Category Archives: Local News
LaVigne charged for 1999 sexual assault of student
A Little Chute high school teacher is facing another sexual assault charge from incidents the district knew about for almost a decade. Prosecutors charged 45-year-old Jason LaVigne with the repeated s...
Jun 18, 2018
Hortonville chief a familiar face in village
Hortonville has a new police chief and she's a familiar face in the village. Shiocton Chief Kristine Brownson lived in Hortonville for 25 years until 2014. She became Shiocton's cheif in 2012. She say...
Jun 18, 2018
Campaign targets alumni of state colleges
There's a new national marketing campaign to try to attract workers to the state and its targeting people who used to live here. Dave Wegge is the interim dean of St. Norbert College's School of Busin...
Jun 18, 2018
Melons sold at Costco linked to salmonella cases
A state agency says pre-cut melons that are linked to a salmonella outbreak were sold at Costco stores in Grand Chute and Bellevue. The melons were recalled. The state Department of Health Services sa...
Jun 18, 2018
Housing market stays same in May
Last month was much of the same for the housing market in the state. Sales slipped by five percent from May of last year, while prices rose again, this time by eight percent. Economist Dave Clark is w...
Jun 18, 2018
5 teens arrested for attack on cab driver
Green Bay police say five teens are in custody, after they attacked a taxi driver. Captain Jeremy Muraski says the woman was beaten and strangled early last Friday morning on the city's east side. He ...
Jun 18, 2018
Justices to discuss Dassey case Thursday
The U.S. Supreme Court is now planning to talk about the Brendan Dassey case on Thursday. Justices were scheduled to hold a closed-door meeting on his appeal last Thursday. The high court will then de...
Jun 18, 2018
2 apartments damaged in F.C. fire
Two apartments were damaged in a fire in Fox Crossing late last night. Crews were called to the 2200 block of Southwood Drive, just south of W. Calumet Street, little before 11 p.m. They say a small p...
Jun 18, 2018
Hortonville hires new chief, administrator leaving
Hortonville has a new police chief, and the village is losing its administrator. The village board hired Shiocton Chief Kristine Brownson, after a search that lasted for more than a year. Former Chief...
Jun 18, 2018
Two inmates escape in Oshkosh
Oshkosh police say two men escaped from a minimum security prison this morning. They say 27-year-old James Heather and 25-year-old Alexander Weinmann left the Winnebago Correctional Center in the 4300...
Jun 18, 2018
