Category Archives: Local News
Name of Officer Involved in West Shooting Released
The State Division of Criminal Investigation releases the name of the police resource officer stabbed by a student at Oshkosh West High School Tuesday. Mike Wissink (whiss-ink) has been stationed to W...
Dec 04, 2019
Teacher accused of molesting child subbed in Hortonville
Officials with the Hortonvile School District say the 27-year-old Greenville man accused of sexually assaulting a child in the Menasha School District also subbed there. In a letter to families, offic...
Dec 04, 2019 (Image provided by the Menasha Joint School District)
"Phantom" comes to PAC in Appleton
"The Phantom of the Opera" is back in downtown Appleton starting tonight. The classic musical will be at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center through December 15th with 16 shows. PAC spokeswoman Tris...
Dec 04, 2019
The Learning Shop will close at end of year
The Learning Shop in Grand Chute is closing its doors. Owners Todd and Tom Merryfield sent out an email to customers yesterday saying they'll close permanently at the end of the year. The store sold e...
Dec 04, 2019
Gov. Evers says has personal connection to Oshkosh
Governor Evers has a personal connection to Oshkosh West High School. Evers and his family lived in Oshkosh for a while and says two of his children graduated from the school. Evers says yesterday's i...
Dec 04, 2019 (Image: Office of the Governor)
SROs impact schools
The head of the National Association of School Resource Officers is talking about the role of SROs in schools before and after a crisis. Mo Canady says they're trained to understand the adolescent bra...
Dec 04, 2019
Oshkosh shooting called traumatic, harrowing
Oshkosh West students call yesterday's shooting incident traumatic and harrowing. Junior Caitlyn Geho found it hard to stay calm. Junior Nick Vey just wanted to get out. He says he heard shots fired a...
Dec 04, 2019 (Image provided by the Oshkosh Area School District)
Oshkosh Superintendent talks about threat plan
Oshkosh School officials say students and staff followed their threat situation plans perfectly yesterday at Oshkosh West High School. Some of those inside the building were able to escape immediately...
Dec 04, 2019 (Image provided by the Oshkosh Area School District)
Gun-Deer Numbers Down Sharply
The numbers are down considerably in the just completed gun deer hunt in Wisconsin. The DNR reports 161,000 whitetails were harvested over the nine-day season. That is down by 25 percent from last yea...
Dec 03, 2019
Waukesha Student Shot was Armed with BB Gun
The weapon involved in a school shooting incident in Waukesha was a BB gun. Police say a 17-year-old student pointed the pellet gun at another student's head in a confrontation that led to a police of...
Dec 03, 2019
