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Driver crashes into parked deputy

FREMONT – On Tuesday, Jan. 6 at 5:46 a.m., a deputy from Waupaca County Sheriff’s Office was parked alongside the highway with his emergency lights activated while providing traffic control at a …

Marine, pilot, spy, smuggler

WEYAUWEGA – In the days before Weyauwega’s high school graduation in 1946, 17-year-old Duwayne Redmann, gulped down pancakes and milk. He needed to put pounds on his skinny frame to meet the …

Contractor charged for sunroom scam

FREMONT — A Fremont contractor is facing a felony charge after allegedly failing to complete a sunroom addition and misappropriating approximately $22,000 in customer funds intended for materials. …

When $27,000 goes missing

WEYAUWEGA — Carrie L. Doughty, a caregiver from New London, was charged with theft of movable property valued between $10,000 and $100,000, a Class G felony. The charge alleges Doughty, 52, …

Wrong-way drunk on U.S. Highway 10

WEYAUWEGA — Pedro Joaquin Palma Chavarria, 38, of Wautoma, has been charged with a felony (second degree recklessly endangering safety) and one misdemeanor (resist officer - failure to stop …

Two local scholarship winners

FREMONT — Two Weyauwega-Fremont High School graduates now studying at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh have been selected as the 2025 recipients of the Bob Kemper Fund scholarship. The …

Mom speaks the truth

FREMONT – Scott Richard Hall, 62, of St. Germain, Wis. has been charged with identity theft-avoidance, felony bail jumping, obstructing an officer and possession of THC. On Nov. 10, Waupaca …

St. Peter Lutheran receives accreditation

WEYAUWEGA – The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation (WELSSA) announced the accreditation of St. Peter Lutheran School in Weyauwega. St. Peter Lutheran School has proven …

Students scrounge up pennies for K9s

WEYAUWEGA – St. Peter Lutheran School hosted Waupaca County Sheriff Deputy Muske and his K9, Rondo, to learn about how dogs are used in police work. They learned that the K9 program is funded …

Wrong-way drunk driver on 10, again

WEYAUWEGA – On Nov. 7, around 9:20 a.m, deputies were alerted to a driver going the wrong way on U.S. Highway 10 near Little River Road. Officers tried to get the driver to pull over but the …

A haunted road ramble

WEYAUWEGA – There are two Marsh Roads in Waupaca County. One is supposedly haunted, the other is not. Both have sections of gravel and both run through woodlands. The un-haunted Marsh Road is a …

Life in prison for parent killer

WOLF RIVER – On Oct. 17, Winnebago County Judge Michael Gibbs sentenced Erik Metzig, 28, back-to-back life terms for killing both of his parents in their Wolf River home. He will have no chance …

One dead in two-vehicle crash

FREMONT — On Oct. 22 at 10:30 a.m., a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of U.S. Highway 10 and Old Highway 49 killed one driver and left another person hospitalized. A truck pulling a …

Horse & Buggy Days 2025

Lake group gains an ally

WEYAUWEGA – At their Oct. 9 meeting, Weyauwega Lake Restoration, Inc laid out their vision for a sustainable management plan for Weyauwega Lake. State Senator Rachael Cabral-Guevara sent her …

Big salute to a Wega native

WEYAUWEGA – Erin Tracy was officially commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the Wisconsin Army National Guard during a ceremony at Camp Ripley in Minnesota on Aug. 17. Tracy received her …

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