Category Archives: Local News

Dassey's attorneys ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear case
The attorneys for Brendan Dassey are officially asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take the case. A federal appeals court reinstated Dassey's murder conviction last year. Judges ruled that his confessio...
Feb 20, 2018

3 arrested for gun incidents in Appleton
Appleton police say they arrested three men in connection with a series of incidents early Sunday morning. They included shots being fired outside of Grumpy's Pub, on N. Richmond Street. Sgt. Dave Lun...
Feb 20, 2018

Man testifies about finding VanderHeyden's body
The first witness to take the stand yesterday in the murder trial of a man accused of killing a 31-year-old woman talked about how he found the body. Richard VandeHey says he was picking rocks with tw...
Carol Patrizi Feb 20, 2018

Polls expected to remain open despite weather
Polling locations are expected to stay open as planned despite the bad weather. Reid Magney is with the Wisconsin Elections Commission. He says unless the governor postpones the election it will go on...
Feb 20, 2018

Local elections expected to draw more voters
Some local elections may draw out more voters than usual in the area. Turnout is expected to be low for the state Supreme Court primary today except in communities with local races. One of those is ha...
Feb 19, 2018

Home sales were up from January of last year
Home sales climbed last month across the state. David Clark is an economist for the Wisconsin Realtors Association. He says the state is up about 2.8 percent from last year. He says the median sales p...
Feb 19, 2018

Plows will be busy with expected ice
Plow drivers could be in for a long couple of days because of the wintery mix that's expected to hit parts of northeast Wisconsin. Dean Steingraber is the Outagamie County highway commissioner. He say...
Feb 19, 2018

Opening statements made in Burch trial
Attorneys laid out their opening statements in the murder trial of a man accused of killing a Ledgeview woman. 40-year-old George Burch is charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death o...
Feb 19, 2018

K-C to take state's offer 'into consideration'
A Kimberly-Clark official says the company will take the state's offer of larger incentives into consideration. Governor Walker and several Republicans from the Fox Cities area proposed a bill that wo...
Feb 19, 2018

Shiocton man killed in last Friday's crash
A 59-year-old Shiocton man was killed in last Friday's crash, north of Little Chute. The Outagamie County Sheriff's department says Kevin Suprise was driving one of the two vehicles that collided at t...
Feb 19, 2018



