Mark Whitty thinks of his family’s river shanty more like a good friend than anything. When he was in his 20s, the 61-year-old Oshkosh resident would finish work at Leach Co., pick up a 12-pack of beer and make a beeline for the small shanty built on pilings on the south shore of the Fox [...]

The U.W.-Oshkosh Foundation has bought into a hotel. The on-again, off-again plan to buy a share in the City Center Hotel and Convention Center from Nashco Hospitality Group was on again, and the purchase was completed Tuesday, according to the U.W.-Oshkosh web site. The foundation partnered with two local hoteliers — Richard Batley of RB [...]

Add a little summer to your winter February 16-19, 2012 at Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena and Shopko Hall It’s Northeast Wisconsin’s largest and longest-running boat show!  Two exhibit buildings packed with the areas finest selection of boats priced so hot that when they hit the water – it’s sure to set off steam! The [...]

Members of the Winnebago Association of Kiteboarders (WAK) will be making the best of this year’s winter weather at the 23rd annual Sturgeon Stampede Kiteboarding Classic to be held Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 11 and 12. Many of the Midwest’s top kiteboarders will gather off the shores of Lake Winnebago to show off their favorite [...]

http://www.wbay.com/story/16773620/2012/02/08/rescuers-go-on-and-through-the-ice-on-lake-winnebago?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=6724105 Just days before the start of sturgeon spearing season, an ice rescue team gives us a firsthand look at the danger looming on Lake Winnebago. Ice rescue teams around the lake are worried they could be in for a busy weekend. Sturgeon spearing season starts Saturday, and thousands of people are expected on the [...]

Below is a link to a video where Reporter Jeff Bollier, a.k.a. Streetwise, takes a look at the latest in Oshkosh on the water restaurants. The Dockside Tavern Food and Spirits is the latest in the Supple Restaurant Group lineup. Dockside Bar and Grill Video from the Oshkosh Northwestern.  

Time is running short for making changes in design plans for the soon-to-be-rebuilt Eureka bridge. But without those changes, larger boats with Berlin as their destination will never make it under the new bridge on the Fox River at Eureka. The city of Berlin with Mayor Richard Schramer, and members of the Berlin Boat Club, [...]

Those who plan to sturgeon spear this season might have to do so on foot. All seven of the fishing clubs on Lake Winnebago have decided against maintaining roads for cars and trucks. They’re hoping to discourage people from taking chances. Scrapping plans to put out the bridges, fishing clubs across Lake Winnebago are calling [...]

Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) is a deadly fish virus and invasive species that is threatening the current and future health of fish in Wisconsin. VHS has been found in European freshwater trout since the 1930s and was first discovered in Great Lakes freshwater fish in 2005. It has caused massive fish die offs in Lake [...]