Tag Archives: Local News

Two honored for rescuing woman, child from river
The Waupaca County Sheriff’s Department is honoring two men for saving a woman and a child. Sheriff Timothy Wilz presented the Civil Medal of Gallantry to Zachary Schendel and Tony Tomaro. Wilz ...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 16, 2020

Man found dead in jail was from Manitowoc
The inmate who died in the Manitowoc County jail yesterday was 36-year-old Justin Hall of Manitowoc. Sheboygan County Sheriff’s deputies are helping with the investigation. They say a correction...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 16, 2020

State adds 1,408 more COVID-19 cases
There are 1,408 more confirmed coronavirus cases in Wisconsin. The state is reporting 11.5 percent of tests came back positive, and that’s up from 11 percent yesterday. The seven-day average is ...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 16, 2020

Hay pleads guilty to child porn
A former high-ranking New York school official arrested in a local online child sex sting is pleading guilty to a child pornography charge. David Hay entered his plea in federal court in Green Bay. He...
Carol Patrizi Sep 16, 2020

Names released from deadly FdL crash
The man killed in a crash with an ambulance in Fond du Lac early yesterday morning was 21-year-old Jonathan Bruemmer. The State Patrol says he was thrown from the car that hit the ambulance at the cor...
Carol Patrizi Sep 16, 2020

Car that hit FdL ambulance ran red light
State Patrol says a car that hit a Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue ambulance yesterday morning ran a red light. Sgt. Andrew Hyer says surveillance video at the intersection of Johnson and Main streets gav...
Carol Patrizi Sep 16, 2020

COVID-19 spike coincides with campuses opening
Coronavirus cases started jumping in Wisconsin around the same time college campuses opened. Thirty-nine percent of cases last week were 18 to 24 year olds. Dr. Ryan Westergaard of the state Departmen...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 16, 2020

Menasha officer attacked
A 25-year-old Fox Crossing man is in custody, a suspect in the attack of a Menasha police officer. Police say officers were called to a store in the 1200 block of Appleton Road yesterday around 4:30 p...
Carol Patrizi Sep 16, 2020

Woodford wants library project on current site
The latest proposal for a new or expanded Appleton Public Library would keep it at the same downtown site. Mayor Jake Woodford says it’s a way to remove hurdles from previous plans and move forw...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 15, 2020

Evers looking for options to keep mask order
The statewide mask rule will currently be in place for less than two weeks. Governor Evers says they’re considering what could be done. He believes it’s an important part of keeping people...
Mike Kemmeter Sep 15, 2020




