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Violet D. Brandenstein age 84 of Oshkosh passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning September 1, 2010 at Mercy Medical Center. She was born in East Bristol, WI on December 29, 1925 the daughter of Edwin and Frances (Getzinger) Klein. She married Raymond L. Brandenstein on September 29, 1948 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in East Bristol, WI. Violet was an amazing woman. In addition to loving her ...

Oshkosh police are asking citizens for help in solving a string of recent garage burglaries in the city that occurred in late August.

NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) The Coast Guard is saying there are no immediate signs of a spill from an oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast.

Gas from $2.65 to $2.68 in Oshkosh rain possible with a high of 80 Baby Boomer Singles today.

Even Santa Claus doesnt want to see area mail processing leave Oshkosh.

BERLIN The Green Lake County Combined Tactical Unit was called to a house in Berlin Wednesday night after a shooting earlier in the evening, according to a press release from the Berlin Police Department.

Alex Anderson strolled to his sixth hour class with a backpack on his shoulders, Nike shoes on his feet and fast food in his belly. It felt like any other day, he said.

An Oshkosh womans admission to police that she was present during the brutal slaying of a woman during a drug robbery will be allowed as evidence during the womans trial.

NEENAH Kohls Department Stores has filed a lawsuit against the city, claiming the $7 million property assessment on its Neenah store is excessive.

FOND DU LAC Andy, the missing six-foot water boa snake, is back home in his cage.

By LARRY BIVINS

The Oshkosh Area Humane Society has lowered its adoption fees for cats and kittens due to an influx of felines.

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A Sheboygan native who spent 14 years in a New Jersey prison for helping kill a man is back in Sheboygan and back behind bars after allegedly attacking his brother.

A 31-year-old Cascade man was shot and killed late Tuesday at a bar east of Plymouth, the Sheboygan County Sheriffs Department reported Wednesday.

North Fond du Lac police are continuing to investigate allegations that a North Fond du Lac man sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl and possessed images of nude children.

No injuries were reported in a kitchen fire Tuesday night in an apartment on the north side of Oshkosh.

An Oshkosh woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend during an argument last spring will go to prison under the terms of a plea agreement.

A judge ruled a statement an Oshkosh woman gave to police during an investigation of a womans murder in April was given voluntarily and will be admissible at the womans trial in December.