Category Archives: Local News
Neenah Police warn kids to stay off the ice on the Fox River
NEENAH, Wis--Neenah Police encourage parents to talk with their children about the dangers of ice. That comes after several children were seen walking on ice in the area of Shattuck Park and the Neena...
Feb 06, 2023 (Photo provided by Neenah Police Department)
Man gets life without parole in Green Bay murder
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A Lac du Flambeau man will spend life in prison without parole for an execution-style murder in Green Bay. Waylon Wayman was found guilty in Brown County Court on charges of First D...
Feb 06, 2023 Waylon Wayman (Photo courtesy Brown Co. Jail)
Furhman guilty of attempted homicide of school resource officer
OSHKOSH, WI -- A jury finds Grant Fuhrman guilty of Attempted First Degree Homicide. The verdict was announced just before 7:00 P.M. Friday. Furhman was charge with stabbing of Officer Mike Wissink wi...
Feb 03, 2023 Grant Fuhrman, center, participates in his trial at the Winnebago County Courthouse in Oshkosh, Wis., Jan. 31, 2023. (Image courtesy WBAY-TV)
Transit Equity Day honors Rosa Parks promotes Valley Transit
APPLETON, WI -- Residents are being asked to take the bus and honor a civil rights icon. This is Transit Equity Day, which promotes safe, reliable and equal access to public transportation. February 3...
Feb 03, 2023 Appleton Mayor Jake Woodford rides bus to work for Transit Equity Day (Red Shoes Ink Photo)
Legislators and Allouez officials call for GBCI closure
ALLOUEZ, WI -- A bipartisan group of area lawmakers are renewing their call to close the Green Bay Correctional Institution. A letter to Secretary of Corrections points to the age of the facility, the...
Feb 03, 2023
Bellevue man killed in vehicle crash
WRIGHTSTOWN, WI -- The Brown County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal, single-vehicle crash in the Village of Ledgeview. Around 12:35 P.M. Friday, the Ledgeview Fire Department and County Resc...
Feb 03, 2023 (Image from the Brown County Sheriff's Office)
Green Bay woman accused of setting fire to her own house while her ex-husband was inside
GREEN BAY, Wis--A Green Bay woman is accused of setting fire to her own house. Tracey Lynch is charged in Brown County Court with Arson and Reckless Endangerment. According to the criminal complaint, ...
Feb 03, 2023 (Photo provided by the Brown County Jail)
Area nursing home owner charged with Medicaid, Medicare fraud
MADISON, Wis--A man that had operated dozens of nursing homes across Wisconsin is charged with fraud. An federal indictment filed in Western Wisconsin District Court charges Kevin Breslin and Atrium P...
Feb 03, 2023
Lomria company blames New York laws for hiring violent sex offender
LOMIRA, Wis--The Dodge County Sheriff blames New York state law for a violent sex offender landing a job in Lomira. Earlier this week, the department issued an advisory that Derrick Brooks would be mo...
Feb 03, 2023 (Photo provided by Dodge County Sheriff's Office)
Fuhrman jury allowed to consider lesser charge
OSHKOSH, Wis--A Winnebago County jury will be allowed to consider lesser charges as it deliberates the fate of a former Oshkosh West High School student accused of stabbing a police resource officer. ...
Feb 03, 2023 (Photo: Winnebago County Jail)
