Category Archives: Local News
Teen seriously burned in Dodge County apartment fire
LOMIRA, Wis. -- A teenager is seriously injured in a Lomira apartment fire. The 16-year-old boy was reportedly using a lighter to melt plastic keys to a keyboard to repair it when a nearby bottle of i...
Nov 17, 2025 (Image: Dodge County Sheriff's Department)
Appleton police officer run over by alleged drunk driver
APPLETON, Wis. -- An Appleton police officer is run over by an alleged drunk driver. Katrina Kitzman was reportedly involved in a disturbance in a parking lot near S. Walnut Street and W. Lawrence Str...
Nov 17, 2025 (Image provided by the Appleton Police Department)
2 hurt in Appleton house fire
APPLETON, Wis. -- Two people are hurt in an Appleton house fire. Crews were called to the home in the 800 block of W. Grant Street around noon Friday to find smoke coming from the first and second sto...
Nov 17, 2025 (Image provided by the Appleton Fire Department)
Fight forces evacuation of school bus in Grand Chute
GRAND CHUTE, Wis. -- A disturbance involving two students leads to an evacuation of an Appleton Area School District bus. The incident took place in the 4000 block of W. Spencer Street around 3:30 p.m...
Nov 14, 2025 (Image provided by the Grand Chute Police Department)
Manitowoc man gets 25 years in prison in Outagamie County child sex assault
APPLETON, Wis. -- A Manitowoc man is convicted in a child sexual assault case in Outagamie County. Fifty-eight-year-old Rodney Hanes pled guilty to charges of child enticement and producing child porn...
Nov 14, 2025 Rodney Hanes pleads guilty to child enticement/producing child pornography
Clintonville man suspected of fatally shooting Greenleaf man
UPDATE: The sheriff's office identifies the suspect as Brent Hofman. Criminal charges are pending. ----- TOWN OF GERMANIA, Wis. -- The Shawano County Sheriff's Office is investigating the shooting dea...
Nov 14, 2025 Brent Hofman (Photo courtesy Shawano Co. Sheriff's Office)
Police pursuit results in arrest, seizure of meth in Fond du Lac County
FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- A police pursuit in Fond du Lac County results in the arrest of one man and the seizure of 2 1/2 ounces of methamphetamine Thursday morning. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Offic...
Nov 13, 2025 (Image from the Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office)
Fourth person charged in Oneida child neglect case
ONEIDA, Wis. -- A fourth person is charged in connection with the alleged neglect and starvation of a 14-year-old girl in an Oneida home. Melissa Goodman is facing counts of child neglect with a conse...
Nov 13, 2025 Melissa Goodman (Photo courtesy Outagamie Co. Jail)
Second man sentenced in Green Bay stabbing death
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A Michigan man will spend 12 years in prison for his role in a fatal Green Bay stabbing. Aaron Walton of Menominee is also sentenced in Brown County Court to 10 years on extended su...
Nov 13, 2025 Aaron Walton (Photo courtesy Brown Co. Jail)
Menasha man convicted of setting house on fire
FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- A Menasha man who set a Fond du Lac house on fire reaches a plea deal with prosecutors. Mike Perez is convicted in Fond du Lac County Court on charges of arson and first-degree re...
Nov 13, 2025 Mike Perez (Photo courtesy Fond du Lac Co. Jail)
