Category Archives: Local News
Student test scores steady statewide
Student test results around the state held steady last year, in the second year under a new system. A report from the state Department of Public Instruction shows the percentage of students that score...
Sep 27, 2017
Retired welder from Oshkosh was Megabucks winner
The winner of last week's Megabucks jackpot is a retired welder from Oshkosh. Heinz Habermehl claimed the $2.5 million prize from last Wednesday's drawing. Lottery officials say he's a self-described ...
Sep 27, 2017
Bacon leads increase in food prices
Bacon lovers are paying more for their favorite food. A survey from the Wisconsin Farm Bureau shows prices jumped by 14 percent from last year. Spokeswoman Amy Eckelberg says high demand and a decline...
Sep 27, 2017
Rescheduled Bazaar After Dark set for tonight
Thousands of people are expected to stop out for tonight's rescheduled night market on Appleton's north side. Bazaar After Dark, on Wisconsin Avenue, had to be postponed last Wednesday because of ligh...
Sep 27, 2017
New sheriff's dept. location was years in the making
The new Outagamie County sheriff's department office will open on Appleton's northeast side today and it's been in the works for 15 years. Sheriff Brad Gehring says they first looked at the possibilit...
Sep 27, 2017
Elections agency was not targeted by hackers
The Department of Homeland Security says another agency, and not the Wisconsin Elections Commission, was the target of Russian hackers. Federal officials say the hackers were going after a Department ...
Sep 26, 2017
Report shows domestic abuse homicides are up
A report shows the number of domestic abuse homicide victims in Wisconsin went up last year. End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin releases an annual report. It shows the state had 57 victims in 2016. That com...
Sep 26, 2017
Attorneys argue Dassey case before appeals court
Attorneys for both sides of the Brendan Dassey case made their arguments this morning before a federal appeals court in Chicago. Seven judges on the 7th Circuit Court will decide the case. The state a...
Sep 26, 2017
Patel pleads not guilty in abortion pill case
The man suspected of slipping his pregnant girlfriend an abortion drug is pleading not guilty. Forty-four-year-old Manishkumar Patel is charged in Outagamie County with first-degree intentional homici...
Sep 26, 2017
Oshkosh police make drug arrests after searching bar, other places
Oshkosh police arrested two men on drug charges, after police executed search warrants at a bar and three other places. They say they went to the Ohio Street Station in the 800 block of Ohio Street, a...
Sep 26, 2017 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
