Category Archives: Local News
Appleton's school board looking at building projects
The Appleton school board will consider holding a referendum for building projects. A special committee spent several months looking at needs, and came up with four options. District Chief Financial O...
Dec 20, 2019 (Image provided by Appleton Area School District)
Evers denies Dassey pardon
Governor Evers isn't going to let Brendan Dassey out of prison. Dassey and his attorneys were asking for a pardon, or for the governor to drop the rest of the convicted murderer's sentence. The govern...
Dec 20, 2019
ATW's growth streak ends at 31 months
A slight decline in passengers at Appleton International Airport last month put an end to a long streak of growth. November's passenger numbers were down one percent from November of last year. That w...
Dec 20, 2019 (Image from Appleton International Airport)
GOP might push property tax cut
Republican lawmakers are thinking about proposing a property tax cut early next year. Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald says they haven't finalized the size and other details. Property owners ar...
Dec 20, 2019
Census effort will focus on hard-to-count people
A special committee in Outagamie County that's focusing on next year's census is looking for ways to reach the hardest people to count. Karen Nelson is the vice chair of the group, and she says that i...
Dec 20, 2019
Woman asks to stop at bar after OWI arrest
Sheriff's deputies in southeast Wisconsin say a drunk driving suspect asked for one more drink, on the way to jail. Waukesha County prosecutors are charging 46-year-old Peggy Blagus with her seventh O...
Dec 20, 2019
Evers looking for next National Guard leader
Governor Evers is officially looking for candidates to lead the Wisconsin National Guard. Major General Donald Dunbar is resigning at the end of the year, after a federal investigation into the handli...
Dec 20, 2019
Boy killed trying to move deer from road
A 16-year-old Birnamwood boy was killed while trying to drag a deer off a road in Shawano County. Sheriff's deputies say he hit a deer on Highway N, just east of Highway 45, late yesterday afternoon. ...
Dec 20, 2019
Man shot in Oshkosh
Oshkosh police are investigating a shooting on the city's north side last night. They say a 19-year-old man has non-life threatening injures after being shot in a home in the 800 block of Frederick St...
Dec 20, 2019 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Family of murdered brothers file lawsuit
Relatives of two Shawano County brothers who were murdered have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Garland Joey Nelson, the man charged in Missouri with their murders, along with his mother Tomme ...
Dec 20, 2019 (Photo compilation provided by family)
