Category Archives: Local News
Tax rate down in Appleton school budget
The proposed budget for the Appleton school district would lower the tax rate by three percent. Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes says an increase in enrollment, and additional state funding, made ...
Oct 20, 2017
Lawmakers propose dementia bills
Lawmakers are working on a series of bills dealing with Alzheimer's Disease and dementia. Republican Rep. Mike Rohrkaste of Neenah is one of the leaders of the effort. One proposal would give families...
Oct 20, 2017
Bracelet program helps find man with dementia
Oshkosh police used a locating program for the first time this morning to find a missing 73-year old man with dementia. The agency joined Project Lifesaver about six months ago, and Sgt. Todd Wrage sa...
Oct 20, 2017 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Microsoft's Smith says tech helps many industries
From farming to manufacturing and paper making, technology is helping improve production. That's according to Microsoft President Brad Smith. He says the positive impact will only be greater, with mor...
Oct 20, 2017
Boy Scouts to collect food donations tomorrow
The 30th Annual Scouting for Food drive is this weekend, and volunteers with the Boy Scouts from the Bay-Lakes Council will be collecting donations of non-perishable food from homes. Spokeswoman Krist...
Oct 20, 2017
Oshkosh man arrested on drug charges
Police say they arrested a 22-year-old man, after they found drugs in his house this morning. Officers searched a home in the 1200 block of Elmwood Avenue, after getting complaints from people in the ...
Oct 20, 2017 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Green Bay man arrested for his 6th OWI
Troopers arrested a 36-year-old Green Bay man for driving drunk, his sixth offense. Just before 7:00 p.m. last night a trooper with the State Patrol pulled over Michael Kryzanek on I-41 north at Mason...
Oct 20, 2017
Woman fires shotgun through garage roof
Menasha police have a 52-year-old woman in custody for firing a shotgun through the roof of a garage on the west side last night. Police say they were called to Walbrun St. and Sixth St. around 6:45 p...
Oct 20, 2017 (Image provided by Menasha Police Department)
Bill would make sex with animals a felony
A proposal from a De Pere Republican would make it a felony to have sex with an animal. Right now prosecutors can charge someone with a misdemeanor. Representative Andre Jacque is working on the bill....
Oct 19, 2017
Microsoft's president looks back at time in Appleton
The president of Microsoft is from Appleton, and he's talking about his time in the community. Company President Brad Smith was at Lambeau Field this afternoon for the launch of TitletownTech. When he...
Oct 19, 2017
