Category Archives: Local News
Charges filed in fatal highway shooting
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Criminal charges are filed in connection with a fatal shooting along State Highway 172 in Ashwaubenon. Ji-Gwe-Mko Layton of Nekoosa is facing one count of first-degree intentional h...
Aug 27, 2025 Ji-Gwe-Mko Layton (Photo courtesy Brown Co. Jail)
Man who faked his death, fled to Europe gets jail time [AUDIO]
GREEN LAKE, Wis. -- The Watertown man charged with faking his own death on Green Lake will spend nearly three months in jail. Ryan Borgwardt is sentenced Tuesday afternoon on a charge of obstructing a...
Aug 27, 2025 Ryan Borgwardt (Photo courtesy Green Lake Co. Jail)
Excessive speeders nabbed in Winnebago County, Appleton
APPLETON, Wis. -- Local law enforcement nab a couple of excessive speeders. On Friday night, a Winnebago County sheriff's deputy clocked a Mustang convertible doing 143 mph along southbound Interstate...
Aug 26, 2025 A speed detection system shows a speed of 143 mph, which prompted a traffic stop along Interstate 41 in Winnebago County, Wis., Aug. 22, 2025. (Photo courtesy Winnebago Co. Sheriff's Office)
Mistrial declared in wrongful death lawsuit against Calumet County
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- A mistrial is declared in a wrongful death lawsuit against Calumet County. A federal jury in Green Bay is unable to reach a verdict in a suit brought by the family of Demetrius Step...
Aug 26, 2025 freedomtumz / Depositphotos.com
Oshkosh looking to replace train in Menominee Park [AUDIO]
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- The Oshkosh Parks Department is looking to replace the train in Menominee Park. Director Ray Maurer says a wheeled train would replace the unit currently using narrow tracks through t...
Aug 26, 2025 (Photo courtesy of the city of Oshkosh)
2 arrested in drowning death of teen
MARINETTE, Wis. -- Two people are arrested in connection with a drowning death in Marinette. Thirteen-year-old Jakob Bowerman was pulled from the Menominee River on Aug. 20. He died Saturday at a Gree...
Aug 26, 2025 majorosl66 / Depositphotos.com
AASD board members ponder structural deficit options [AUDIO]
APPLETON, Wis. -- The Appleton Area School District Board of Education reviews strategies to overcome a structural budget deficit. During Monday night's regular meeting, board members were presented w...
Aug 26, 2025 (Image provided by Appleton Area School District)
Priest suspected of traveling to Clintonville for sexual activity with teen
UPDATED 8/26/25 at 11:30 am The Madison Catholic Diocese issues a statement regarding the arrest of one of its priests in Clintonville. Father Andrew Showers was taken into custody on Sunday night aft...
Aug 25, 2025 Fr. Andrew Showers (madisondiocese.org photograph)
NTSB: Pilot error caused fatal 2023 AirVenture crash
WASHINGTON -- The National Transportation Safety Board blames pilot error for a warbird crash into Lake Winnebago during the 2023 EAA Airventure. A North American AT-6D went into the lake shortly afte...
Aug 25, 2025 T-6 Texan aircraft similar to plane that crashed in Lake Winnebago (U.S. Air Force photo)
2 hurt in Outagamie County crash
TOWN OF FREEDOM, Wis. -- Two people are hurt -- one seriously -- in an Outagamie County crash. The sheriff's office says a 26-year-old man ran a stop sign at the intersection of State Highway 55 and G...
Aug 25, 2025 (Image: Outagamie County Sheriff's Office)
