ONEIDA, Wis. (WFRV) – Community members gathered Saturday morning for the Oneida Nation’s fifth annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) Walk, taking steps both literal and symbolic to honor those lost and to raise awareness about the silent crisis affecting Native communities. Participants dressed in red and carried signs bearing names and dates of…
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Oneida Nation holds fifth Missing & Murdered Indigenous Relatives Walk raising awareness and honoring loved ones
19-year-old Wisconsin man seriously injured after crash involving towing tractor
HUBBARD, Wis. (WFRV) – A 19-year-old Wisconsin man suffered serious injuries on Friday night after he was driving eastbound and crashed into a folded disk implement being towed by a tractor. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office reported that deputies were sent to State Road 33 east of County Road TW in Hubbard around 8:53 p.m.…
44-year-old Pembine man dead from fatal injuries after crashing into a tree
PEMBINE, Wis. (WFRV) – A 44-year-old Pembine man died from injuries he suffered after crashing into a tree on Friday afternoon. The Marinette County Sheriff’s Office reported that a dispatchers were alerted to a one-vehicle crash on Cemetery Road in Pembine around 2:25 p.m. Friday. Motorcyclist seriously injured in single-vehicle Appleton crash, officers investigating According…
10 cats abandoned, Dog left tied to bench in front of Oshkosh Humane Society overnight
OSHKOSH, Wis. (WFRV) – Two cats and eight kittens were abandoned in a crate, and a dog was left tied to a bench in front of the Oshkosh Humane Society earlier this week, prompting officials to provide necessary reminders. A Facebook post from the Oshkosh Area Humane Society states that when an employee came into…
UPDATE: Volatile Wisconsin standoff ends after roughly 36 hours, suspect in custody
SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2025 – 12:00 p.m. FREDONIA, Wis. (WFRV) – Shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, deputies stated that the suspect involved in a volatile, roughly 36-hour standoff in southeastern Wisconsin has been taken into custody. According to the Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Office, the suspect who was reportedly heavily armed inside his Fredonia residence…
Volatile standoff continues as extremely dangerous, heavily armed man not leaving Wisconsin residence
FREDONIA, Wis. (WFRV) – A volatile standoff in southeastern Wisconsin is ongoing as authorities say an ‘extremely dangerous’ and ‘heavily armed’ man has barricaded themself in his residence and is refusing to come out. The situation began in the early morning hours of Friday, May 9, after the Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Office ordered all residents…
DOJ: Former Wisconsin youth pastor pleads guilty to repeated sexual assault of a child charge, faces 40 years
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WFRV) – A Colorado man, and former youth pastor in central Wisconsin, has pleaded guilty after allegedly assaulting a child between September 2002 and December 2003. According to a release from the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ), 53-year-old James Lane was charged with one count of Repeated Sexual Assault of a Child,…
