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Mayme Erma Engle went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sept. 2, 2010. She was 105 years at the time of her passing and resided at Preston Place in Redgranite. She was truly blessed with long life. She was born to Robert and Lydia Luhm on Aug. 22, 1905 in the Township of Dakota. Mayme often talked about farm life in the early 1900s. While work was hard, she spoke fondly of those days. She ...

Carolyn Christensen said she has something to look forward to when she gets up in the morning.

The school board this week will consider creating a system of oversight for online classes that has been lacking in the Oshkosh school district.

Oshkosh police responded to the following incidents. The information is compiled by the departments patrol sergeants.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) President Barack Obama hopes to improve the fortunes of suddenly imperiled Wisconsin Democrats as he celebrates Labor Day with the states union workers today.

FOND DU LAC A former City of Fond du Lac human resources director convicted of viewing child pornography will go to jail more than 2 years after being sentenced.

Carrie Field held her two and a half pound infant son and decided there had to be a better way.

ON THE GULF OF MEXICO (AP) - Investigators looking into what went wrong in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are a step closer to answers now that a key piece of evidence is secure aboard a ship.

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - A 59-year-old man has been found beaten to death in his home in Kenosha and police have taken the mans 36-year-old son into custody.

WHITEFISH BAY, Wis. (AP) - Police in Whitefish Bay say they have identified the people who removed a manhole cover during an August rainstorm, which village officials say caused sewer backups in a dozen homes.

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STATE The Wisconsin Department of Tourism will begin weekly updates starting Thursday on the progress of Wisconsins 16 million acres of forests as they change colors over nine or 10 weeks.

Though the barrage of TV ads may indicate otherwise, Scott Walker and Tom Barrett arent running against each other not yet at least.

Milton O. Wood, age 87, of Ripon, died peacefully in his sleep Saturday, September 4, 2010, at his home in Ripon. Milton was born on June 11, 1923 in Brownsville, WI the son of Leslie F. and Margaret A. (McClean) Wood. He attended school in Oakfield, WI. On March 9, 1946, he married Dorothy L. Wilhems in Fond du Lac, WI. Milt served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946 in the Pacific ...

bPhoto gallery: /bThe second annual downtown Oshkosh Infection Zombie Walk took place Saturday night during the monthly Gallery Walk.

Last fall, the Oshkosh Common Council approved a 2010 budget that did not budget for any increase in spending on salaries or health insurance costs.

Winnebago County this month will launch a court for juvenile offenders patterned after its ground-breaking Safe Streets Drug Court for adults.

MADISON A federal appeals court Friday reinstated Wisconsins 71-year-old minimum markup law on gasoline, a decision that could save some jobs but increase the cost of gas.

The Wood County Sheriffs Department has released video of a Wisconsin Rapids police officers shooting of a 16-year-old boy who was carrying a knife.