Category Archives: Local News

Fire heavily damages Menasha home
MENASHA, Wis. -- Fire causes heavy damage Monday morning at a Menasha home. Neenah-Menasha Fire Rescue responded to reports of a house fire in the 600 block of Elizabeth Street around 8:30 a.m. Firefi...
Terry Kovarik Dec 01, 2025 Neenah-Menasha Fire Rescue logo (Image courtesy Neenah-Menasha Fire Rescue)

Green Bay Area Public considering backpack ban for high school classrooms [AUDIO]
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay school board is considering new measures that would keep backpacks out of high school classrooms. Earlier this year, the board voted to require clear bags in schools f...
Landen Moore Dec 01, 2025 (Image provided by Green Bay Area Public School District)

1 dead, 3 hurt in Brown County crash
TOWNSHIP OF NEW DENMARK, Wis. -- One person is dead -- three others are hurt -- following a wrong-way crash in Brown County. The sheriff's office says an SUV turned onto the ramp from southbound Inter...
Landen Moore Dec 01, 2025 (Image from the Brown County Sheriff's Office)

Little Chute removing County Highway OO crosswalk for school safety concerns
LITTLE CHUTE, Wis. -- The village of Little Chute is removing a pedestrian crosswalk along County Highway 00. Village and school district officials have been concerned about kids using the crossing at...
Terry Kovarik Nov 28, 2025

Federal EV charging grants include two Fox Valley locations
LITTLE CHUTE, Wis. -- Two Fox Valley electric vehicle charging station projects will be funded by the latest round of federal grants. A charger planned for the Shell station on Freedom Road in Little ...
Terry Kovarik Nov 28, 2025

Kaukauna Fire Department looks at new hiring strategy
KAUKAUNA, Wis. -- The Kaukauna Fire Department may try a new strategy for hiring. The department currently hires certified firefighters and trains them to serve as paramedics as well. But as competiti...
Terry Kovarik Nov 28, 2025 Kaukauna Fire Department logo (Image courtesy Kaukauna Fire Dept.)

Teen driver arrested after high-speed chase in Fond du Lac
FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- A teenager is in custody following an alleged high-speed chase in Fond du Lac County. A deputy spotted the vehicle speeding along Highway 175 in Fond du Lac at midnight Friday and...
Terry Kovarik Nov 28, 2025 (Image: Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Department)

Appleton Police Department says 2025 showing low crime rate [AUDIO]
APPLETON, Wis. -- 2025 is on pace to be a safer year in the city of Appleton. Police chief Polly Olson says crimes of all types are trending down with a month to go. Olson adds that there has b...
Terry Kovarik Nov 28, 2025 (Image provided by the Appleton Police Department)

Neenah man stopped for driving drunk twice in one day sentenced
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- A Neenah man arrested for drunk driving twice in the same day will spend 53 days in jail. Tevin Rogge is sentenced in Winnebago County Court on charges of 2nd and 3rd offense OWI. Rog...
Terry Kovarik Nov 28, 2025 freedomtumz / Depositphotos.com

Fond du Lac County fire destroys shed and tractor
TOWN OF ALTO, Wis. -- Fire destroys an equipment shed in Fond du Lac County. Crews were called to the pole building along Lake Maria Road in the town of Alto around 6:50 a.m. Friday to find the buildi...
Terry Kovarik Nov 28, 2025 jag_cz / Depositphotos.com



