Category Archives: Local News
Police release name of man killed in crash
The man killed in a crash in Oshkosh early this morning was 26-year-old Jacob Farr from the Town of Black Wolf. City police say Farr hit a tree in the 3000 block of Oregon Street, on the city's south ...
Mar 5, 2020 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Appleton calls for nonpartisan redistricting
Appleton leaders are calling on state lawmakers to use a nonpartisan process for re-drawing Legislative districts. The city council voted 13-1 last night. Ald. Kyle Lobner says it's fundamental for de...
Mar 5, 2020 (Image from the City of Appleton)
State will add judges, Calumet Co. could get one
The state will be adding 12 more judges in counties around Wisconsin, over the next three years. Calumet County could be getting one of them. Republican Rep. Ron Tusler of Harrison is confident it wil...
Mar 5, 2020
Soldiers in midst of Afghanistan mission
While negotiations to end the war in Afghanistan continue, about 400 soldiers from a Wisconsin National Guard unit are still serving there. They're members of the 1st Battalion, 128th Infantry from th...
Mar 5, 2020
New North forms entrepreneur group
Local entrepreneurs could get some help from a new group. The New North is creating the NEW Launch Initiative with help from a grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. New North Exec...
Mar 5, 2020
G.B. woman facing meth charges
A Green Bay woman is facing drug charges, after prosecutors say a Shawano County Sheriff's deputy pulled her over and found a large amount of meth. Twenty-nine-year-old Brittany Vlach was pulled over ...
Mar 5, 2020
Evers picks new UW Regent
The leader of Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin is joining the UW System Board of Regents. Governor Evers is picking Hector Colon to replace Gerald Whitburn. Whitburn was appointed by former Gover...
Mar 5, 2020 (Image provided by UW System)
G.B. teen charged with killing nephew in fire
Prosecutors are charging a 15-year-old Green Bay girl with murder for the death of her infant nephew in a house fire last June. Marcelia Fonseca is facing counts of first-degree intentional homicide a...
Mar 5, 2020
Sandbag-making machine kept busy
A machine to make sandbags is working overtime in Brown County. Public Works Director Paul Fontecchio says they bought it in August to deal with spring flooding issues. He thinks it's a good fit becau...
Mar 5, 2020
Car crash in Oshkosh kills man
Oshkosh police say a 26-year-old man died when his car crashed into a tree. Police say it happened in the 3000 block of Oregon Street around 12 a.m. Officials say he was pronounced dead at a local hos...
Mar 5, 2020 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
