Category Archives: Local News
Bodies of children from capsized sailboat identified
UPDATE: July 17.2024 4:00 PM Brown County authorities have positively identified the bodies to two children recovered from the bay of Green Bay Monday. The Brown County Medical Examiners offices says ...
Jul 15, 2024 A vessel used by Bill Salnik and his two children on the bay of Green Bay before they were reported missing is pictured. (Photo courtesy U.S. Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay)
4 hurt in Menasha crash
MENASHA, Wis. -- A two-vehicle crash in Menasha Saturday injures four people. Police were called to the 300 block of De Pere Street shortly after 8 p.m. The initial investigation determined that a veh...
Jul 15, 2024 (Image provided by Menasha Police Department)
Green Bay father, daughter die while hiking in Utah
UPDATE: The San Juan County Sheriff's Office in Utah identifies the man as Albino Herrera Espinoza and the woman as Beatriz Herrera. ----- MOAB, Utah -- A Green Bay man and his adult daughter die whil...
Jul 15, 2024 oscity / Depositphotos.com
Driver hurt after train crashes into SUV
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- One person is hurt in a crash involving a train in Green Bay. Police say an SUV failed to stop for a passing train in the 1400 block of S. Ashland Avenue, crossed onto the tracks an...
Jul 12, 2024 (Image courtesy Green Bay Police Department)
Charges filed in fatal Wisconsin Resource Center attack
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Criminal charges are filed against a Wisconsin Resource Center inmate accused of killing another inmate. Jumal Lipscomb faces one count of First-Degree Intentional Homicide in Winneba...
Jul 12, 2024 freedomtumz / Depositphotos.com
Man sentenced for 1988 Grand Chute murder
APPLETON, Wis. -- It's life in prison for the man convicted in a Grand Chute cold case murder. Gene Meyer received that sentence Thursday for the 1988 sexual assault and murder of Betty Rolf. Her body...
Jul 12, 2024 (Photo provided by the Outagamie County Sheriff's Office)
Appleton, Green Bay receive grants for transit projects
WASHINGTON -- Appleton and Green Bay can move forward with some public transit projects through grants from the Federal Transit Administration. The City of Appleton will receive $12 million for Valley...
Jul 11, 2024 IgorVetushko / Depositphotos.com
Man sentenced for shooting at wife in Winnebago County
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- An Oshkosh man will spend 18 years in prison for shooting at his wife. Kasey Oaks is also sentenced in Winnebago County Court to eight years on extended supervision for Attempted Firs...
Jul 11, 2024
Homeless sex offender to be released in Oshkosh
OSHKOSH, WI -- Oshkosh Police say a convicted sex offender is being released as homeless on July 30. 24-year-old Vernon Oppermann is being released after serving prison time for a 2014 convictiong of ...
Jul 10, 2024 Convicted sex offender Vernon Oppermann to be released in Oshkosh July 30, 2024.
Woodward Community Media Exceeds Goal with Record-Breaking Combat Hunger Food and Funds Drive
Have you heard about how our amazing community tackled veteran hunger with military precision? It was so much more than just food drives and donations-it was a huge operation that required tactical co...
Jul 10, 2024
