Category Archives: Local News

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is proposing a bill to shut down the state's troubled youth prison, and move the inmates to new regional facilities. The plan is similar to one floated by Governor Walk...

A company is planning to turn an empty building that was once a JCPenney store in Oshkosh into climate-controlled storage units along I-41. The 62,000 square-foot building on South Park Avenue and S. ...

Silent movies will be in the spotlight during a new film festival in downtown Appleton next month. The History Museum at the Castle has hosted the movies in the past, and Curator Emily Rock says they'...

The incumbent in the state's race for U.S. Senate got donations from the parents of one of her Republican opponents. Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Madison is up for re-election this fall. Kevi...

The head of the Kaukauna school district says they activated their trauma team as soon as police told them about an crash involving five high school students yesterday. Four of them are girls, and the...

There will be a community conversation about human trafficking as part of the Wildwood Film Festival. Moderator Paul Evansen says during the festival they'll show three locally-made short films. He sa...

A cruise ship will make a stop in Green Bay this summer. Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay are ports of call for a 10-day cruise from Milwaukee to Windsor, Ontario. Dean Haen is the Brown County Port directo...

The leader of the Oshkosh fire department is talking about his decision to retire this year. Chief Tim Franz started in Oshkosh in 1985 and has been the chief since 2000. He says leaving was a tough c...

A developer has plans for a large piece of the former Kimberly paper mill site. Village Administrator Dani Block says it would be just east of the parkway and pond that will go in the center of the pr...

Five teens were taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries this morning after a crash in Buchanan. The Outagamie County sheriff's department says they responded to a two-vehicle crash at the...