Category Archives: Local News
New Winnebago County Ambulance District forms
OMRO, Wis. -- Nine municipalities in Winnebago County are joining together to pay for ambulance service. The city and town of Omro, the town and village of Winneconne, Black Wolf, Nekimi, Poygan, Rush...
Sep 10, 2025 Oshkosh Fire Department ambulance (Photo courtesy Oshkosh Fire Dept.)
Phyllis Callaway inspiring Appleton at 100 [AUDIO]
APPLETON, Wis. -- Phyllis Callaway of Appleton receives a lot of congratulations over the weekend and today for reaching the tender age of 100. Her family came together to celebrate Phyllis reaching t...
Sep 9, 2025 Phyllis Callaway of Appleton celebrated her 100th birthday Sept. 9
Appleton Area School District reduces incidents of student seclusion and restraint
APPLETON, Wis--The Appleton Area School District is seeing success in reducing the number of seclusion and restraint incidents in the classroom. There were 127-incidents were students we...
Sep 9, 2025 (Image provided by Appleton Area School District)
Competency exam ordered for suspect in fatal highway shooting
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A Nekoosa man accused of shooting and killing a man while driving along Highway 172 in Ashwaubenon will undergo a mental competency exam. The defense for Ji-Gwe-Mko Layton believe h...
Sep 9, 2025 Ji-Gwe-Mko Layton (Photo courtesy Brown Co. Jail)
Neenah man who shot his brother, another adult sentenced
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- A Neenah man will spend a year and eight months in prison for a shooting incident that left his 11-year-old brother injured. Anthony Hendricks is also sentenced in Winnebago County Co...
Sep 9, 2025 freedomtumz / Depositphotos.com
Kewaunee police investigating alleged request to pet chicken
KEWAUNEE, Wis. -- Kewaunee police are looking for people asking children to pet their chicken. According to a Facebook post, a group of boys were playing basketball at a school playground around 2:30 ...
Sep 8, 2025 Tsekhmister / Depositphotos.com
4 hurt in wrong-way crash on I-41
KAUKAUNA, Wis. -- Four people are hurt in a wrong-way crash along Interstate 41 in Kaukauna. Police say a 25-year-old man initially was heading northbound in the southbound lanes of Highway 441 before...
Sep 8, 2025 (Image provided by Kaukauna Police Department)
1 killed, 2 hurt in Oshkosh crash
UPDATE: Family members identify the motorcyclist as David Mack. One person in the truck remains hospitalized as of Sept. 11. ----- OSHKOSH, Wis. -- One person is dead -- two others are hurt -- followi...
Sep 8, 2025 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Brillion police officer hurt in squad car crash
BRILLION, Wis. -- A Brillion police officer suffers minor injuries in a squad car crash. The officer attempted a traffic stop in the city around 10:50 p.m. Tuesday when the other vehicle took off. Dur...
Sep 5, 2025 majorosl66 / Depositphotos.com
Pizza delivery driver convicted in fatal hit-and-run
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- An Oshkosh man who hit and killed a pedestrian before driving off reaches a plea deal with prosecutors. Mark Radley is convicted in Winnebago County Court on one count of hit-and-run ...
Sep 5, 2025 freedomtumz / Depositphotos.com
