woman to serve as an Appleton police officer will be honored for her service. Mildred Gardner joined the police department in 1922. The Appleton Police Department's Facebook ...
Feb 28, 2025 Mildred Gardner, first woman to serve in the APD, to be honored at Women in Public Safety Day
Menasha man arrested in 2022 overdose death
APPLETON, WI -- A Menasha man is arrested in connection with an August 2022 overdose death. Appleton Police officers took 31-year-old Julius Elmer into custody Thursday on charges of 1st Degree Reckle...
Feb 28, 2025 Appleton Police Department logo (Image courtesy Appleton Police Dept.)
4 hurt in Waupaca County crash
TOWN OF WEYAUWEGA, Wis. -- Four people are hurt -- one critically -- in a Waupaca County crash. The sheriff's office says a car ran off Pufahl Road in the town of Weyauwega around 9 p.m. Wednesday. Th...
Feb 28, 2025 Waupaca County Sheriff's Office emblem (Image courtesy Waupaca Co. Sheriff's Office)
Oshkosh seeing increase in car break-ins
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Oshkosh police report an increase in car break-ins this month. The department reminds owners to not leave valuables in their vehicles and to always lock their doors. Police are workin...
Feb 27, 2025 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Nearly 100 ducks found dead in Little Chute
LITTLE CHUTE, Wis. -- Test results are expected within the next several weeks on the carcasses of mallard ducks found dead in a Little Chute pond. Village officials were made aware of the dead birds W...
Feb 27, 2025 Kassandra2 / Depositphotos.com
FDL man initially accused of starting a restaurant fire reaches a plea deal with prosecutors
FOND DU LAC, Wis--A Fond du Lac man that was accused of breaking into a restaurant before it was destroyed by fire reaches a plea deal with prosecutors. Troy Allen is convicted in Fond du Lac County C...
Feb 26, 2025 (Photo provided by the Fond du Lac Fire Department)
Fatal officer-involved shooting in Oshkosh was justified
This story has been corrected to remove the name of the officers involved in the incident. We regret the previous reporting error. ---------------------- OSHKOSH, Wis--The Winnebago County District At...
Feb 26, 2025 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Missing Shawano girl found
UPDATE: Police say Mendez was found and is safe. No other details have been released. ----- SHAWANO, WI -- The search is underway for a Shawano County teenager, Shawano Police say 16 year old Ayianna ...
Feb 25, 2025 majorosl66 / Depositphotos.com
Fond du Lac County deputy fatally shoots armed person
TOWN OF FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- One person is dead following a police shooting in Fond du Lac County. Sheriff's deputies were sent to the 6300 block of Cherrywood Drive in the town of Fond du Lac Monday ...
Feb 25, 2025 (Image from the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office)
Missing Brown County child is found [UPDATE]
UPDATE at 10:47 am--The missing boy has been found. -------------------------------------- GREEN BAY, Wis--The Brown County Sheriff's Office is looking for a missing child. The 11-year old boy last se...
Feb 24, 2025 (Image from the Brown County Sheriff's Office)
