Category Archives: Local News
Man arrested in Lake Butte des Morts boat crash
WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Wis. -- The Winnebago County Sheriff's Office arrests a man in connection with a boat crash on Lake Butte des Morts. The 38-year-old was reportedly at the controls of a craft that st...
Aug 8, 2022 (Image from the Winnebago County Sheriff's Office)
Worker killed in accident at De Pere business
DE PERE, Wis. -- A worker is killed in an industrial accident at a De Pere business. The incident was reported at the C.A. Lawton Co. Foundry Friday afternoon. No other details have been released. De ...
Aug 8, 2022
One killed, three seriously injured in crash near New London
NEW LONDON, WI -- One person is killed and four others are seriously injured in a three vehicle crash on Highway 45 near New London. the New London Police Department says a southbound pickup truck app...
Aug 6, 2022
Life in prison for 86-year-old man for wife's 1975 murder
STURGEON BAY, WI -- It's life in prison for a former Door County man convicted of killing his wife in 1975. 86-year-old Richard Pierce received that sentence after being found guilty in the death of C...
Aug 5, 2022 Richard Pierce participates in his trial at the Door County Courthouse in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. (WBAY)
Green Bay murder suspect charged in Alabama killing
HELENA, AL. -- A Green Bay murder suspect is now charged in another killing in Alabama. 23-year-old Caleb Anderson is now linked to the death of 52-year-old Dwight Dixon of Flomaton, Alabama. Police i...
Aug 5, 2022
Cat set on fire on Menominee Reservation
NEOPIT, Wis. -- Police ask for help as they investigate animal cruelty on the Menominee Reservation. A Neopit resident reported that they found a cat in their backyard that was doused in gasoline and ...
Aug 5, 2022
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 5, 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 5, 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 4, 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 4, 2022 (Image provided by the Appleton Police Department)
