Tag Archives: Winnebago County
Holidays busy time for trash, recycling
The holidays are a busy time for garbage pickup. The EPA says about 25 percent of all trash and recyclables for the year is thrown out during this time. In Outagamie, Winnebago, and Brown counties, ab...
Nov 27, 2019
Initiative aims to prevent falls
A number of groups are working together in Winnebago County to try to reduce the number of falls. Wisconsin's death rate from falls is twice the national average. Oshkosh Fire Chief Michael Stanley sa...
Nov 25, 2019 Oshkosh Fire Department ambulance (Photo courtesy Oshkosh Fire Dept.)
Former leaders at UW Oshkosh want charges dropped
Attorneys for two former UW Oshkosh administrators accused of illegally guaranteeing debt from the UWO Foundation want an amended criminal complaint dismissed. Former Chancellor Richard Wells and Form...
Nov 25, 2019
Coalition gets federal drug, alcohol grant
A number of groups will be working in the Oshkosh area to prevent marijuana and alcohol use. The Winnebago County Drug and Alcohol Coalition will use a five-year, $625,000 federal grant. Stephanie Gyl...
Nov 20, 2019
Brehmer making changes as coroner
The new Winnebago County Coroner is already making changes in her office. Cheryl Brehmer says one of her first moves was to end the practice of sending bodies to Milwaukee County for autopsies. She sa...
Nov 20, 2019
Deputies release name of homeless man found dead
The homeless man found dead near I-41 in Oshkosh was 36-year-old Ryan Pitsch. Winnebago County Sheriff's deputies say he was in a ditch near the 9th Avenue exit on Saturday afternoon. Investigators ar...
Nov 12, 2019
Homeless man found dead in Oshkosh
A 36-year-old homeless man was found dead in Oshkosh over the weekend. The Winnebago County Sheriff's Department says the man was in a ditch by the 9th Street on ramp to I-41 South, near Washburn Stre...
Nov 11, 2019
Missing woman found dead in car off I-41
An Appleton woman reported missing last week was found dead, after a crash off I-41 in Winnebago County. Twenty-year-old Rochelle Gueller went missing around three in the morning on Friday. She was la...
Nov 11, 2019
Prosecutors could file charges in bar shooting today
The suspect in a Neenah murder could face formal charges as soon as today. Police arrested 36-year-old Casey Cameron of Menasha for last month's robbery and shooting at the Short Branch Saloon. Kevin ...
Nov 11, 2019 (Photo from Outagamie County Jail)
Driver killed in crash on I-41 off ramp
One person was killed, after ending up in a creek next to an I-41 off ramp in Fox Crossing today. Winnebago County Sheriff's deputies say the driver got off I-41 North at Prospect Avenue. The person d...
Nov 10, 2019
