Category Archives: Local News
The CORE church opens this weekend
After four years of being empty, the former Thompson Community Center in downtown Appleton is being used again. The CORE church is opening on Sunday for its first public services. Pastor Mike Novotny ...
Sep 16, 2020
Fire Chief: Kenosha damage tops $11 mil
Kenosha's fire chief says the damage in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake is more than $11 million. There were roughly two dozen fires, and some businesses were destroyed. The 29-year-old...
Sep 16, 2020
EAB found in Oconto, Shawano counties
The DNR is confirming the emerald ash borer is now in Oconto and Shawano counties. The agency found the invasive beetle in the Town of Little Suamico and the City of Shawano. While they're the first c...
Sep 16, 2020
Jackpot-winning Mega Millions ticket sold in Wis.
Someone won a $119 million Mega Millions jackpot with a ticket bought in southeast Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Lottery says it was sold in Mount Pleasant at a Kwik Trip along Highway 31, west of Racine. ...
Sep 16, 2020
Tommy Bartlett Show closing in Wis. Dells area
The Tommy Bartlett Show in the Wisconsin Dells area is closing permanently. The company is blaming "catastrophic" losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The water ski, sky, and stage show had been...
Sep 16, 2020
Two honored for rescuing woman, child from river
The Waupaca County Sheriff's Department is honoring two men for saving a woman and a child. Sheriff Timothy Wilz presented the Civil Medal of Gallantry to Zachary Schendel and Tony Tomaro. Wilz says t...
Sep 16, 2020
Man found dead in jail was from Manitowoc
The inmate who died in the Manitowoc County jail yesterday was 36-year-old Justin Hall of Manitowoc. Sheboygan County Sheriff's deputies are helping with the investigation. They say a correctional off...
Sep 16, 2020
State adds 1,408 more COVID-19 cases
There are 1,408 more confirmed coronavirus cases in Wisconsin. The state is reporting 11.5 percent of tests came back positive, and that's up from 11 percent yesterday. The seven-day average is 14.1 p...
Sep 16, 2020
Hay pleads guilty to child porn
A former high-ranking New York school official arrested in a local online child sex sting is pleading guilty to a child pornography charge. David Hay entered his plea in federal court in Green Bay. He...
Sep 16, 2020
Names released from deadly FdL crash
The man killed in a crash with an ambulance in Fond du Lac early yesterday morning was 21-year-old Jonathan Bruemmer. The State Patrol says he was thrown from the car that hit the ambulance at the cor...
Sep 16, 2020 (Image provided by Wisconsin State Patrol)
