Category Archives: Local News

Inmate arrested after failing to return to Dodge County Jail
UPDATE: The sheriff's office says Zirbel was taken into custody on Monday night. Additional charges against him are pending. ----- JUNEAU, Wis. -- The Dodge County Sheriff's Office is searching for a ...
Landen Moore Feb 20, 2023 Andrew Zirbel (Photo courtesy Dodge Co. Sheriff's Office)

Miss America discusses her title and zero carbon energy in Oshkosh
OSHKOSH, WI -- Miss Wisconsin Grace Stanke of Wausau won the Miss America pageant in December. Her statewide tour included a visit to the Oshkosh Public Museum Sunday. She has competed in pageants sin...
Terry Kovarik Feb 20, 2023 Miss America 2023 Grace Stanke visits the Oshkosh Public Museum (Photo by Dellrose Ely Kovarik)

1 hurt, 1 arrested in Oshkosh stabbing
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- An Oshkosh man sustains multiple stab wounds Saturday from a woman he was acquainted with. Oshkosh police were called to a residence in the 500 block of Jefferson Street just before 8...
Landen Moore Feb 20, 2023 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)

Fisherman drowns on Lake Poygan
WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Wis. -- A 56-year-old Illinois man drowns after he and his ATV plunge into open water on Lake Poygan. The Winnebago County Sherrif's Office received a call for assistance around 1:20...
Landen Moore Feb 20, 2023 Lake Poygan (Image courtesy WBAY-TV)

Wisconsin's 2023 Spring Primary
Wisconsin voters head to the polls on Tuesday, February 21 for the spring primary election. The polls are open 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. You can find your polling place on MyVote Wisconsin. You will need...
Hayley Tenpas Feb 17, 2023

Three Green Bay men sentenced in fentanyl-percocet cases
GREEN BAY, WI -- Three Green Bay man are sentenced in federal court for separate cases of attempting to distribute fentanyl disguised as Percocet. 26-year-old Bahron Berkley-Dolphin is sentenced to te...
Terry Kovarik Feb 17, 2023 fentanyl tablets (DEA photo)

Appleton child sex offender captured in Texas
LUBBOCK, TX -- A convicted child sex offender from Appleton is captured in Texas. Paul Schmidt is arrested in Lubbock, Texas this morning by the U.S. Marshal's Service. Schmidt's arrest comes just ove...
Terry Kovarik Feb 17, 2023 Paul Schmidt (Photo courtesy Appleton Police Dept.)

Man and woman charged in Combined Locks standoff
COMBINED LOCKS, WI -- A man and a woman face drug trafficking and other charges in connection with last Friday's police situation in the Village of Combined Locks. The Combined Locks Public Safety Dep...
Terry Kovarik Feb 17, 2023 (Image: Combined Locks Public Safety)

Child sex offender to be released in Oshkosh
OSHKOSH, WI -- Oshkosh Police announce a soon-to-be released sex offender will be moving into a residence near the downtown. 51-year-old Christopher Blake will be residing at 644 Frederick Street as o...
Terry Kovarik Feb 17, 2023 Convicted child sex offender Christopher Blake to be released in Oshkosh (Oshkosh Police Dept. photo)

Schabusiness' attorney withdraws from case
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The attorney for a Green Bay woman accused of killing a dismembering a man formally withdraws from the case. Defense attorney Quinn Jolly files a motion to withdraw as counsel for T...
Landen Moore Feb 17, 2023 Taylor Schabusiness attacks defense attorney Quinn Jolly during a competency hearing at the Brown County Courthouse in Green Bay, Wis., Feb. 14, 2023. (image courtesy WBAY-TV)



