Category Archives: Local News
Appleton police targeted by 'mystery shopper scam'
APPLETON, Wis. -- Appleton police are targeted by a so-called "mystery shopper scam." The department says it received a package containing items associated with the scam. It involves a fraudulent chec...
Feb 28, 2023 (Image provided by the Appleton Police Department)
DOT chooses fixed-span bridge to replace drawbridge in Oshkosh
OSHKOSH, Wis--The state Department of Transportation chooses the design it wants for the new Jackson and Oregon Street bridge in Oshkosh. The department wants to build a high-level, fixed bridge on a ...
Feb 28, 2023 (Photo: WBAY-TV)
Appleton alders seek to put limits on fertilizer and pesticide use
APPLETON, Wis--A resolution introduced by five members of the Appleton Common Council would effectively ban the use of chemical fertilizers or pesticides on residential properties. Alders Israel Del T...
Feb 27, 2023 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Missing Kimberly man found safe
UPDATE: Police say Driessen was found safe and has returned home. Information on where he was found was not provided. ----- KIMBERLY, Wis. -- Fox Valley Metro police are asking for help in locating a ...
Feb 27, 2023 Gregory Driessen and a white 2015 Chevrolet Malibu (Photos courtesy Fox Valley Metro Police Dept.)
RISE offers Green Bay students admittance to UWGB
GREEN BAY, WI -- Green Bay high school graduates can automatically go on to college without even applying. The Green Bay Area Public School District and U-W Green Bay are partnering on a new program c...
Feb 24, 2023
Sheboygan County deaths ruled murder-suicide
UPDATE: The deaths were determined to be a murder-suicide. The sheriff's office says Douglas Lax, 56, shot and killed his wife, Jane Fontaine, 61, then fatally shot himself. ----- TOWN OF RHINE, WI --...
Feb 24, 2023
Ukraine resident from WI reflects on invasion one year later
KYIV, UKRAINE -- As Ukraine marks the one-year anniversary of the invasion by Russian forces, a man from our area has the distinction of commemorating the event in Kyiv. Mike Rogers was also in Ukrain...
Feb 23, 2023
Tony Earl, 41st governor of Wisconsin, dies at 86
MADISON, Wis. -- A former Wisconsin governor has died. Gov. Tony Evers says 86-year-old Tony Earl passed away Thursday morning after suffering a stroke last weekend. Earl was the 41st governor of Wisc...
Feb 23, 2023
Eagle wounded by arrow in Waupaca
WAUPACA, WI -- People are asked to keep an eye out for a bald eagle that was shot with an arrow in Waupaca. The Raptor Education Group says the shooting took place February 21 on Raymond Drive near Se...
Feb 22, 2023 An eagle rescued by Sgt. Ker Yang with the Outagamie County Sheriff's Office is pictured July 21, 2022. (Outagamie Co. Sheriff's Office)
Valley Transit resuming services Thursday morning
UPDATE: Valley Transit says services will resume at 9:45 a.m. Thursday. NOTICE: Valley Transit and Valley Transit II will resume service starting at 9:45 a.m. this morning. Please anticipate some dela...
Feb 22, 2023
