STURGEON BAY, Wis. -- A former Door County man convicted in the cold case murder of his wife has died in prison. Richard Pierce was convicted in 2022 -- 47 years after the disappearance of his wife, Carol Jean. Pierce moved to Michigan with another woman around the time his wife disappeared in 1975. She was not reporte...

FOND DU LAC, Wis. -- A Fond du Lac man accused of stabbing a woman reaches a plea deal with prosecutors. Fermin Lopez-Mendoza is convicted in Fond du Lac County Court on one count of attempted first-degree intentional homicide. Lopez-Mendoza allegedly stabbed the woman in the stomach back in March. He faces up to 65 ye...

NEENAH, Wis. -- Neenah police are looking to identify a person involved in a parking dispute. The suspect and a man were arguing in the parking lot of a business when the man went inside. The suspect allegedly drove the man's car to an adjacent parking lot and left it there with the keys locked inside. Anyone with info...

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Common Council approves a contract to remove the Packers Heritage Trail Plaza from the corner of Cherry and Washington streets. That site is being developed for an apartment complex. Miron Construction is selected to remove the statues of Packer legends and plaques because it originally...

APPLETON, Wis--The potential redevelopment of the Thrivent property is throwing a wrench into plans for Appleton's newest elementary school. The Appleton Area School District is trying to set the attendance boundary area for the new Sandy Slope Elementary School, which opens next fall. Superintendent Greg Hartjes says...

GREEN BAY, Wis--The Brown County Sheriff's Office is looking for help solving a credit card scam. A resident noticed suspicious activity on her card earlier this week in the Madison area. Investigators believe her card may have been "skimmed", as she still has possession of it. The department has released pho...

OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Winnebago County Sheriff John Matz is putting his hat in the ring for another position. Matz announces that he will run for county executive next spring. Matz has been Winnebago County sheriff for 14 years after another 20 years in the department. He will face incumbent Jon Doemel, who has announced he...

APPLETON, Wis--Appleton Police are investigating an armed robbery. A man with a handgun held up a business in the 1900-block of East Wisconsin Avenue around 9:00 Saturday night. He fled the scene on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. A search of the area turned up nothing. No one was hurt.

OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Oshkosh police are investigating a shooting incident that left one person injured. At 4:30 a.m. Saturday, officers were sent to reports of a shooting in the 600 block of Central Street. During the initial investigation, officers located an 18-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his leg. He was taken t...

GREEN LAKE, Wis. -- What was suspected to be a possible kayaker drowning in Green Lake is now believed to be a case of a faked death. According to the Green Lake County Sheriff's Office, new evidence has helped investigators determine that 44-year-old Ryan Borgwardt skipped town in August. The department says a search ...