Category Archives: Local News
Appleton Fire Department discourages use of fire blankets
APPLETON, Wis. -- The Appleton Fire Department discourages the use of fire blankets in the home. The products are marketed as a way to safely and quickly put out a residential fire. But in a Facebook ...
Dec 08, 2025 (Image provided by the Appleton Fire Department)
Faith Technologies exploring possible purchase of the former UW-Fox Cities campus in Menasha
MENASHA, Wis--A local company is looking to purchase much of the former U-W Oshkosh-Fox Cities campus. Faith Technologies Incorporated has signed a non-binding letter of intent to redevelop the Menash...
Dec 05, 2025 (Image provided by Faith Technologies Incorporated)
Construction underway on townhouses for Froedtert ThedaCare medical residents
NEENAH, Wis. -- Construction on a housing development for Froedtert ThedaCare medical residents is underway. Nearly 60 townhouse units for residents at ThedaCare Medical Center-Neenah will be built on...
Dec 05, 2025 A rendering of townhouses for residents at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah (Image courtesy Froedtert ThedaCare)
Men accused of kidnapping Two Rivers girl, trying to take her to California
MANITOWOC, Wis. -- Criminal charges are filed against two men accused of kidnapping a Two Rivers girl to take her to California. Alexcer Solis Gomez and Pedro Giron Perez are facing counts of child ab...
Dec 05, 2025 freedomtumz / Depositphotos.com
Missing Sheboygan man found dead
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. -- A missing Sheboygan man is found dead. The body of Todd Janssen was reportedly discovered around 11 a.m. Thursday. The location was not provided. A Silver Alert was issued for Janss...
Dec 05, 2025 Todd Janssen (Photo courtesy Sheboygan Police Dept.)
Lang will not run again for Neenah mayor
NEENAH, Wis. -- Neenah Mayor Jane Lang will not seek re-election next spring. Lang releases a statement of non-candidacy, saying that she wants to spend more time with family. Lang served just one fou...
Dec 04, 2025 (Photo provided by the city of Neenah)
Former Green Bay Preble student who brought gun to school sentenced
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A former Green Bay Preble High School student who brought a gun to class will remain in juvenile detention until his 18th birthday. The 17-year-old boy was found "delinquent" in Bro...
Dec 04, 2025 belchonock / Depositphotos.com
Old beacon put on display at Wittman Regional Airport [AUDIO]
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- A new historical marker sits outside the operations building at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh. Airport director Jim Schell says they have put the original beacon light from the ...
Dec 03, 2025 (Photo provided by Wittman Regional Airport)
Charges filed in fatal Brown County crash
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Criminal charges are filed in connection with a fatal crash along Interstate 43 on Thanksgiving night. Cheryl Mitchell is facing counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle a...
Dec 03, 2025 Cheryl Mitchell (Photo courtesy Brown Co. Jail)
2025 gun-deer harvest down slightly from 2024 [AUDIO]
MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin's nine-day gun-deer hunt produces mixed results. DNR Deer Program Specialist Jeff Pritzl says the harvest was down slightly from 2024........Of the 182,000 deer registered, ...
Dec 03, 2025 (Image from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
