Category Archives: Local News
DOT work will impact Hwy. 441 at Calumet Street
Some maintenance work will impact drivers on Highway 441 by Calumet Street, starting today. DOT spokesman Mark Kantola says they have to fix a shoulder and a drainage pipe in the southbound lanes. He ...
Feb 6, 2020
Man gets jail time for deaths of Neenah father, son
A North Fond du Lac man will spend one year in jail for the deaths of a Neenah father and son. A jury found 35-year-old Travis Wollersheim guilty of two counts of negligent homicide last year. Twenty-...
Feb 5, 2020
Oshkosh makes progress on virus recovery
More services are back on-line at the City of Oshkosh, about a week after the city's computer system was hit with a ransomware virus. Spokeswoman Emily Springstroh says the website is up-and-running a...
Feb 5, 2020 (Image provided by the city of Oshkosh)
State's U.S. senators split on impeachment
The two U.S. Senators from Wisconsin voted along party lines in the impeachment trial. President Trump was acquitted on both counts. The totals were well short of the two-thirds majority needed to rem...
Feb 5, 2020
G.C. police investigate possible road rage shooting
Grand Chute police say no one was hurt in an apparent road rage shooting on College Avenue, by I-41. They say the victim told detectives a male was riding in a car, and he fired two or three shots aro...
Feb 5, 2020
Prof: Tensions much higher during State of the Union
A political science professor at Lawrence University says there was an obvious high level of tension between Democrats and President Trump last night. Professor Arnold Shober believes the impeachment ...
Feb 5, 2020
Grothman hopes Congress can work together
A Republican Congressman from northeast Wisconsin hopes there are things lawmakers can work together on, after President Trump's impeachment trial is over. Congressman Glenn Grothman of Glenbulah want...
Feb 5, 2020
Madison bans straws, unless people ask for them
Restaurants and bars in Madison can't give straws to customers anymore, if they don't specifically ask for one. Jared Schumacher of the Madison Climate Reality Project doesn't think it will be a big d...
Feb 5, 2020
Body found after fire in Oshkosh storage unit
Oshkosh police say a man was found in a storage unit on the city's south side after a fire. The fire at AAA Mini Storage, in the 700 block of W. Third Avenue, was reported around 9 p.m. Officer Kate M...
Feb 5, 2020 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
State has 1st confirmed coronavirus case
The state has its first confirmed case of coronavirus. The Department of Health Services says the adult recently traveled to China, and the tests came back today. The person was tested at UW Hospital ...
Feb 5, 2020
