Category Archives: Local News
911 hang up leads to standoff in Omro
OMRO, Wis. -- A hang up 911 call leads to a police standoff in Omro. Officers responded to the 500 block of McKinley Avenue Sunday morning on the report of a hang up call to dispatchers. There they fo...
Jan 16, 2023
'Challenging' rescue executed in Calumet County
CALUMET COUNTY, Wis. -- First responders execute what they call a challenging rescue in Calumet County. Crews were called to Jefferson Road on Thursday morning for a male who fell in the woods. First ...
Jan 13, 2023 First responders bring a patient out of the woods during a rescue on Jefferson Road in Calumet County, Wis., Jan. 12, 2023. (Image courtesy Chilton Fire Dept.)
Suspect in Green Bay stabbing identified
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Green Bay police identify a suspect in a stabbing incident. Police are searching for 21-year-old Angel Guerrero of Green Bay. Guerrero is suspected of stabbing a 17-year-old Green B...
Jan 13, 2023 Angel Guerrero (Photo courtesy Green Bay Police Dept.)
Man hurt in Two Rivers house fire
TWO RIVERS, Wis. -- One person is hurt in a Two Rivers house fire. Crews were called to the home in the 1100 block of 34th Street shortly before 1:30 a.m. Friday and found fire in the basement. The ma...
Jan 13, 2023
Appleton police searching for convicted child sex offender
APPLETON, Wis. -- Appleton police are searching for a convicted child sex offender. Paul Schmidt has an active felony warrant through the state Department of Corrections for absconding probation. He i...
Jan 13, 2023 Paul Schmidt (Photo courtesy Appleton Police Dept.)
Fire destroys Brown County child care agency
TOWN OF LAWRENCE, Wis. -- Fire destroys a commercial building in the town of Lawrence. Assistant Fire Chief Luke Pasterski says they were called to Macht Village Programs along Mid Valley Road around ...
Jan 12, 2023 Crews respond to a fire at Macht Village Programs in the 3300 block of Mid Valley Drive in Lawrence, Wis., Jan. 12, 2023. (Image courtesy WBAY-TV)
Menominee tops name survey for Oshkosh school
OSHKOSH, WI -- The newest elementary school in the Oshkosh Area School District could be named in honor of the nearby Menominee Park and the Menominee Indian Community. The results of a community surv...
Jan 12, 2023 (Image provided by the Oshkosh Area School District)
Neenah High School students hurt in bus crash
WAUSHARA COUNTY, Wis. -- Some Neenah High School students are hurt following a bus crash during a Ski Club trip. According to the school district, the students were heading home from Nordic Mountain i...
Jan 12, 2023 (Image provided by the Neenah Joint School District)
Oshkosh Police respond to Merrill Middle School disturbance
OSHKOSH, WI -- Oshkosh Police respond to a disturbance at Merrill Middle School. Around 2:15 this afternoon, a school resource officer requested emergency assistance at the school for a large physical...
Jan 11, 2023 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Charges filed in Appleton homicide
APPLETON, Wis. -- Criminal charges are filed against an Appleton man in connection with a homicide. Eric Rogers is charged in Outagamie County Court with First Degree Intentional Homicide, Robbery wit...
Jan 11, 2023 Eric Rogers (Photo courtesy Outagamie Co. Jail)
