Category Archives: Local News
Brown County Sheriff's Office looking for counterfeit money suspect
BROWN COUNTY, Wis. -- The Brown County Sheriff's Office is looking for a person accused of using fake money. A female allegedly purchased an item from the Pet Supplies Plus store in Suamico with a cou...
Jun 12, 2025 The Brown County Sheriff's Office is looking to identify this person, who is accused of using counterfeit money at businesses in Suamico, Wis., and Ashwaubenon, Wis. (Image courtesy Wisconsin Crime Alert Network)
Man killed in Outagamie County crash
TOWN OF SEYMOUR, Wis. -- One person is dead following a crash in Outagamie County. The sheriff's office says a 63-year-old man lost control of his vehicle along Highway G in the town of Seymour around...
Jun 12, 2025 (Image: Outagamie County Sheriff's Office)
First 5 Fox Valley share plans to transform former art museum into Family Resource Center
APPLETON, WI -- The former home of the Trout Museum of Art will soon transform into a showcase of a different kind. The building on the east side of Houdini Plaza will eventually make impressions in t...
Jun 11, 2025 Former Trout Museum of Art becoming Family Resource Center
Man sentenced in Green Bay choking death
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A Green Bay man will spend 24 years in prison for killing a person he initially claimed broke into his house. Owen Backus is also sentenced in Brown County Court to 10 years on exte...
Jun 11, 2025 Owen Backus (Photo courtesy Brown Co. Jail)
Appleton considering changing park name [AUDIO]
APPLETON, Wis. -- An Appleton park may be getting a new name. The city's Parks and Recreation Committee approves a proposal that would rename Appleton Memorial Park as Veterans Memorial Park. Parks di...
Jun 11, 2025 City of Appleton logo (Image courtesy City of Appleton)
Illegal immigrant convicted of sexually assaulting girl given by her mother
FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- An illegal immigrant is convicted of first-degree sexual assault of a child in Fond du Lac County. That verdict came after Juan Carlos Rocha Mejia pleaded no contest to that charg...
Jun 10, 2025 Juan Rocha Mejia (left) and Elia Antonio (Photos courtesy Fond du Lac Co. District Attorney's Office)
Man accused of trying to run his wife off roadway
MARINETTE, Wis. -- A Marinette man is accused of trying to run his wife off the road. The 28-year-old was arrested on Sunday after an incident where he allegedly tried to force his spouse's vehicle of...
Jun 10, 2025 majorosl66 / Depositphotos.com
Teen sentenced in North Fond du Lac shooting
FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- A Fond du Lac teenager will spend six years in prison for his role in a shooting incident. Noah Metcalf is also sentenced in Fond du Lac County Court to six years on extended supe...
Jun 10, 2025 Noah Metcalf (Photo courtesy Fond du Lac Co. DA's Office)
1 dead after crash on State Highway 172 in Allouez
ALLOUEZ, Wis. -- One person is dead following a crash on State Highway 172 in Allouez. The incident happened in the eastbound lanes of 172 at Webster Avenue around 9:15 a.m. Monday. One person was tak...
Jun 10, 2025 (Image from the Brown County Sheriff's Office)
New mural coming to Appleton's Red Parking Ramp
APPLETON, Wis--A local artist will create another mural in the Red Parking Ramp in downtown Appleton. Neo Medina will be in charge of the project--which Economic Development Specialist Lily Paul says ...
Jun 09, 2025 (Image provided by the City of Appleton)
