Category Archives: Local News
2 local museums nominated for national award
A national group is nominating two local museums for a prestigious award. The History Museum at the Castle in Appleton and the National Railroad Museum in Ashwaubenon are in the running for the 2018 N...
Mar 5, 2018
Mile of Music plans mini-festival next Monday
The organizers of Mile of Music are putting together a mini-festival for next Monday while a big convention is downtown Appleton. The annual Governor's Conference on Tourism will be at the new Fox Cit...
Mar 5, 2018
Walker: Schools should be as secure as airports
Governor Walker says he wants to make schools in the state as secure as airports. He's not ready to offer any specific details, but he's drawing on security steps that were taken after 9-11. Walker sa...
Mar 5, 2018
5 finalists set for Appleton fire chief
There are five finalists to be the next chief of the Appleton fire department. The police and fire commission already interviewed about 10 candidates. Chief Len VanderWyst retired last Friday. City Hu...
Mar 5, 2018
Kaleidoscope school focuses on activity
The focus on physical activity at a middle school in Appleton recently caught the eye of a journalism project in New York City. Kaleidoscope Academy at Roosevelt Middle School, on the north side, was ...
Mar 5, 2018
Poll: Majority back gun law changes
A poll shows 81 percent of voters in the state support background checks on private gun sales and at gun shows. The Marquette University Law School also found that 56 percent favor a ban on assault-st...
Mar 5, 2018
Jury in place for Flatoff trial
Ten men and four women will hear the case of a man charged with more than a dozen felonies for a standoff in Neenah more than two years ago. Forty-eight-year-old Brian Flatoff is on trial in Winnebago...
Mar 5, 2018
UW-Oshkosh looking for 'suspicious' man
UW-Oshkosh police issued an alert for a suspicious person after a man got into someone's vehicle parked in a lot on campus. Officials say the man "made contact" with the person inside the vehicle that...
Mar 5, 2018
Flight for Life makes emergency landing
A Flight for Life helicopter safely made an emergence landing late last night at the Sheboygan County Airport. Sheriff's officials say the helicopter was on its way to pickup a patient when it experie...
Mar 5, 2018
Name released in deadly crash
The Outagamie County Coroner's office says 69-year old Rodger Kloehn of Green Bay died in a weekend crash. Officials say Kloehn, who was traveling south on Hwy 55 north of Hwy J in the town of Osborn,...
Mar 5, 2018
