Category Archives: Local News
Man sentenced for stealing tires from local repair shops
KEWAUNEE, Wis. -- A Green Bay man will spend seven months in jail for stealing tires from local repair shops. Cesar Mendoza Mora was convicted in Kewaunee County Court on three counts of misdemeanor t...
Jan 30, 2026 Cesar Mendoza Mora (Photo courtesy Kewaunee Co. Sheriff's Office)
Appleton schools see early success in efforts to decrease truancy [AUDIO]
APPLETON, Wis. -- The Appleton Area School District is seeing early success in efforts to decrease chronic absenteeism and truancy. Superintendent Greg Hartjes says the first semester ended with some ...
Jan 30, 2026 (Image provided by the Appleton Area School District)
Appleton police defend use of Flock cameras amid scrutiny [AUDIO]
APPLETON, Wis. -- The Appleton Police Department defends its use of cameras used to track vehicle movements within the city. The Flock camera system came under scrutiny when former Menasha Police Offi...
Jan 30, 2026 (Image provided by the Appleton Police Department)
Menasha man sentenced for setting fire to Fond du Lac house
FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- A Menasha man will spend 20 years in prison for setting fire to a Fond du Lac house. Mike Perez is also sentenced in Fond du Lac County Court to 10 years on extended supervision f...
Jan 29, 2026 Mike Perez (Photo courtesy Fond du Lac Co. Jail)
1 killed, 2 hurt in Winnebago County crash
TOWN OF NEKIMI, Wis. -- One person is dead -- another is seriously injured -- in a Winnebago County crash. The sheriff's office says two vehicles collided head-on along County Highway N at Knapp Road ...
Jan 29, 2026 (Image from the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office)
1 dead in Shawano house fire
UPDATE (2/6/26): Shawano police identify the victim as Nancy Mross. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. ----- SHAWANO, Wis. -- One person is dead following a house fire in Shawano. Crew...
Jan 28, 2026 Firefighters work at the scene of a house fire in Shawano, Wis., Jan. 27, 2026. (Photo courtesy WBAY-TV)
Hortonville woman convicted in fatal wrong-way crash
APPLETON, Wis. -- A Hortonville woman who killed another driver in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 41 reaches a plea deal with prosecutors. Rosalie Polsin is convicted in Outagamie County Court on one...
Jan 28, 2026 (Photo provided by the Outagamie County Jail)
Fire damages Oshkosh Starbucks
UPDATE: Investigators say the fire was accidental in nature and foul play is not suspected. The exact cause remains under investigation. ----- OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Fire damages an Oshkosh coffee house. Cr...
Jan 28, 2026 Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a Starbucks store in Oshkosh, Wis., Jan. 27, 2026. (Photo courtesy WBAY-TV)
1 hurt in Appleton house fire
APPLETON, Wis. -- One person is hurt in an Appleton house fire. Crews were called to the home in the 1900 block of N. Division Street around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday to find smoke coming from the building. F...
Jan 28, 2026 (Image provided by the Appleton Fire Department)
Former Green Bay Catholic Diocese bishop dies
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Former Green Bay Catholic Diocese Bishop Robert Banks has died. Banks passed away Sunday morning at St. Paul Elder Services in Kaukauna. He was 97 years old. Banks served as Green B...
Jan 27, 2026 Bishop Robert Banks (Photo courtesy Diocese of Green Bay)
