Kelli Arseneau

GREEN BAY — A former employee of Waupun Correctional Institution was sentenced Thursday to nine months of house arrest and three years of probation for smuggling contraband into the prison.

Appleton Post-Crescent APPLETON — In the early 2000s, the population of Outagamie County Jail grew rapidly, and county officials realized they needed to make a change.

Two investigators testified Thursday at a preliminary hearing for Anthony Hendricks, accused of wounding an 18-year-old and an 11-year-old in a Nov. 29 shooting.

Disney's "The Lion King" will play at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center through Jan. 26.

Appleton Post-Crescent APPLETON — The man convicted of a 2021 fatal shooting at the Fox River Mall is scheduled to appear in court in March for an evidentiary hearing as part of his latest appeal efforts.

In a decision issued Wednesday , the Wisconsin Court of Appeals upheld the Manitowoc County Circuit Court's denial of Avery's most recent motion for postconviction relief.

Appleton Post-Crescent APPLETON — A 29-year-old Little Chute woman was convicted Wednesday of crimes in connection with the fentanyl overdose death of her 2-year-old daughter last year.

The suspect was convicted of robbing the same bank in 2011.

Jacob Boudreau, who owned a Menasha dog grooming salon, was tied to the child pornography investigation that involved former Outagamie County HR Director Adam Westbrook.

Appleton Post-Crescent OSHKOSH — A 54-year-old Oshkosh man who crashed his boat into a two-story paddleboat cruise on the Fox River in 2022 must pay more than $11,000 in restitution, a judge ordered in court Wednesday.