Category Archives: Local News
Autopsy today on body found in Hortonville
A spokesman for the state justice department says an autopsy will be done today, on the body found at an apartment in Hortonville yesterday. Johnny Koremenos says it's not uncommon for the agency to h...
Sep 14, 2017
State A.G. creates human trafficking bureau
The state's attorney general is creating a new human trafficking bureau and a local advocacy group is on board with it. Sister Carol Haanen is with 5 Stones in Appleton. She says people are often surp...
Sep 14, 2017
WPS workers help restore power after Irma
Crews from Wisconsin Public Service left from Ashwaubenon yesterday to help restore power for those affected by Hurricane Irma. They're heading to Atlanta and then will go to locations throughout Geor...
Sep 13, 2017
Pioneer Metal Finishing closing Oshkosh plant
A plant on Oshkosh's south side will be closing in November. Pioneer Metal Finishing notified the state Department of Workforce Development that 52 employees will be laid off. The company's facility i...
Sep 13, 2017
State agents investigate Hortonville death
The state justice department is helping police with a death investigation in Hortonville. There was a large police presence at an apartment building in the 300 block of Lakeview Avenue on Wednesday af...
Sep 13, 2017
Program provides recovery coaches
People who overdose on drugs will soon have a new recovery tool. Thanks to a state grant, recovery coaches will be available in certain hospitals to help people through treatment. Jessica Geschke is t...
Sep 13, 2017
Cowles lone Senate GOP 'No' on Foxconn
The only Republican senator to vote against the Foxconn bill yesterday is from northeast Wisconsin. Sen. Rob Cowles of Allouez says there are too many uncertainties with the deal. He says he's concern...
Sep 13, 2017 Sen Robert Cowles announces he won't seek re-election in the newly redrawn 2nd District
Credit union robbed on Appleton's southeast side
Appleton police say two men robbed a credit union on the city's southeast side, and officers later cut off a chase with the possible suspects. Sgt. Dave Lund says they now have the car that was used, ...
Sep 13, 2017
Appleton teen killed in Hwy. 10 rollover
The 18-year-old man who was killed in a rollover crash on Highway 10 last Saturday morning was Bryce Cramer of Appleton. The Winnebago County Sheriff's Department says Cramer was thrown from the vehic...
Sep 13, 2017
Plane crash victim's name released
The Appleton man killed in a plane crash southwest of Neenah yesterday morning was 68-year-old Charles Baxtrom. The Winnebago County Sheriff's Department says Baxtrom's ultralight plane went down in a...
Sep 13, 2017
