Category Archives: Local News

State has 727 new coronavirus cases
There are 727 more confirmed coronavirus cases in Wisconsin. The state is reporting 7.9 percent of tests were positive, and that's up from 6.5 percent yesterday. The seven-day average stayed at 8.4 pe...
Sep 3, 2020

Appleton friar sent to Mississippi for child sex case
A Franciscan Friar from Appleton is accused of molesting boys in two states. Paul West was extradited to Mississippi to face charges in connection with the reported sexual abuse of two cousins at a sc...
Sep 3, 2020
Trial ordered for violent Waupaca protester
A man accused of inciting violence at a Waupaca protest is facing a trial. A judge is ruling there's enough evidence to try Matthew Banta on charges of reckless endangerment and battery to a police of...
Sep 3, 2020

Police look for 2 possible suspects in Oshkosh shooting
Oshkosh police are looking for two potential suspects in a shooting earlier this week. A 20-year-old Oshkosh man was wounded at a home along Wright Street, near Scott Avenue, on Monday night. Police a...
Sep 3, 2020

Woman set on fire in Waukesha
A man is accused of setting a woman on fire while she walked her dog in Waukesha, and hitting an elderly man with his vehicle and setting a fire at his property. Neighbors say the woman was doused wit...
Carol Patrizi Sep 3, 2020

Kitchen fire damages home
A home in Allouez has $45,000 of damage after a fire started in the kitchen. Green Bay fire crews were called to the 600 block of Karen Lane, south of Greene Avenue around 6 p.m. Two people were able ...
Carol Patrizi Sep 3, 2020 (Image: Green Bay Fire Department)

Appleton man seriously hurt in crash
A crash in Hortonia has left an Appleton man with serious injuries. Outagamie County Sheriff's officials say the 35-year-old lost control of his pickup truck at Highway T and Highway TT around 9 p.m. ...
Carol Patrizi Sep 3, 2020
Biden will be in Kenosha today
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will visit Kenosha today. He'll be joined by his wife, Jill, and they plan to meet with Jacob Blake's father and family members. Biden's campaign is putting...
Sep 3, 2020

Appleton has community board for police chief
Appleton now has a community advisory board for the police department. Mayor Jake Woodford appointed 25 members, and presented the list to the city council last night. Police Chief Todd Thomas says he...
Sep 3, 2020 (Image from the City of Appleton)

Man charged in beating death of Oshkosh woman
An Oconto Falls man is facing a murder charge in the death of an Oshkosh woman. Prosecutors believe 46-year-old Dennis Sutrick beat and strangled the 54-year-old victim during an argument in a hotel r...
Sep 2, 2020


