Category Archives: Local News
Double murder suspect convicted on attempted escape charges
APPLETON, Wis--An Outagamie County double murder suspect is convicted on charges related to an attempted jail escape. Matthew Beyer pleads "no contest" to counts of Attempted Escape and Taking a Hosta...
Aug 19, 2022 (Photo from the Outagamie County Jail)
5 hurt in Waupaca County crash
TOWN OF UNION, Wis. -- Five people are injured in a single-vehicle crash in Waupaca County. It happened shortly before 9 p.m. Thursday on Hillside Road in the town of Union. Two of the five were trapp...
Aug 19, 2022 Waupaca County Sheriff's Office emblem (Image courtesy Waupaca Co. Sheriff's Office)
2 arrested, victim recovered in human trafficking operation
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A human trafficking operation leads to a pair of arrests. Green Bay police and the state Division of Criminal Investigation conducted a joint operation Thursday. Detectives and agen...
Aug 19, 2022 (Image courtesy Green Bay Police Department)
Bicyclist hospitalized after crash with car
FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- A bicyclist is seriously injured after being hit by a car in Fond du Lac. Police say the 21-year-old Fond du Lac man was struck in the area of Martin Avenue and Reinhardt Court ar...
Aug 19, 2022 (Image courtesy Fond du Lac Police Departmente)
Crews battle large fire in Sheboygan
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. -- Crews from six fire departments respond to a building fire in Sheboygan. It was reported shortly after 5:30 a.m. Thursday in the 1100 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. Crews arrived to ...
Aug 19, 2022 Smoke and flames pour out of a building in the 1100 block of Pennsylvania Avenue in Sheboygan, Wis., Aug. 18, 2022. (Sheboygan Fire Dept.)
Opening of Menasha's Racine Street Bridge delayed
MENASHA, Wis. -- The Racine Street Bridge in Menasha will remain closed two months longer than expected. The DOT says reconstruction of the bridge will continue into December. The project was original...
Aug 18, 2022 (Photo from WHBY archives)
Car wash to fill part of former Appleton Shopko building
APPLETON, Wis. -- A car wash will fill part of the vacant former Shopko building on Northland Avenue in Appleton. The common council votes Wednesday to approve a conditional use permit for the Zips Ca...
Aug 18, 2022 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Brown County extends sales tax
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The 1/2 percent sales tax continues in Brown County. The county board votes to extend the tax until the county's debt is eliminated, which is projected to be in 2037. Since taking e...
Aug 18, 2022 (Image: Brown County)
NWTC president to retire
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The president of Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is retiring. Dr. H. Jeffrey Rafn will step down July 1, 2023. Rafn has served as NWTC president since 1997. He also served as ...
Aug 18, 2022 Dr. H. Jeffrey Rafn (Northeast Wisconsin Technical College)
1 displaced after Sheboygan house fire
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. -- One person is displaced after a house fire in Sheboygan. It happened Monday evening in the 700 block of Michigan Avenue. Crews arrived to find fire coming from the garage and back o...
Aug 18, 2022
