Category Archives: Local News
Green Bay Port expansion grant
The state will provide a half-million dollars toward the expansion of the Port of Green Bay. The port is looking to purchase the former Wisconsin Public Service Pulliam Power Plant at the mouth of the...
Jan 04, 2021
Calumet County Sheriff warns residents of stolen mail
The Calumet County Sheriff's Office is warning residents of stolen mail. Several checks have been taken from mailboxes along Lakeshore Drive and Faro Springs Road in the town of Harrison in recent wee...
Jan 04, 2021
Appleton house fire
No one is hurt in an Appleton house fire. Crews were called to the duplex in the 500-block of North Bateman Street around 5:00 this morning on the report of smoke in the building. Everyone got out saf...
Jan 04, 2021 (Image provided by the Appleton Fire Department)
Family escapes early morning fire
A smoke alarm saved a family in Kiel during an early morning fire. Crews were called to a home on Sixth Street, east of Calumet Street just after 4:30 a.m. to find heavy flames coming from the first f...
Jan 04, 2021
New COVID cases back on the rise
The number of new coronavirus cases in Wisconsin is back on the rise. The state Department of Health Services reports 2,755 positive tests on Wednesday. The positivity rate was 37-percent. There were ...
Dec 30, 2020
Father and son killed in Omro house fire
A father and son are the victims of a fatal Christmas Day house fire in Omro. Omro Police says Alex Leaman and his four year old son--Leland--were found dead inside the home after the flames had been ...
Dec 30, 2020
Neenah man sentenced to 3 years in prison for fatal boat crash
A Neenah man will spend three years in prison for a boating crash that killed two sisters. Brian Sullivan is also sentenced in Winnebago County Court to three years on extended supervision for two cou...
Dec 30, 2020
Missing Buchanan man found dead
A missing Buchanan man is found dead. William Jarosh was discovered earlier today (Wednesday) at an undisclosed location. Jarosh had left his home last Saturday--a day after he suffered a concussion i...
Dec 30, 2020
Omro siblings killed in Florida crash
An Omro brother and sister are killed in a crash involving a carjacking suspect in Florida. The Volusia County Sheriff's Department says the 21-year old man and the 18-year old woman were driving alon...
Dec 30, 2020
Flags ordered at half staff to honor fire chief
Governor Evers is ordering flags be flown at half staff in honor of the Clayton Volunteer Fire Department chief. Chief Donald Kittelson died December 17th after contracting COVID-19 in the line of dut...
Dec 30, 2020
