Category Archives: Local News
Outagamie County reaches 50% fully-vaccinated threshold
Outagamie County finally reaches 50% of the population becoming fully-vaccinated. Outagamie joins Brown and Door as the only other counties at that rate in Northeast Wisconsin. Winnebago County is cur...
Terry Kovarik Aug 12, 2021

DOC shutting down transitional living house in Oshkosh
The state Department of Corrections will no longer use a halfway house in Oshkosh. The transitional living facility on Jefferson Street had led to years of complaints from neighbors about the non-prof...
Terry Kovarik Aug 12, 2021 (Image provided by the City of Oshkosh)

Trial date set for suspect in Neenah murder
A November 15th trial date is set for a woman charged in connection with a Neenah murder. Terran Colwell is facing one count of Felony Murder in Winnebago County Court. Colwell and Mandell Roy are acc...
Terry Kovarik Aug 12, 2021

Hortonville evacuation canceled
Outagamie County Emergency Management cancels an evacuation order in an area around the intersection of State Highway 15 and North Nash Street in Hortonville. That's due to a natural gas leak. Hortonv...
Terry Kovarik Aug 11, 2021 Gas leak prompts evacuation in Hortonville

Evacuation following Hortonville gas leak
Outagamie County Emergency Management is ordering an evacuation of an area around the intersection of State Highway 15 and North Nash Street in Hortonville. That's due to a natural gas leak. Hortonvil...
Terry Kovarik Aug 11, 2021 Gas leak prompts evacuation in Hortonville

Suspect injures himself in attempted armed robbery
A suspect manages to injure himself during an attempted armed robbery in Appleton. Police say Kyle Peebles tried to hold up Memorial Liquors on South Memorial Drive around 12:10 this (Wednesday) morni...
Terry Kovarik Aug 11, 2021 (Image provided by the Appleton Police Department)
Mother reaches plea deal in crash that killed her son
A Menasha woman that killed her son in a high-speed crash reaches a plea deal with prosecutors. Crystal Draheim is convicted in Outagamie County Court on one count of Homicide by Negligent Operation o...
Terry Kovarik Aug 11, 2021

Board of Health rewrites resolution asking Mayor not to issue more orders
A resolution asking Appleton Mayor Jake Woodford not to issue any more health orders gets a total rewriting from the Board of Health. he measure from four Common Council members pointed out the city i...
Terry Kovarik Aug 11, 2021 (Image from the City of Appleton)

Oshkosh Police make arrest in shooting incidents
Oshkosh Police have a man in custody in connection with two alleged shooting incidents. The 23-year old is accused of firing shots in the 200 and 500 blocks of North Main Street around 11:00 Tuesday n...
Terry Kovarik Aug 11, 2021 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)

70% of Wisconsin inmates are vaccinated against coronavirus
(Associated Press) The Wisconsin Department of Corrections says nearly 70% of eligible inmates in state prisons have been fully vaccinated for the coronavirus. Corrections Secretary Kevin Carr says ca...
Terry Kovarik Aug 10, 2021



