Category Archives: Local News
Pilot killed in Waupaca County plane crash
UPDATE: The Waupaca County Sheriff's Office identifies the victim as Bruce Flannery, 78, of Gladstone, Michigan. ----- TOWN OF HELVETIA, Wis. -- An airplane pilot is killed in a crash while landing at...
Aug 21, 2023 Waupaca County Sheriff's Office emblem (Image courtesy Waupaca Co. Sheriff's Office)
Boy, 12, drowns at Two Rivers beach
TWO RIVERS, Wis. -- An investigation is underway in Two Rivers into the drowning Saturday of a 12-year-old boy at Neshotah Beach. Police say the boy was last seen just before noon in the water at the ...
Aug 21, 2023 (Image from Two Rivers Police Department)
Reward offered for information on Outagamie County Fairgrounds damage
SEYMOUR, Wis.-- A $1,000 reward is offered in a property damage case involving the Outagamie County Fairgrounds. Officials say someone smashed the gates at the fairgrounds with a truck in the early mo...
Aug 18, 2023 Damage to a gate on the Outagamie County Fairgrounds in Seymour, Wis., is seen. (Photo courtesy Outagamie Co. Fair)
Hortonville man sentenced for child pornography distribution
HORTONVILLE, Wis.-- A Hortonville man will spend 5 years in prison for distributing child pornography. Colton Nelson is also sentenced in federal court to 5 years on supervised release for Distributio...
Aug 18, 2023
Charges filed against Menasha man after shooting incidents
MENASHA, Wis.-- Criminal charges are filed against a Menasha man accused in a pair of shooting incidents. Pablo Paramo Villagomez is charged in Winnebago County Court with misdemeanor counts of Disord...
Aug 18, 2023 Police vehicles are parked at a McDonald's on Racine Street in Menasha, Wis., after officers find a suspect vehicle in connection with a report of possible shots fired Aug. 12, 2023. (Image courtesy WBAY-TV)
Lawrence, Trout Museum of Art announce plans for new building
APPLETON, Wis. -- A new mixed-use building is coming to downtown Appleton. Lawrence University and the Trout Museum of Art announce plans for a four-story building in the 300 block of College Avenue. ...
Aug 18, 2023 A space in the 300 block of College Avenue in Appleton, Wis., is seen from above. The space is where a four-story, mixed-use building consisting of the Trout Museum of Art, Lawrence University faculty offices and spaces, and housing is planned. (Photo courtesy Lawrence University)
1 injured, 1 in custody in Appleton stabbing
APPLETON, Wis. -- Appleton police are investigating a stabbing incident. Officers were called to the area of S. Memorial Drive and W. 7th Street around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday to find one person injured....
Aug 18, 2023 (Image provided by the Appleton Police Department)
Man convicted for cocaine conspiracy in Fond du Lac County
FOND DU LAC, WI -- A Milwaukee man is convicted for a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in Fond du Lac County. Lateef Strong was found guilty of conspiracy to deliver 40-grams of cocaine between Fond d...
Aug 17, 2023
Post office to be renamed for Lundgaard
APPLETON, WI -- Appleton's Post Office will be renamed in honor of a city firefighter killed in the line of duty. Congress passes a resolution by 8th District Representative Mike Gallagher to rename t...
Aug 17, 2023
NTSB releases report on Lake Winnebago plane crash during AirVenture
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- The National Transportation Safety Board releases its preliminary report on a plane crash into Lake Winnebago during EAA AirVenture. According to the report, the T-6 Texan Warbird bei...
Aug 17, 2023 T-6 Texan aircraft similar to plane that crashed in Lake Winnebago (U.S. Air Force photo)
