Category Archives: Local News
Incident puts Oshkosh West High School into lock down
Oshkosh West High School was put "on hold" briefly this afternoon. A notice from West Principal Erin Kohl says the school administration went on hold around 1:50 PM due to an emergency issue involving...
Sep 16, 2021 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Thompson having surgery after weekend skiing accident
UW System interim president Tommy Thompson is having surgery today after a weekend water skiing accident. The 79-year-old said on Facebook he needed to "have my bicep reattached to the tendon". The un...
Sep 16, 2021
One person dead in head on crash in Wrightstown
The Brown County Sheriff's Department continues investigating a fatal two vehicle crash in Wrightstown. All lanes of Highway 96 at Blake Road were closed for most of the morning and reopened to traffi...
Sep 16, 2021
Double murder suspect to undergo competency exam
A man accused of killing his two children in their Kaukauna home will undergo a mental competency exam. The attorney for Matthew Beyer claims his client is unable to assist in his own defense on two c...
Sep 15, 2021 (Photo from the Outagamie County Jail)
Oshkosh school incident
Oshkosh Police say an incident at West High School Wednesday was isolated to one student. The school resource officer called for emergency assistance around 10:15 for an unknown problem. Other classes...
Sep 15, 2021 (Image provided by the Oshkosh Area School District)
State sees spike in new COVID cases
Wisconsin sees the highest number of new COVID-19 cases since January. The state Department of Health Services reports 3,426 positive tests on Wednesday--the most since January 5th. There were another...
Sep 15, 2021
Stabbing suspect arrested
Oshkosh Police have a stabbing suspect in custody. Thirty-three year old Tanner Kent was located yesterday. The stabbing occurred on Sunday. Police were called to the 200 block of West 20th Avenue aro...
Sep 15, 2021 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Zebras in Seymour
People in the Seymour area likely thought they were seeing things this afternoon as a pair of zebras were on the loose. Residents in the area of County Highway G and Maas Road reported seeing the Afri...
Sep 14, 2021
Man accused of trying to stab Grand Chute police officers will remain in mental institution
A man that tried to stab two Grand Chute police officers will remain in a mental institution. Liam Donaldson was found "not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect" on two counts of attempted fir...
Sep 14, 2021
Local hospital ICU units are nearing capacity
Area hospitals are once again reaching capacity to treat critically ill patients. ThedaCare President Doctor Imran Andrabi says they have just 2 intensive care beds available this week. According to t...
Sep 14, 2021
