Winnebago County News

State Rep. Roger Roth, R-Grand Chute, said Friday he intends to join the crowded field of candidates seeking the 2010 Republican nomination for the 8th Congressional District.

An Oshkosh man accused of stealing a vehicle, driving drunk and nearly hitting two pedestrians is now facing criminal charges.

Winnebago County residents who have abandoned landline telephones in favor of cellular phones can now receive notifications from a new system designed to alert residents of emergencies and disasters.

An Oshkosh man accused of robbing four businesses in four days told police he committed the robberies for money to buy drugs.

The city of Oshkosh, Winnebago County and the Oshkosh School District are all negotiating new contracts with their unions this year.

The following were divorce licenses issued in Winnebago County courthouse: Nicole M. Allie of Butte des Morts and Aaron J. Allie of Winneconne Lisa M. Borgwardt and Richard S. Borgwardt, both of Neenah Shawn M. Campbell of Oshkosh and James M. Campbell of Winnebago Diane L. Hiller and Richard W. Hiller, both of Oshkosh Barbara J. Hyde and ...

The county is back to square one when it comes to determining how to address its growing jail population.

TOWN OF NEENAH - Authorities on Saturday night arrested an 18-year-old Winneconne man in a knife attack of two Menasha men outside some storage units on Tullar Road.

MENASHA - A Town of Menasha couple was arrested Friday after police received tips following the release Thursday of a video showing what appears to be the two burglarizing a Menasha business.

An Oshkosh man suspected of four store robberies is expected to be formally charged Monday in Winnebago County Circuit Court.

APPPLETON - Police Chief David Walsh told Common Council members spreading responsibility to manage several city volunteer programs among the police and fire departments will work better than counting on one person.

Three men were injured in a five-vehicle crash on State Highway 21 in the town of Omro Wednesday morning.

A crash on Highway 21 shut down both lanes between Sand Pit Road and Leonard Point Road.

A portion of State 21 remains closed as the Winnebago County Sheriff's Department investigates a head-on crash this morning that left three people injured.

Putting together a list of the most wanted fugitives not only helps law enforcement agencies understand the offenders they are looking for, but it also serves as a tool agencies can use to inform the public of the offenders who may be wanted by police.

About one in eight adults in Winnebago County reads at a fifth-grade reading level or lower.

MENASHA - For nearly 30 years, trucks loaded with biosolids have departed almost daily from the Neenah-Menasha sewage treatment plant at 101 Garfield Ave.

More than 70 acres of marsh on Rush Lake was destroyed in a vegetation fire in the town of Nepeuskun Sunday afternoon.

Governing is a matter of priorities. Winnebago County District Attorney Christian Gossett rightly points out the folly of Wisconsin lawmakers putting a ban on motorists talking on cell phones ahead of passing tougher drunken driving laws.

A 29-year-old Appleton woman was killed after her car struck a vehicle on State 441 and flipped into oncoming traffic where it collided with another vehicle just before noon Thursday.