Category Archives: Local News
Home sales, prices up in August
Home sales and prices were both up last month. Economist David Clark says sales rose 3.3 percent compared to August of last year. He says the trend of the median price rising continued. Statewide, it ...
Sep 17, 2018
City looking at Jones Park playground
There will be a new playground at the renovated Jones Park in downtown Appleton, and city staffers have their pick for the design. Parks and Recreation Director Dean Gazza says they asked companies fo...
Sep 17, 2018 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Attorney: Father of Neenah women wasn't drunk
The lawyer for the father of the Neenah sisters killed in a boating crash on Lake Winnebago says the man's blood-alcohol level was three times below the legal limit. Attorney John Claypool of Herrling...
Sep 17, 2018
Shots fired on Green Bay's west side
Green Bay police say they're looking into a report of shots fired on the city's near west side. They say it happened around 9:00 p.m. last night in the 1200 block of South Broadway Street. Police say ...
Sep 17, 2018
Appleton man in custody for robbery in Menasha
Menasha police have an Appleton man in custody for the robbery of a gas station on the city's north side. Police say a suspect demanded money from a clerk at the Kwik Trip in the 1400 block of Appleto...
Sep 17, 2018 (Image provided by Menasha Police Department)
An Oshkosh landmark opens under a new name
A landmark that's east of downtown Oshkosh has new life. The former Eagles Club on Washington Street is now The Howard and it officially opened over the weekend. Carey Sharpe and her sister Jenna Gole...
Sep 17, 2018
UW school partners with Facebook for study
The UW School of Medicine and Public Health is partnering with Facebook to study teens' use of digital technology. It's scheduled to start this fall and will look at mental and social health. Dr. Mega...
Sep 16, 2018
DNR asks hunters for deer heads to test for CWD
The DNR is asking people to give them deer heads so they can test for chronic wasting disease. Wildlife health section chief Tami Ryan says the samples they get from hunters is one of the best tools f...
Sep 16, 2018 (Image from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
1 man dead after officer involved shooting in Manitowoc
A man is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Maniotowoc this weekend. The Manitowoc police department say an officer and members of Manitowoc Fire responded to an activated fire alarm around 4:...
Sep 16, 2018
Possible suspect in custody after FdL shooting
Fond du Lac police have a possible suspect in custody after a shooting Wednesday night. Two people were wounded at the Forest Plaza Apartments. Police say they haven't arrested the 31-year-old man in ...
Sep 14, 2018
