Category Archives: Local News
Evers proposes non-binding referendum on abortion
MADISON, Wis--Democrats in Wisconsin announce plans to put a referendum on abortion on the April ballot. Governor Tony Evers says the non-binding measure would ask voters if they support overturning t...
Jan 17, 2023 (Image: Office of the Governor)
Omro man sentenced to life in prison for double murder
OSHKOSH, Wis--An Omro man is sentenced to two life terms without the possibility of parole for killing his wife and a friend. Andrew Clark was found guilty in Winnebago County Court on two counts of F...
Jan 17, 2023 (Photo from Winnebago County Sheriff's Office)
Man reported missing from Marinette County
MARINETTE, Wis. -- The Marinette County Sheriff's Office is looking for a missing man. Theodore Egge, 35, has not been heard from since last Friday. Officials say Egge is not in any trouble, but they ...
Jan 17, 2023 Theodore Egge (Photo courtesy Marinette Co. Sheriff's Office)
Inmate walks away from Dodge County Jail
JUNEAU, Wis. -- The Dodge County Sheriff's Office is looking for a woman who walked away from jail. Jessica Shafer was granted release privileges to attend a medical appointment but never returned to ...
Jan 17, 2023 Jessica Shafer (Photo courtesy Dodge Co. Sheriff's Office)
Winnebago County accuses DNR of zoning violations
OSHKOSH, Wis--Winnebago County accuses the state Department of Natural Resources of violating zoning ordinances. A notice of violation issued last Wednesday, accuses the D-N-R of building a cold stora...
Jan 16, 2023 (Image from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
Oshkosh park vandalized
OSHKOSH, Wis--Oshkosh Police are investigating extensive damage to a public park. Vandals damaged equipment at the Red Arrow Park skatepark and Pollock Pool. There was also extensive graffiti spray pa...
Jan 16, 2023 (Photo provided by Oshkosh Police Department)
Car nearly hits child getting on school bus in Winnebago County
WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Wis. -- The Winnebago County Sheriff's Office issues a warning after a car nearly hits a child getting on a school bus. Home surveillance footage shows the car running off the road a...
Jan 16, 2023 A car nearly hits a child getting on a school bus in Winnebago County, Wis., Jan. 6, 2023. (Image courtesy Winnebago Co. Sheriff's Office)
Man killed in Marinette County crash
TOWN OF POUND, Wis. -- A Coleman man is dead following a crash in Marinette County. Nereo Martinez Rios ran off County Highway B in the town of Pound around 7:15 a.m. Saturday, went airborne and struc...
Jan 16, 2023 (Image provided by Marinette County Sheriff's Office)
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.)
