Category Archives: Local News
Baldwin opposes Kavanaugh for high court
Wisconsin's Democratic U.S. Senator says she won't support President Trump's pick for the Supreme Court. Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Madison says Brett Kavanaugh would "turn back the clock on a woman's cons...
Jul 12, 2018
Fallen volunteer firefighter remembered
The Sun Prairie volunteer firefighter killed in a deadly explosion Tuesday evening is being remembered. Capt. Cory Barr had been with the department for more than 10 years and also owned the Barr Hous...
Jul 12, 2018
Lifest organizers expect high turnout
Lifest in Oshkosh starts today and the crowds could be bigger than usual. Amy Albright is the executive director of the Oshkosh Convention and Visitors Bureau. She says organizers have high expectatio...
Jul 12, 2018
Officials celebrate I-41/Hwy. 10-441 work
Governor Walker, state lawmakers, and local leaders got together Wednesday afternoon to celebrate the work on the I-41 interchange with Highway 10-441. Two of the new ramps opened last weekend, and th...
Jul 11, 2018
Explosion draws attention to gas leak dangers
The deadly explosion in downtown Sun Prairie is drawing attention to the dangers of gas leaks. About 60 students at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College are learning how to try and prevent them. Dani...
Jul 11, 2018
Fundraisers set up for those impacted by Sun Prairie explosion
Fundraising efforts have been set up for those impacted by an explosion in Sun Prairie. Police say a contractor hit a natural gas main Tuesday, and that led to the explosion. The explosion killed a fi...
Jul 11, 2018
Kachinsky charged with felony stalking
The Fox Crossing municipal judge and a former attorney for Brendan Dassey is facing a felony stalking charge. Winnebago County prosecutors laid out a series of accusations, dating back to April of las...
Jul 11, 2018
State gets about 12 cases of rare tick disease
State health officials say there are about a dozen reports a year of the tick disease that led to the death of a La Crosse woman. The 51-year-old woman got Rocky Mountain spotted fever while camping i...
Jul 11, 2018
12 ducklings rescued in Neenah
Firefighters from Neenah-Menasha pulled 12 ducklings from a storm sewer on Doty Island in Neenah last night. Fire Chief Kevin Kloehn says some people at the YMCA of the Fox Cities saw the ducks fall i...
Jul 11, 2018 Neenah-Menasha Fire Rescue logo (Image courtesy Neenah-Menasha Fire Rescue)
Appeals court sides with Neenah in Funk suit
A federal appeals court upheld a decision to throw out a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of the man shot and killed by police during a standoff in downtown Neenah. Michael Funk's widow sued...
Jul 11, 2018
