Category Archives: Local News
Milwaukee to host 2024 Republican National Convention
MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- Milwaukee is chosen as the host city for the 2024 Republican National Convention. The party's national committee voted unanimously Friday to select Milwaukee for the convention. It ...
Aug 05, 2022
Brown County confirms 1st monkeypox case
BROWN COUNTY, Wis. -- Brown County confirms its first case of monkeypox. The infected person is in isolation as health officials conduct contact tracing. Monkeypox is mostly spread through close, inti...
Aug 05, 2022
Appleton placing legal marijuana referendum on November 8 ballot
APPLETON, WI -- Appleton moves forward on an advisory referendum on the legalization, regulation and taxation of recreational marijuana. On a 9-to-4 vote Wednesday, the Appleton Common Council approve...
Aug 04, 2022
Appleton Police respond facsimile gun call at Erb Pool
APPLETON, WI -- A report of a person with a handgun near Erb Pool in Appleton turns out to be a case of three juveniles with facsimile guns. The call came in just before 4:00 PM Thursday from a pool w...
Aug 04, 2022 (Image provided by the Appleton Police Department)
Appleton woman killed in Winnebago County crash
WINCHESTER, Wis--One person is dead following a crash in Winnebago County. A pickup truck heading south on Highway 45 lost control at the off-ramp to Highway 10 in the town of Winchester around 9:20 t...
Aug 04, 2022 (Image from the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office)
Appleton woman sentenced for restaurant robbery
APPLETON, Wis--An Appleton woman will spend five years in prison for trying to rob a restaurant where she used to work. Melissa Mann is also sentenced in Outagamie County Court to five years on extend...
Aug 04, 2022 (Photo: Outagamie County Jail)
Omro gets million dollar grant for street projects
OMRO, Wis--The city of Omro is getting a million dollars from the state to fund utility and street repairs. The money is coming from the Community Development Block Grant program. It will be used to d...
Aug 04, 2022 (Photo: City of Omro)
Waupaca County man injured in ATV crash
FREMONT, Wis--A Fremont man is hurt in an A-T-V crash. It happened around 9:00 Wednesday night on private property in the Town of Fremont. It's believed the A-T-V backed into a ditch and rolled onto t...
Aug 04, 2022 Waupaca County Sheriff's Office emblem (Image courtesy Waupaca Co. Sheriff's Office)
Fatal crash in Oconto County
UPDATE: The victim is identified as Bart Erdman. ----- OCONTO FALLS, Wis--A man is killed after his motorcycle crashes with a pickup truck in Oconto County. It happened around 8:45 Wednesday night on ...
Aug 04, 2022 Oconto County Sheriff's Office logo (Image courtesy Oconto Co. Sheriff's Office)
Input sought on proposed Green Bay Public Market
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- On Broadway, Inc. is seeking public input on the proposed Green Bay Public Market. The nearly 43,000-square-foot building would have room for about 20 businesses, a community event ...
Aug 04, 2022 A rendering of the proposed Green Bay Public Market in downtown Green Bay, Wis. (On Broadway, Inc.)
