Category Archives: Local News
Wisconsin Air National Guard identifies pilot in fatal training crash
The Wisconsin Air National Guard releases the name of the pilot killed in a training crash this week. Captain Durwood "Hawk" Jones went down with his F-16 fighter in a forest in Michigan's Upper Penin...
Dec 11, 2020 An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing, Madison, Wis., performs manuevers at Hardwood Range in Necedah, Wis., during the annual Northern Lightning exercise August 13, 2020. Northern Lightning is a full-spectrum Counterland training exercise hosted at Volk Field ANGB, providing a tailored, cost effective and realistic combat training for the Air National Guard and Total Force. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Mary Greenwood)
New coronavirus cases and deaths decline
Wisconsin adds another 3,991 new cases of coronavirus. The state Department of Health Services reports a positivity rate of 35-percent. There were another 47-deaths, raising that total to 3,991. Fond ...
Dec 11, 2020
Trump loses Wisconsin lawsuit in latest legal defeat
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- President Donald Trump has lost a Wisconsin lawsuit seeking to disqualify more than 221,000 ballots and overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state. Reserve...
Dec 11, 2020
10 UW system schools waiving electronic application fee
The UW Board of Regents is waiving the electronic application fees at ten universities for the next two years. The waiver does not include the Eau Claire, La Crosse and Madison campuses. UW-Oshkosh as...
Dec 11, 2020 (Image provided by UW System)
No one hurt in Oshkosh shooting
Oshkosh police are investigating a shooing outside a bar on High Avenue. Officers don't think anyone was hurt. They were called to the French Quarter around 12:45 a.m. Investigators think the shooting...
Dec 11, 2020 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Military: Wisconsin fighter pilot died in Michigan crash
STEUBEN, Mich. (AP) -- Military officials say a Wisconsin-based fighter pilot died when a plane crashed in a national forest in Michigan's Upper Peninsula during a training mission. Wisconsin Air Nati...
Dec 10, 2020 An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing, Madison, Wis., performs manuevers at Hardwood Range in Necedah, Wis., during the annual Northern Lightning exercise August 13, 2020. Northern Lightning is a full-spectrum Counterland training exercise hosted at Volk Field ANGB, providing a tailored, cost effective and realistic combat training for the Air National Guard and Total Force. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Mary Greenwood)
COVID delays murder suspect's court hearing
COVID-19 restrictions delay a court hearing for an Omro murder suspect. Andrew Clark was to appear in Winnebago County Court on Wednesday for a preliminary hearing. But inmates at the county jail are ...
Dec 10, 2020
UW Oshkosh testing site may remain open in the new year
The rapid-results COVID-19 test site at U-W Oshkosh may remain open into the new year. University officials say there will be no testing from December 24th through January 4th--but it will resume afte...
Dec 10, 2020
New COVID cases remain flat, deaths continue to rise
Wisconsin adds another 4,034 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday. The positivity rate was 32-percent. The Department of Health Services also reports an additional 57-deaths. That brings the statewide...
Dec 10, 2020
Northern lights a 'big miss,' US space forecaster says
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- An initially promising U.S. forecast for the northern lights has gone bust. The head of operations at the U.S. government's space weather prediction center says stargazers in t...
Dec 10, 2020
