Category Archives: Local News
Professor's play returning to UWO
A play by a theatre professor at UW-Oshkosh is back on campus, starting this weekend. Professor Richard Kalinoski wrote "Beats on the Moon." It ran for 13 years in Moscow, and five months in Kosovo. I...
Feb 26, 2020 (Image provided by UW-Oshkosh)
Lent begins for many Christians
For many Christians, the 40 days of Lent starts today, on Ash Wednesday. Pastor Tim Seabough of Good Shepard Lutheran Church in Appleton says they provide ashes during today's services. He says if the...
Feb 26, 2020
UWO suspends exchange program with South Korea
UW-Oshkosh is suspending its spring semester-abroad program in South Korea because of coronovirus. Two students are impacted. UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee made the same decision with their South Korea ...
Feb 26, 2020 (Image provided by UW-Oshkosh)
Man accused of making up attempted robbery
Brown County Sheriff's deputies accuse a man of making up a story about another man trying to rob him in Allouez last weekend. The man initially told investigators he was using a tractor to plow snow,...
Feb 26, 2020
2 killed in Shawano crash
Shawano police say two people died in a crash on the city's east side late this morning. They say a 76-year-old woman drove through a stop sign at the corner of Richmond Street and Airport Drive and h...
Feb 26, 2020
Oshkosh School Board talks consolidation tonight
The Oshkosh School Board will vote tonight on a school consolidation plan. The proposal would decrease the number of buildings across the district. The plan calls for three elementaries, one middle an...
Feb 26, 2020 (Image provided by the Oshkosh Area School District)
New police station recommended in Oshkosh
A study recommends construction of a new police station somewhere in Oshkosh. FMG Architects presented three options to the Oshkosh Common Council last night. One would renovate the existing Public Sa...
Feb 26, 2020 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
State agency watching coronavirus
A state health official says they're watching the spread of coronavirus in Europe, and trying to figure out why it's happening. Tom Haupt of the Department of Health Services says they're waiting for ...
Feb 26, 2020
Work on Brin Building site could start in spring
Work on the former Brin Building site in downtown Menasha could be well underway in the coming months. The plans call for a four-story building at the corner of Main Street, with apartments and busine...
Feb 25, 2020 (Image: City of Menasha)
Group, city celebrate revived tennis courts
About a decade after there were plans to get rid of tennis courts in some Appleton parks, more could be getting them. Parks and Recreation Director Dean Gazza says a group called MATCH stepped up to h...
Feb 25, 2020 (Image from the City of Appleton)
