Category Archives: Local News
Parents accused of leaving kids alone to drink
Two parents from Denmark are accused of leaving three children alone, while they drank in their garage. Twenty-nine-year-old Brian Watzka and 27-year-old Angela Voght are charged with three misdemeano...
Jan 06, 2020
Man charged in G.B. New Year's shooting
Brown County prosecutors believe an 18-year-old man fired gunshots on Green Bay's west side after a fight that started over $20. No one was hurt in the New Year's Day shooting. They say Tate Jansen at...
Jan 06, 2020
West High suspect's hearing cancelled
The suspect in the stabbing and police shooting at Oshkosh West High School won't be back in court until late next week. Seventeen-year-old Grant Fuhrman's attorney asked to cancel a hearing for this ...
Jan 06, 2020
Oshkosh police, firefighters train at former school
Oshkosh police officers and firefighters were going through active shooter training exercises today at the former Smith Elementary School. The building closed at the end of the past school year. Devel...
Jan 06, 2020 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Wolf River levels raising concerns
The water levels along the Wolf River in the New London area are causing concerns now, and for the spring. The National Weather Service has flood warnings in place for the river, in Outagamie and Waup...
Jan 06, 2020
Late fee for parking tickets goes up in Appleton
If people don't pay their parking tickets on time in Appleton, they'll have to pay a bigger late fee. Public Works Director Paula Vandehey says the city is raising the penalty by $10, to $25. That mea...
Jan 06, 2020 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Buchanan adds transportation fee for roads
The Town of Buchanan is the latest community to come up with a way to pay for road projects. Administrator Tony Brown says they'll start charging a transportation fee to property owners, and it will b...
Jan 06, 2020 (Image: Town of Buchanan)
Organizers in dispute over music festival
A Green Bay music festival will be back this year, but not with the original organizer. Pita Kotobalvu accuses the nonprofit he brought in to benefit from Rock the Dock Green Bay of stealing the name....
Jan 06, 2020
ThedaCare limits visits with flu cases on rise
ThedaCare is limiting visitors at its seven hospitals because of the flu. Children under 12 aren't able to see patients. The only exception is for siblings, without any cold or flu symptoms, in the ne...
Jan 06, 2020
No arrests in SWAT police call
Appleton police say no one committed a crime, and they didn't take anyone into custody, after SWAT officers went to a home on the north side. Officer Meghan Cash says there was a report of a woman bei...
Jan 06, 2020 (Image provided by the Appleton Police Department)
