Category Archives: Local News
Alleged swatting incident forces lockdown at Fond du Lac school
FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- Fond du Lac police are investigating an alleged swatting incident. Officers were called to the area of Maple Avenue around 3:10 p.m. Tuesday on the report of a man with a gun who ...
Dec 18, 2025 (Image courtesy Fond du Lac Police Departmente)
Fire damages Appleton house
APPLETON, Wis. -- No one is hurt in an Appleton house fire. Crews were called to the home in the 1100 block of E. Randal Avenue around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday to find flames coming from the roof. Everyone...
Dec 18, 2025 (Image provided by the Appleton Fire Department)
Freezing rain blamed for several Oconto County crashes
OCONTO COUNTY, Wis. -- Freezing rain ices up highways and causes multiple crashes Tuesday in Oconto County. The Oconto County Sheriff's Office says it began receiving multiple calls of crashes around ...
Dec 17, 2025 Oconto County Sheriff's Office logo (Image courtesy Oconto Co. Sheriff's Office)
Man sentenced in Fond du Lac stabbing death
FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- A man will spend 30 years in prison for his role in a Fond du Lac stabbing death. Dawson Miller is also sentenced in Fond du Lac County Court to 15 years on extended supervision f...
Dec 17, 2025 Dawson Miller (Photo courtesy Fond du Lac Co. District Attorney's Office)
Green Bay man suspected of threatening bank arrested after standoff
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A Green Bay man is arrested after allegedly making threats against a financial institution and involving police in a standoff. Officers were called to the 1300 block of Western Aven...
Dec 17, 2025 (Image courtesy Green Bay Police Department)
Elderly man dead after his vehicle crashes into Appleton business
APPLETON, Wis. -- An elderly man is dead after crashing into a building in Appleton. The 82-year-old struck the back of a business in the 800 block of W. Wisconsin Avenue around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. He...
Dec 17, 2025 (Image provided by the Appleton Police Department)
1 killed, 1 hurt in Oconto County crash
TOWN OF PENSAUKEE, Wis. -- One person is dead -- another is hurt -- following a crash in Oconto County. The sheriff's office says a vehicle left U.S. Highway 41 in the town of Pensaukee and rolled ove...
Dec 16, 2025 Oconto County Sheriff's Office logo (Image courtesy Oconto Co. Sheriff's Office)
Man who crashed into sheriff's squad car while drunk sentenced
APPLETON, Wis. -- A Kaukauna man will spend four months in jail for driving drunk a third time. Christopher Kitchenakow also has his license suspended for 2 1/2 years in Outagamie County Court for ope...
Dec 16, 2025 The patrol vehicle of Outagamie County Sheriff's Deputy Brent Baxter is damaged after being struck by an SUV in Buchanan, Wis., Oct. 29, 2024. (Photo courtesy Outagamie Co. Sheriff's Office)
Man seriously hurt in Fond du Lac County snowmobile crash
TOWN OF OAKFIELD, Wis. -- A single snowmobile crash in the town of Oakfield sends a Fond du Lac man to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Off...
Dec 16, 2025 (Image from the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office)
Bowling alley owner who choked teen gets probation [AUDIO]
APPLETON, Wis. -- A former high school bowling coach gets a suspended jail sentence and two years on probation for strangling a 13-year-old boy during a practice session in Seymour. Sixty-year-old Jam...
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