Category Archives: Local News
Mom honors late son's legacy at EAA Airventure Young Eagles gathering
OSHKOSH, WI -- Aviation was a way of life for Joseph Ermel. At 16, he earned his pilot license through the EAA Young Eagles program. Last October, Ermel was killed in a motorcycle crash while attendin...
Jul 29, 2022 Aymee Zimmerman shares her son Joseph Ermel's legacy at EAA Airventure (Photo by Terry Kovarik, WHBY)
Food Leaders Lab comes to Feeding American in the Fox Valley
LITTLE CHUTE, WI -- A Feeding America program that launched earlier this year in Milwaukee comes to the Fox Valley. Patti Habeck, President and CEO of Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, says the Food ...
Jul 29, 2022
Daughter of Tuskegee Airman shares her father's and his unit's legacy
OSHKOSH, WI -- The youngest daughter of one of the first African America aviators in the United States is at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh this week continuing her father's legacy. Yvonne McGee says her f...
Jul 29, 2022
Godlewski drops out of US Senate race, endorses Barnes
MADISON, Wis. -- Another Democratic candidate for one of Wisconsin's U.S. Senate seats drops out of the race. State treasurer Sarah Godlewski suspends her campaign and endorses Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes...
Jul 29, 2022
Oshkosh Corp 2nd quarter earnings down
Oshkosh Corporation's second quarter net income drops 187-million-dollars from fiscal 2021 to fiscal 2022. President and C-E-O John Pfeifer says like many companies across the globe, Oshkosh Corporati...
Jul 28, 2022 (Image courtesy the Oshkosh Corporation)
World axe and knife throwing championships coming to Appleton
APPLETON, Wis. -- The 2022 World Axe Throwing and World Knife Throwing championships are coming to Appleton. The event will take place Thursday, Dec. 1-Sunday, Dec. 4 at the Fox Cities Exhibition Cent...
Jul 28, 2022 World Axe Throwing and Knife Throwing Championship will be held at the Fox Cities Exhibition Center Dec. 1-4
Fox Valley unemployment rate rises slightly
MADISON, WI -- Unemployment is increasing in the Fox Valley. The Department of Workforce Development reports the jobless rate in the Appleton area was three percent for June--up from two-point-three p...
Jul 28, 2022
Fundraiser launched for family who lost baby when semi hit house
WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Wis. -- A fundraiser is launched for the family who lost a baby when a semi hit their home in Winnebago County. The fundraiser says parents Marty and Jasmine and their three survivin...
Jul 28, 2022 People respond to a crash involving a semi and house on Green Valley Road in Winnebago County, Wis., July 25, 2022. (WBAY-TV)
Menasha reports 1st monkeypox case
MENASHA, Wis. -- Another confirmed case of monkeypox is reported in the Fox Valley. This one involves a Menasha resident, who is currently isolating and working with the Menasha Health Department to i...
Jul 28, 2022
Pool rescurers to be honored by Appleton
APPLETON, WI -- An Appleton pool lifeguard and two good samaritans will be honored for saving the life of a young girl. 15-year-old Lifeguard Lola Levin went into action after seeing the child unrespo...
Jul 27, 2022 Pool (Charles Rondeau/Pixabay photo)
