Category Archives: Local News
Man killed in Shawano County crash
TOWN OF HARTLAND, Wis. -- One person is dead following a crash in Shawano County. The sheriff's office says a semi blew out a tire along State Highway 29 in the town of Hartland and flipped over short...
May 20, 2026 Shawano County Sheriff's Office badge (Image courtesy Shawano Co. Sheriff's Office)
Waterfest returns to Downtown Oshkosh this summer
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Live music returns to Downtown Oshkosh this summer. Waterfest plays at the Leach Amphitheater for six Thursday nights of live music on the Fox River. The 2026 lineup features national...
May 19, 2026 Credit: Jim Koepnick
Woman who left her kids in a car during nail appointment sentenced
MANITOWOC, Wis. -- A Two Rivers woman who left her kids in the car while she got her nails done will not have to spend any time behind bars. Instead, Hannah Sprang is sentenced in Manitowoc County Cou...
May 19, 2026 freedomtumz / Depositphotos.com
Husband of missing woman arrested, charged with homicide
JUNEAU, Wis. -- The husband of a missing Beaver Dam woman is arrested in connection with her disappearance. Aaron Nelson was taken into custody last Friday, six months after his wife, Alexis, was repo...
May 19, 2026 Aaron Nelson (Photo courtesy Dodge Co. Sheriff's Office)
Former Outagamie County employee sentenced in child porn case
MADISON, Wis. -- The former Human Resources director for Outagamie County will spend 10 years in prison for trading child pornography on the internet. Adam Westbrook is also sentenced in Madison feder...
May 18, 2026 (Photo provided by the Sauk County Sheriff's Office)
Oshkosh fast food worker who shot his manager sentenced
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- An Oshkosh fast food worker will not have to spend any time behind bars for shooting his manager. Instead, Adam Samida is sentenced in Winnebago County Court to 18 months on probation...
May 18, 2026 Adam Samida (Photo courtesy Winnebago Co. Jail)
Former Mishicot teacher convicted of child sexual assault
MISHICOT, Wis. -- A former Mishicot High School teacher who had sex with a student reaches a plea deal with prosecutors. Ryan Schroeder is convicted in Manitowoc County Court on one count of repeated ...
May 18, 2026 Ryan Schroeder (Photo courtesy Manitowoc Co. Sheriff's Office)
Fire damages Kaukauna paper mill
KAUKAUNA, Wis. -- Fire damages a Kaukauna paper mill. Crews were called to the Ahlstrom-Munksjo Thilmany Mill around 2 p.m. Saturday to find flames on a conveyer belt. There is no word on the extent o...
May 18, 2026 Kaukauna Fire Department logo (Image courtesy Kaukauna Fire Dept.)
Man sentenced in Oshkosh shooting
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- An Oshkosh man will spend five years in prison for shooting another person. Vautrell Section is also sentenced in Winnebago County Court to five years on extended supervision for firs...
May 15, 2026 freedomtumz / Depositphotos.com
WHBY announces affiliation with ABC News Radio
APPLETON, Wis. -- Starting Monday May 18, you might notice something a little different here on WHBY. As many of you know, later this month, after 99 years on the air, CBS News Radio will sign off for...
May 15, 2026 WHBY announces affiliation with ABC News Radio
