Category Archives: Local News
Oshkosh to study Public Safety Building
Oshkosh leaders will take a close look at the city's Public Safety Building, and how it could be used in the future. City Manager Mark Rohloff thinks the former Winnebago County jail has its limits. H...
Feb 12, 2020 (Image provided by the City of Oshkosh)
Oshkosh mental health facility gets admissions update
A new admissions unit is open at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute in Oshkosh. Gynger Steele is an Assistant Administrator for the state Department of Health Services. She says it will help them f...
Feb 12, 2020
Hintz criticizes Assembly's short session
The Legislature doesn't plan to meet much more this year, and a Democratic lawmaker from Oshkosh is blaming Republicans. Assembly Minority Leader Gordon Hintz says the last scheduled day for the Assem...
Feb 12, 2020
Name released of crash victim from N.L.
The 32-year-old woman killed in a weekend crash was Kari Enger of New London. Outagamie County Sheriff's deputies say Enger collided with another car at Highway S and Allcan Road, east of New London, ...
Feb 12, 2020 (Image: Outagamie County Sheriff's Office)
Boil water advisory issued for Bear Creek
People in Bear Creek should boil their water. The village is making that recommendation, after a water main broke this morning. That caused a loss of pressure in the water system, and created a risk o...
Feb 12, 2020
Arena owners hire broker to raise money
A third broker is now trying to raise money for the Menominee Nation Arena in Oshkosh. Fox Valley Pro Basketball is hiring Nauth Advisory Group. The owners were already working with two other brokers ...
Feb 12, 2020
15-yr-old killed in snowmobile crash
A 15-year-old Black Creek boy was killed, after his snowmobile was hit by an SUV this morning. Outagamie County Sheriff's Lt. Ryan Carpenter says the teen was on his way to school around 7 a.m. He was...
Feb 12, 2020 (Image: Outagamie County Sheriff's Office)
Sex with an animal could become a felony
A bill that would make having sex with an animal a felony now goes to Governor Evers for his signature. The Assembly passed the measure yesterday, the Senate passed the bill in October. Right now best...
Feb 12, 2020
Assembly passes rape kit bill
Assembly Republicans approve a bill that would create protocols for submitting and tracking untested sexual assault evidence kits. The bill also requires police to notify immigration officials of sexu...
Feb 12, 2020
Hmong community fearful of possible deportations
The Hmong community is concerned about the potential for deportations. There are reports that the Trump administration is negotiating with Laos over non-U.S. citizen refugees. Kou Vang is the presiden...
Feb 12, 2020
