Category Archives: Local News
Flags at half staff for fallen firefighter
Flags will fly at half staff Wednesday in Wisconsin from sunrise to sunset in honor of a firefighter who died after contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty. Robert Stevens of the Fremont-Wolf River F...
Feb 1, 2022
Major interceptor repair planned in HOTV
The Heart of the Valley Sewerage District will move ahead with a plan to install a liner inside the concrete interceptor pipe that carries sewerage to the district's treatment plant. District Director...
Feb 1, 2022
Slowinski hired as new Kaukauna superintendent
Menasha High School Principal Mike Slowinski will be the next superintendent in the Kaukauna School District. The School Board selects Slowinski from a field of three finalists this week. Slowinski ha...
Feb 1, 2022
Ripon teacher likely would have faced significant child porn charges
Ripon Police believe a teacher who committed suicide during a child pornography investigation would likely have faced "significant criminal charges". That's the conclusion of the department's final re...
Feb 1, 2022
Deputy battling COVID out of the hospital and in rehab
An Outagamie County Sheriff's deputy battling COVID-19 is out of the hospital. According to his Go Fund Me page, Channing Pompa is at a rehabilitation center. Pompa was admitted to the hospital on Sep...
Feb 1, 2022
Murder suspect's trial could be pushed back
Attorneys for a Missouri man charged with the murders of two brothers from Shawano County are asking for the jury trial to be pushed back. Twenty-seven-year-old Garland Nelson is charged with two coun...
Feb 1, 2022 (Photo compilation provided by family)
Driver eludes law enforcement in 3 stolen cars and after two pursuits
The Winnebago County Sheriff's Department is looking for a suspect that managed to elude them in three stolen cars and after two high-speed pursuits. A State Patrol trooper initially tried to stop the...
Jan 31, 2022
Sentencing in Fox River Mall shooting comes one day after first anniversary
It's one-year since an argument over a girl led to a shooting death at the Fox River Mall. On January 31, 2021, 18-year-old Dezman Ellis confronted 19-year-old Jovanni Frausto at the mall food court. ...
Jan 31, 2022
Ray Nitschke Bridge reopens in Green Bay tonight
Good news for drivers in downtown Green Bay--the Ray Nitschke Bridge reopens to traffic tonight (Monday). The bridge has been closed for nearly a month while crews worked to repair parts of the lift m...
Jan 31, 2022
ThedaCare resuming non-urgent elective surgeries
ThedaCare will resume non-urgent elective surgeries that were previously paused during the omicron COVID-19 surge. The healthcare system says they've seen a decline in the number of patients admitted,...
Jan 31, 2022
