Category Archives: Local News
Police warn about pot after Illinois starts selling it
Marijuana is now legal in Illinois, and a Madison man was first in line at a store in Rockford. Danny Connors was waiting outside the Sunnyside Cannabas Dispensary at midnight on New Year's Day. That'...
Jan 2, 2020
Wreath campaign ends with 1 red bulb
The Appleton fire department tied the record for the fewest fires during its annual Keep the Wreath Green campaign. There was only one fire during the holiday season, and it happened several hours aft...
Jan 2, 2020
Man arrested in attack on shoveler
A Colorado man is in custody for a random attack on a shoveler in Marinette. Johnathan Maxson was arrested of Arvada, Colorado was arrested in that state, after going over surveillance video from a ne...
Jan 2, 2020
ThedaCare's 1st baby of 2020 arrives
The first baby born at a ThedaCare hospital in 20-20 was delivered early this morning. Josephine JoAnn arrived at 12:21 a.m. at the Neenah hospital. She's seven pounds one ounce, and 20-1/2 inches lon...
Jan 2, 2020
Man fined for pooping outside in park
A retiring English teacher in southcentral Wisconsin is paying a fine, after sheriff's deputies say he was pooping in a public park for about two years. Jeffrey Churchwell was going outside of a build...
Jan 2, 2020
Sheriff's department worried about drug-related crashes
It's been a year without a fatal drunk driving crash in Brown County but sheriff's officials say drugged driving is also a problem. Captain Dan Sandberg says most of the drug-related crashes involve m...
Jan 2, 2020
22 people helped by Red Cross after fires
The American Red Cross of Wisconsin is helping 22 people affected by fires New Year's Day, including eight people in northeast Wisconsin. Two adults and three children are without a place to stay afte...
Jan 2, 2020
Police think children trapped in burning car
Wrightstown police have a woman in custody for driving drunk after she said her children were in a car that was on fire. Officers say the crash happened around 1:45 a.m. yesterday on Louise Drive. Whe...
Jan 2, 2020
Standoff ends peacefully in Fond du Lac
Three people are in custody after an hours-long standoff on New Year's day in Fond du Lac. Police and the SWAT team were called to the 100 block of Hamilton Place around 6:30 a.m. after several people...
Jan 2, 2020
Shots fired in Green Bay
Green Bay police are investigating a report of shots fired on the west side last night. Officers were called to the area around Lacount Road and Sunshine Place around 9:30 p.m. Investigators found she...
Jan 2, 2020
