Category Archives: Local News
Mandatory 10 digit phone numbers start Sunday
Starting Sunday, everyone everywhere will always have to use an area code when dialing a number. Cellcom Marketing Manager Jodi Delahaut says that includes calling within your own area code. She says ...
Oct 21, 2021
Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday
This weekend is a reminder to get rid of unwanted, unneeded or expired medication. Saturday is the annual Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Appleton Police use to have a 24/7 drop box in the lobby. Lie...
Oct 21, 2021
Power back on for most in Appleton and Fox Crossing
Less than a handful of homes are still without power. About 1,300 We Energies customers were in the dark around 6:30 a.m. Winnebago County Sheriff's dispatchers said the outage originated around Apple...
Oct 21, 2021 (Image provided by WE Energies)
Neenah High School student accused of bringing knife to school
A Neenah High School student is arrested after allegedly bringing a knife to the school. Administrators tried to break up an argument involving students outside the high school's cafeteria this aftern...
Oct 20, 2021 (Image provided by the Neenah Joint School District)
Oshkosh school staff directed to use names and pronouns of students without securing permission from parents
Oshkosh school staff are directed to use the name or pronoun of a student's choice--without getting parental consent first. The district has changed its administrative guideline that had previously re...
Oct 20, 2021 (Image provided by the Oshkosh Area School District)
Number of counties with "critically high" coronavirus activity falls by 50%
The number of Wisconsin counties with "critically high" coronavirus activity has dropped in half this week. The state Department of Health Services reports just eight counties are at that level--compa...
Oct 20, 2021
Trial for Neenah murder suspect delayed
The trial of a Neenah murder suspect is delayed. Terran Colwell was to stand trial November 3rd--but that is pushed back to February 14th. Colwell is charged in Winnebago County Court with Felony Murd...
Oct 20, 2021
Masking not going anywhere soon in Appleton schools
It appears masking is not going away anytime soon in the Appleton School District. Superintendent Judy Baseman tells Josh Dukelow on Fresh Take that case numbers are not trending in the right directio...
Oct 20, 2021
Violent crime up 20% this year in Oshkosh
Violent crime is up 20-percent in Oshkosh this year. Chief Dean Smith says that is why they are increasing patrols in areas that have seen the biggest spike in incidents--which has been met with some ...
Oct 20, 2021 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Man that ran off with baby following crash placed under arrest
The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Department arrests a man that ran off with a baby from a minor traffic crash. Jordan Smack is being held on a probation violation, while prosecutors consider other cha...
Oct 20, 2021 (Image: Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Department)
