Category Archives: Local News
U.S. Venture Open announces Tim Tebow as 2026 guest of honor
APPLETON, Wis. -- The U.S. Venture Open names its celebrity guest for this year. Tim Tebow will be the guest of honor at the 2026 U.S. Venture Open. Tebow is a speaker, entrepreneur, college football ...
Apr 28, 2026 2026 U.S. Venture Open Welcomes Tim Tebow
Man sentenced in Green Bay stabbing
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A Green Bay man will spend 10 years in prison for stabbing a woman. Junius Jackson is also sentenced in Brown County Court to five years on extended supervision for first-degree rec...
Apr 28, 2026 Junius Jackson (Photo courtesy Brown Co. Jail)
Deal reached to reopen theater, fieldhouse on former UWO Fox Cities campus
MENASHA, Wis. -- Winnebago County finds a partner to reopen two facilities on the former UW-Oshkosh Fox Cities campus in Menasha. The county reaches a one-year agreement with Wisconsin Entertainment G...
Apr 28, 2026 (Image provided by UW Oshkosh)
Driver in Green Bay tour bus crash enters plea to not having valid license
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- An Illinois man accused of driving a tour bus that crashed in Green Bay without a valid license says he is not guilty. Ghebry Figueroa enters the plea in Brown County Court to knowi...
Apr 28, 2026 Courtesy: Brown County Sheriff's Office – Jail Division
Kaukauna Area School District puts teacher on administrative leave following social media post about weekend shooting incident near President Trump [Explicit Language]
KAUKAUNA, Wis. -- The Kaukauna Area School District places a high school teacher on administrative leave following a social media post pertaining to last weekend's shooting incident at the White House...
Apr 27, 2026 (Image provided by the Kaukauna Area School District)
Woman sentenced in Ashwaubenon motel stabbing
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A Green Bay woman will spend four years in prison for a motel stabbing incident. Karma Collins is also sentenced in Brown County Court to seven years on extended supervision for fir...
Apr 27, 2026 Karma Collins (Photo courtesy Brown Co. Jail)
New London teacher reaches deferred prosecution deal in drug case
WAUPACA, Wis. -- A New London kindergarten teacher who used drugs on school property reaches a deferred prosecution deal. If Laurie Laubenstein stays out of further legal trouble for a year, a charge ...
Apr 27, 2026 Laurie Laubenstein (Photo courtesy Waupaca Co. Jail)
Kaufert will not seek reelection
NEENAH, Wis. -- State Representative Dean Kaufert will not run for reelection this year. Kaufert announces he is retiring at the end of his current term. Kaufert has spent 40 years in politics, includ...
Apr 27, 2026 (Photo provided by the City of Neenah)
Body pulled from Fox River in Appleton
APPLETON, Wis. -- The Appleton Fire Department pulls a body from the Fox River. Crews were called to the river near RiverHeath Way around 2:15 p.m. Friday. No other details have been released. The Out...
Apr 27, 2026 (Image provided by the Appleton Police Department)
Elderly man leads Fond du Lac County deputies on chase; medical issue suspected
FOND DU LAC COUNTY, Wis. -- An elderly driver leads Fond du Lac County sheriff's deputies on a chase. The 85-year-old Oshkosh man was reportedly driving erratically along Interstate 41 in the Fond du ...
Apr 24, 2026 (Image from the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office)
