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OUTAGAMIE COUNTY, Wis. (WBAY/Gray News) - Wisconsin authorities say four people are facing charges in connection with a child neglect case involving a malnourished teen girl. According to court documents, a 14-year-old girl, weighing only 35 pounds, was removed from her father’s home in the town of Oneida and brought to a hospital in August. Her father, stepmother, and two other adults who lived in the home are facing or are expected to face criminal charges in Outagamie County stemming from the investigation, Oneida police said Walter Goodman III has been identified as the girl’s father. His charges include chronic...

Democrats are fighting tooth and nail to hold on to their ultra-narrow Senate majority this year in a midterm election cycle that has several of the party’s most vulnerable incumbents facing voters amid rising inflation and surging gas prices. Republicans need to net just one new seat this year to reclaim control of the upper chamber. Still, Democrats are more optimistic about their chances of holding their Senate majority than they are their House majority and are eyeing several opportunities to flip GOP-held seats.

Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson on Monday announced a run for the Senate seat currently held by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), becoming the first Democrat to enter what is expected to be a crowded 2022 race. In an ad posted on YouTube Monday morning, Nelson accused Johnson and other Republican senators of mismanaging the United States' response to the COVID-19 pandemic."There's just no help in sight," Nelson says. "And people like Ron Johnson have made this worse." “Who gets tested for COVID and then goes to a party and puts people at risk?” he adds, referring to Johnson's attendance at...

A large batch of mail, including several mailed-in ballots, were discovered in a ditch along a Wisconsin road on Tuesday. Fox 11 reported the Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office said three trays were found in a ditch early in the morning. The mail was found “near the intersection of highways 96 and CB, near the Appleton International Airport” and was turned over to the postal service. “The United States Postal Inspection Service immediately began investigating and we reserve further comment on this matter until that is complete,” spokesman Bob Sheehan told the news station. The postal service did not disclose how...