Local Menasha Headlines

APPLETON — A man was arrested Monday after two stolen vehicles were recovered in an Appleton neighborhood. Gage C. Dawiedczyk, 20, is being held at the Outagamie County Jail... Full Story: Post Crescent

Oklahoma prosecutor Richard Smothermon says Glendon Gouker — who is accused of bludgeoning a 19-year-old man to death and repeatedly raping his girlfriend — deserves to pay the ultimate price. Full Story: Post Crescent

An Appleton resident wrote to a Post-Crescent’s editor this week to complain about the city’s snow emergency parking ban after last Wednesday’s storm. Full Story: Post Crescent

An investigation into the deaths of a husband and wife in their west side home last month indicates the man died earlier of natural causes and the woman subsequently took her own life, Brown County Medical Examiner Al Klimek said today. Full Story: Post Crescent

NEENAH — Goodwill NCW plans to build a new 23,500-square-foot retail store on the former Big Lots site on S. Green Bay Road. The store would be located south of the Kwik Trip-CVS Pharmacy development. The vacant shopping center on the site would be demolished. Full Story: Post Crescent

An Indiana man who is charged with a sexual assault in Winnebago County was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison this week for failing to register as a sex offender. Full Story: Post Crescent

TOWN OF NEENAH — An appellate court ruled this week that the Town of Neenah properly ordered Stephen A. Bates to raze his ramshackle house at 1745 Oakridge Place in August 2010. Wednesday’s decision means Bates has 15 days to raze his house. If he fails to comply, the town can hire a contractor to raze the house and bill him for the work. Full Story: Post Crescent

The Oshkosh Police Department is investigating a bomb threat that was called into Walmart on Thursday morning. Full Story: Post Crescent

OSHKOSH — An Oshkosh man who’s accused of causing a fatal collision while drunk has been charged with six felonies, including homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle. Full Story: Post Crescent

APPLETON — A Brillion man convicted of killing his mother will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. Outagamie County Judge Michael Gage today sentenced Randal G. Rosenthal to prison for life with the possibility of extended supervision starting July 31, 2061, almost 50 years after Kathleen Remter’s death. Full Story: Post Crescent

GREEN LAKE — Authorities believe a 66-year-old woman who lived alone was the victim of a fatal house fire in Green Lake County. Sheriff’s officials say the homeowner has yet to be found. But the remains have not yet been positively identified. Full Story: Post Crescent

APPLETON — Parents’ response during a meeting to explain the upcoming closures of St. Bernadette and Catholic Central elementary schools varied widely. Some were hopeful, others angry; some were emotional, others resigned. Full Story: Post Crescent

Appleton Alderman Christoph Wahl wants more time for residents to weigh in before the Common Council makes some policy decisions. Wahl proposed that the council be barred from adopting committee decisions until reports have been posted for at least 48 hours. Full Story: Post Crescent

WAUPACA — Police are trying to determine if an Oklahoma man who was recently tied by DNA evidence to a sexual assault in Iola in 1990 was involved in the unsolved 1992 double murder of a Weyauwega couple. Waupaca County Sheriff Brad Hardel, at a noon press conference today, said Glendon C. Gouker has been charged with first-degree sexual assault arising from the Nov. 5, 1990, attack on a then-20-year-old woman. Full Story: Post Crescent