Category Archives: Local News
Prof: Bloomberg hopes for brokered convention
Wisconsin's presidential primary is still more than a month away, but one candidate is already running plenty of ads. Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has already spent $1.3 million in northeas...
Feb 25, 2020
Teen charged with making school threat
Prosecutors are charging a junior at Bay Port High School with threatening to "shoot up" the school. They say 17-year-old Javon Kempen is banned from school grounds because of a history of fights and ...
Feb 25, 2020
'No Mow May' hits snag
Some Appleton city council members want more details, before deciding on the proposed "No Mow May." Supporters want to let people grow out their lawns during the month to help pollinators, like bees. ...
Feb 25, 2020
Oshkosh council taking up Sawdust District plan
The Oshkosh Common Council is expected to vote tonight on the plans for the Sawdust District. That's the area along Main Street, and south of the Fox River. Economic Development Services Manager Kelly...
Feb 25, 2020 (Image provided by the city of Oshkosh)
Snowmobile deaths already top all of 2019
More people have already died in snowmobile crashes since the start of the year than in all of 2019. Three people were killed last weekend, bringing the total for 2020 to 17. Sixteen people lost their...
Feb 25, 2020 (Image from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources)
Record number get flu shot
People are still getting flu shots, helping the state set a new record. Tom Haupt of the Department of Health Services says 41 percent have been vaccinated so far. He says fewer than 20 percent got th...
Feb 25, 2020
Kaukauna company wins state business award
A local company is one of the winners of a statewide award. Fox Valley Wood Products in Kaukauna is this year's Manufacturer of the Year in the small company category. The state's largest business gro...
Feb 25, 2020
Brantner may be re-sentenced for drug case
The state Supreme Court thinks the man convicted of a cold-case murder in Fond du Lac County might need to be re-sentenced for a separate drug case. Dennis Brantner is appealing, arguing he was charge...
Feb 25, 2020
State DOJ joins vaping investigation
Wisconsin is joining 38 other states in an investigation into the e-cigarette company Juul. Attorney General Josh Kaul says they'll focus on whether the vaping company is targeting young people, and m...
Feb 25, 2020
$1 mil Powerball winner sold in FdL
Someone won $1 million with a Powerball ticket from a gas station in Fond du Lac. The ticket was sold at a BP in the 400 block of W. Johnson Street. It matched all five numbers from last Saturday's dr...
Feb 25, 2020
