Category Archives: Local News
Stretch of College Avenue to close today
A stretch of College Avenue in downtown Appleton is expected to close today so crews can replace several crosswalks. Jennifer Stephany is the executive director of Appleton Downtown Incorporated. She ...
Apr 30, 2018 (Image provided by Appleton Downtown Incorporated)
Oshkosh's new fire chief comes from Colorado
The next fire chief in Oshkosh is coming from Colorado. The city's police and fire commission picked Aurora Fire Rescue Commander Mike Stanley as the department's new leader. He currently oversees the...
Apr 27, 2018
Teen gets 3-1/2 years in prison for role in G.C. murder
A 17-year-old boy is going to prison for 3-1/2 years for his role in a Grand Chute murder. Elian Coronado entered no contest pleas to possessing a gun as a felon, and selling marijuana, in March. He w...
Apr 27, 2018
L.C. set for Bazaar After Dark Saturday
Downtown Little Chute is expected to be a busy place Saturday night for the first Bazaar After Dark event of the year. The night market will be along a stretch of Main Street from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Ni...
Apr 27, 2018
Some police depts. have 24-hour drug drop boxes
There are special prescription drug collection events around the Fox Cities and the state tomorrow, and some police departments want people to bring them in any time. Oshkosh is one of several in the ...
Apr 27, 2018 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Appleton police get Little Free Library
There are Little Free Libraries in neighborhoods around the Appleton area, and the city's downtown police station will now have one. Appleton Officer Matthew Anderson worked with a national organizati...
Apr 27, 2018
Superior's mayor wants city to get 'back to normal'
Now that people are able to go back to their homes in Superior, the mayor hopes things settle down over the weekend. At least 13 people were hurt in an explosion at Husky Refinery yesterday. Emergency...
Apr 27, 2018
3 killed in medical helicopter crash
A medical helicopter crash in northern Wisconsin claimed the lives of three flight crew members. The Ascension Health Spirit went down near Hazelhurst, in Oneida County, late last night. Chief Deputy ...
Apr 27, 2018
Evacuation order lifted in Superior
People in Superior, in far western Wisconsin, will be able to go back home. Officials lifted the evacuation order put in place after a fire and explosion at the Husky Energy oil refinery yesterday mor...
Apr 27, 2018
Lawmaker reacts to UW-Osh charges
A state lawmaker from Greenville is reacting to prosecutors filing charges against two former UW-Oshkosh administrators. Retired Chancellor Richard Wells and former Vice Chancellor Thomas Sonnleitner ...
Apr 26, 2018 (Photo provided by the Wisconsin Legislature)
