by WRN Contributor | Feb 27, 2024
In Manitowoc County, more details have come to light about the case of missing Elijah Vue. The criminal complaint against 39-year-old Jesse Vang stated that he had helped his teenage son get on the bus the morning of February 20th, and when he came back inside,...
by WRN Contributor | May 22, 2016
An investigation is underway after a body was found in the Village of Bellevue Saturday afternoon. According to the Brown County Sheriff’s Department, the body was found near a field on the south side of Hoffman Road around 2 p.m. The body has not been...
by WRN Contributor | Feb 5, 2014
A Minnesota man convicted in the death of a Weston woman in an argument over drugs will be spending a long time in prison. Richi Vue was sentenced today to 28 years in prison and 7 years of extended supervision for the reckless homicide of Lee Xiong in October of...
by Bob Hague | May 1, 2024
Police clear out UW encampment (MADISON) A chaotic scene at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wednesday morning. After repeated warnings that the tents were there illegally UW Madison police and other law enforcement agencies, including the State Patrol, moved onto...
by Bill Scott | Sep 30, 2019
The Wisconsin men’s basketball program secured commitments from a pair of players for the 2021 recruiting class over the weekend. Greg Gard received oral commitments from 6’1 point guard Chucky Hepburn from Bellevue West High School in Nebraksa and...
by WRN Contributor | May 4, 2018
A man convicted in the murder of a Brown County woman has been sentenced to life in prison. Jurors found George Burch guilty of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of 31-year-old Nicole VanderHeyden. The body of the mother of three children was found in a...
by WRN Contributor | Oct 17, 2017
The Brown County Sheriff’s Office is investigate a vandalism and theft spree at a Bellevue car dealership. Ten vehicles were put up on blocks, the tires and rims stolen, at Dorsch Ford on Eaton Road. A Ford van was also stolen from the lot, which investigators...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 16, 2016
Prosecutors say DNA and cell phone records helped them connect a former Virginia man to a Brown County murder. The Brown County district attorney’s office filed a charge of first-degree intentional homicide today against 38-year-old George Burch. Burch was...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 9, 2016
Brown County investigators are revealing more details in the ongoing investigation into the murder of Nicole VanderHeyden. At a press conference Friday, members of the Brown County Sheriff’s Department spoke about how investigators turned attention toward...
by WRN Contributor | Aug 29, 2016
The Brown County Sheriff’s Department says is investigating a homicide in Bellevue. Chief Deputy Todd Delain says deputies responded to an early morning 911 call for a shooting on Manitowoc Road. The victim is the home owner, 52-year-old Suzette Langlois. Based...
by WRN Contributor | Jun 10, 2016
A man arrested for the death of his live-in girlfriend in Brown County has been released from jail. Douglass Detrie was freed from jail on Friday. This comes after prosecutors say they’re not confident they have enough evidence to tie him to the beating death of...
by WRN Contributor | May 26, 2016
A man accused of killing his live-in girlfriend in Brown County had his bond set at $1 million cash. Thirty-four-year-old Douglass Detrie was arrested Monday night, just two days after 31-year-old Nicole VanderHeyden’s body was found in a Bellevue field off of...
by WRN Contributor | May 24, 2016
A Brown County man has been arrested in connection with a body found in Bellevue over the weekend. Captain David Konrath of the Brown County Sheriff’s Department said the body found in a field on Hoffman Road on Saturday is that of 31-year-old Nicole...
by WRN Contributor | Mar 22, 2016
Authorities in northeastern Wisconsin says at least 38 people were arrested Tuesday, as part of a seven month long investigation into meth distribution in the region. The Brown County Drug Task Force says 100 local, state and federal agents searched 20 locations....
by Bob Hague | Mar 7, 2016
Milwaukee police have released more details about weekend shootings that left seven people dead. The deaths bring the city’s preliminary homicide total to 16 so far this year. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel summarized the weekend’s gun violence. Police...
by WRN Contributor | Jun 18, 2014
Two Brown County men have been arrested following an undercover investigation into the alleged possession and distribution of child pornography. Sheriff’s officials say 42-year-old Jon M. Vangheem of De Pere and 28-year-old Darryl Ripkoski of Bellevue were...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 24, 2013
Police say fifteen people have been arrested in central and eastern Wisconsin, following a coordinated effort to crack down on child sex trafficking. The arrests were made as part of Operation Black Veil II, and involved Marathon, Shawano, and Outagamie county...
by WRN Contributor | Jun 14, 2013
An Eau Claire County man is accused of killing a woman who lived with him, and hiding her body in a shed. Ying Xiong is accused of killing Panhia Vue. An autopsy indicated Vue was strangled. Her upper body was badly burned when it was discovered Tuesday in a shed at...
by WRN Contributor | Mar 25, 2013
A proposal from Green Bay’s mayor is leaving the leader of at least one neighboring community scratching his head. Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt wants to expand the city’s borders by the year 2025 to include all addresses with a Green Bay zip code. The move...
by WRN Contributor | Jan 4, 2013
A Minnesota man charged with murdering his girlfriend in Weston on October 13th has entered a not guilty plea. Attorneys for 21 year-old Richi Vue asked for more time for motions at his arraignment Thursday, including a motion to suppress statements he made to the...
