Category Archives: Local News
Survey asks how to make vaccines more convenient
The Winnebago County Health Department is surveying people who haven't been vaccinated against coronavirus. The on-line survey asks whether they plan on getting a vaccine, and what time of the day and...
Apr 22, 2021
Live music at Appleton COVID clinic
Musicians with the Fox Valley Symphony will be serenading people being vaccinated at the Fox Cities Exhibition Center in downtown Appleton. Health Officer Kurt Eggebrecht thinks the music will be a ca...
Apr 22, 2021
Neenah Police identify suspects, witnesses in fatal stabbing
A controversial motorcycle shop in Neenah is tied to an alleged murder. Mandel Roy of Minneapolis is accused of stabbing Rodger Ridgeway outside of Eagle Nation Cycles late Saturday night. Ridgeway wa...
Apr 21, 2021
New promoter taking over Ford Festival Park in Oshkosh
A new promoter is taking over the former grounds of Country and Rock USA in Oshkosh. Danny Wimmer Presents hopes to bring back music festivals to what will be rebranded at Ford Park Live. The previous...
Apr 21, 2021
Wisconsin seeing a spike in COVID-related hospitalizations
The number of people admitted to Wisconsin hospitals for treatment of coronavirus is at the highest level since early February. One-hundred residents were admitted in the past 24-hours--the most since...
Apr 20, 2021
Body found in Fox River in Oshkosh
Oshkosh Police are investigating the discovery of a dead man in the Fox River. The body was found near the 600-block of Bay Shore Drive around 8:15 this morning. Police say there was no sign of foul p...
Apr 20, 2021 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
DNR approves final permits for expansion of the Outagamie County Landfill
Outagamie County has the go-ahead to expand its landfill in Little Chute. The D-N-R has approved the air quality permits for an expansion project that will extend the life of the current facility for ...
Apr 20, 2021 Outagamie County (Image courtesy Outagamie Co.)
Neenah responds to Eagle Nation Cycles lawsuit
The city of Neenah is asking a federal judge to dismiss the latest lawsuit filed by the victims of a hostage situation at Eagle Nation Cycles. The former hostages claim they were traumatized by the po...
Apr 20, 2021 (Image: City of Neenah)
Neenah stabbing victim identified
Neenah Police have released the name of a weekend stabbing victim. Rodger Ridgeway was found dead with stab wounds to his chest in the 200 block of Martens Street just before midnight Saturday. The de...
Apr 20, 2021
Grand Chute Police make arrest in 2000 cold case
Criminal charges are filed against a suspect in a cold case abduction and sexual assault in Grand Chute. Grand Chute police say John Carter is accused of pulling a gun on a 16-year old girl that was j...
Apr 19, 2021
