Category Archives: Local News
EAA AirVenture 2024 sets attendance record
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- The EAA confirms another year of record attendance for AirVenture in Oshkosh. An estimated 686,000 people passed through the gates during last week's seven-day run. That eclipses the ...
Jul 31, 2024 A portion of the EAA AirVenture grounds in Oshkosh, Wis., is seen during the convention July 24, 2024. (WHBY/Jonathan Krause)
Oshkosh city manager announces retirement
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- A longtime Oshkosh employee is calling it a career. City manager Mark Rohloff announces his retirement. Rohloff has spent 41 years in local government, including the last 16 as Oshkos...
Jul 31, 2024 (Image provided by the City of Oshkosh)
Man wanted for multiple crimes in Sheboygan
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. -- Sheboygan police are requesting the public's help in locating a wanted man. Officers are investigating multiple felony offenses involving Robert Williams. Police believe Williams al...
Jul 30, 2024 Robert Williams (Photo courtesy Sheboygan Police Dept.)
Fond du Lac man convicted of threatening lawmakers
FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- A Fond du Lac man is convicted on one count of terrorist threats. That charge against 75-year-old James Stearns was in connection with two emails he sent to a talk radio host and ...
Jul 30, 2024 SergPoznanskiy / Depositphotos.com
Charges filed in Appleton hit-and-run
APPLETON, Wis. -- An Appleton man is now charged in a hit-and-run crash with a bicyclist last Wednesday on N. Mead Street. Alic Riedel, 28, is charged with hit-and-run involving great bodily harm. Acc...
Jul 30, 2024 freedomtumz / Depositphotos.com
Fire at Grand Chute grocery store considered suspicious
GRAND CHUTE, Wis. -- No one is hurt in a fire at a Grand Chute grocery store. Crews were called to Woodman's on N. Westhill Boulevard around 4 p.m. Friday on the report of flames in a bathroom. The sp...
Jul 29, 2024 Fire damage is shown inside a bathroom at Woodman's in Grand Chute, Wis., July 26, 2024. (Photo courtesy Grand Chute Fire Dept.)
Menasha man dies after fall at Ariens Nordic Center
BRILLION, Wis. -- A Menasha man is dead following a fall at the Ariens Nordic Center in Brillion. The 32-year-old hit his head on a hard surface at the skiing center around 4:30 p.m. Friday. Details o...
Jul 29, 2024 majorosl66 / Depositphotos.com
Flying sports car on display at EAA AirVenture [AUDIO]
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- The future of travel is on display at EAA AirVenture. Samson Sky is showcasing its flying sports car, a Switchblade vehicle containing parts for both ground and air travel. CEO assist...
Jul 26, 2024 A prototype of a flying sports car developed by Samson Sky is displayed at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., July 24, 2024. (WHBY/Landen Moore)
Bicyclist hurt, driver arrested in Appleton hit-and-run
APPLETON, Wis. -- A Little Chute man is arrested in connection with a hit-and-run accident in Appleton that critically injured another man. The Appleton Police Department responded to a report of a bi...
Jul 26, 2024 (Image provided by the Appleton Police Department)
Green Bay reaches City Hall recordings settlement
GREEN BAY, WI -- The City of Green Bay will pay $200,000 to settle the case of undisclosed recordings at City Hall. The settlement agreement is announced in a news release from State Senator Devin LeM...
Jul 25, 2024 (Image provided by city of Green Bay)
