Category Archives: Local News
New judge assigned to Brown County murder case
A different judge will oversee the second half of a Brown County murder trial. Judge Timothy Hinkfuss was removed from the case of James Prokopovitz today--after breaking his ankle and needing to unde...
Feb 19, 2021
Prokopovitz trial delayed due to judge injury
The trial of a Brown County man accused of killing his missing wife is delayed until next week. This would have been day four of the trial of James Prokopovitz. Judge Timothy Hinkfuss will not be in c...
Feb 18, 2021
Thompson wants a return to in-person learning
U-W System President Tommy Thompson wants 75-percent of classes to be held in-person next fall. Thompson points out that aggressive testing programs and social distancing requirements on campus have k...
Feb 18, 2021 (Image provided by UW System)
Neenah burglary suspect in custody
Neenah Police have a suspect in custody in connection with two attempted burglaries. Christian Crawford is accused of breaking into a Neenah gas station around 2:15 Monday morning--stealing several it...
Feb 18, 2021
Coronavirus numbers continue to decline
Coronavirus activity in Wisconsin is dropping back to numbers not seen since last summer. The state Department of Health Services reports 733 new cases on Thursday--which drops the seven-day average t...
Feb 18, 2021
Trial delayed for Prokopovitz, judge breaks ankle
The trial of a man accused of killing his wife is being delayed after the judge overseeing the case suffered a broken ankle. Day four of the two week trial was schedule for today. It's set to resume M...
Feb 18, 2021
Kerr apologizes for Twitter comment
A white candidate to be Wisconsin's top education official has deleted her Twitter account and apologized after posting a message that she had been called a racial slur for Black people when she was 1...
Feb 18, 2021
Man arrested for damaging property in Oshkosh
A 46-year-old man is in custody for damaging property inside a home in Oshkosh. Officers were called around 5:30 p.m. yesterday about a disturbance in the 600 block of School Avenue. They found a man ...
Feb 18, 2021 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
More charges filed in connection with alleged sturgeon egg scheme
D-N-R Sturgeon Biologist Ryan Koenigs is facing more criminal charges in connection with an alleged egg processing scheme. Winnebago County prosecutors have filed one count of misdemeanor theft agains...
Feb 17, 2021
Wisconsin exceeds one million doses of coronavirus vaccine
Wisconsin races across the one-million coronavirus vaccine threshold. The state Department of Health Services reports one-million-23-thousand people have now received at least their first shot. Almost...
Feb 17, 2021
