Category Archives: Local News
Man gets 5 years for sexual assault, child enticement
A Grand Chute man who used to be a leader with a youth aviation program is going to prison for five years on child sex charges. Prosecutors say 47-year-old Robb Szymik was found with a teenage boy in ...
Feb 26, 2018
Police investigate weekend acts of vandalism
Police are investigating several acts of vandalism that happened last weekend. They say someone used blue paint to draw graffiti, including on the Kimberly Point lighthouse in Neenah. Officer Stu Zueh...
Feb 26, 2018
Political group sues governor to hold special elections
A Democratic group is suing Governor Walker to try to hold special elections for two seats including one in northeast Wisconsin. The 1st District Senate seat is open after Republican Senator Frank Las...
Feb 26, 2018
Freedom named safest city in Wis.
A website says Freedom is the safest city in the state. SafeWise based its rankings on FBI crime data. Freedom was second last year, and third two years ago. The community has the lowest violent crime...
Feb 26, 2018
Landlord: Burch watched coverage of murder 'intensely'
The landlord for an accused murderer says the two watched T.V. coverage of the death of a 31-year-old woman. Nicole VanderHeyden of Ledgeview was killed in May of 2016. Forty-year-old George Burch is ...
Feb 26, 2018
Oshkosh North counselors win award
Oshkosh North High School has the top counselors in the state. The Wisconsin School Counseling Association gave them their annual "Team of the Year" award. Principal Jacqueline Schleicher credits them...
Feb 26, 2018 (Image provided by the Oshkosh Area School District)
DOT holding meeting on Hwy. 116 in Omro
Crews will be working on a stretch of Highway 116 through Omro starting next month. The DOT is holding a meeting on the project from 6 p.m to 7 p.m. tonight at the Omro Community Center. The road will...
Feb 26, 2018
Seymour man get 2 yrs in prison for deadly crash
A Seymour man will spend two years in prison for a deadly crash. Thirteen-year-old Braxton Kasee was killed on Halloween of 2016 in a crash in the town of Oneida. Prosecutors say 19-year-old Blake Dox...
Feb 26, 2018
Hanna confident bluff site plan is coming
The favored proposal for a new library in downtown Appleton is on the site of the Soldiers Square ramp, and city staffers passed over a plan for what's known as the bluff site. U.S. Venture will build...
Feb 26, 2018
Lake Winnebago sturgeon season is over
The sturgeon spearing season is officially over on Lake Winnebago. The 2018 sturgeon season closed with the lowest daily harvest of the year on Lake Winnebago of 14 fish. The DNR predicted a slower se...
Feb 25, 2018 (Image from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
