TOWN OF WRIGHTSTOWN, WI (WTAQ) - Authorities say two teenagers who were apparently trying to cross Highway 96 were hit by a vehicle.

It happened just after 9 p.m. Monday about a half-mile east of Blake Road in the Greenleaf area.

According to the Brown County Sheriff's Office, the teens were struck by a vehicle heading east on Highway 96.

One of the teens were airlifted to the hospital, while the other was taken there by ambulance. Their conditions and identities were not released.

The driver was not ticketed and authorities don't believe alcohol was a factor.

MARINETTE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) - Sheriff's deputies in Marinette County say a Green Bay man was found dead after crashing his motorcycle into a ditch.

Authorities say a search was started for a motorcycle driver who failed to report for work in Green Bay Monday morning.

Fellow employees knew the man had left a cabin in Silver Cliff on Sunday morning.

Deputies say searchers found the man in the ditch on County Road W near Short Cut Road and State Highway 64 just before 6 p.m.

An autopsy is planned Tuesday for the 54-year-old man, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ) - An Oshkosh man was formally charged Tuesday in the shooting death of his live-in girlfriend.

30-year-old Samson Gomoll is facing a count of first-degree intentional homicide with a domestic abuse modifier in the death of 42-year-old Stacey Strange.

According to the criminal complaint, a woman gave Strange a ride home around 1 a.m. Sunday to her home on W. 10th Avenue. Strange asked the woman to come inside with her because she was afraid of what Gomoll would do after the couple had been arguing.

The witness told police Gomoll accused Strange or her son of taking a magazine for his AK-47 rifle. Strange found the magazine to show that it was not missing.

Gomoll then told Strange to leave, but she replied by saying he was the one who should go since it was her apartment.

At that point, the witness said Gomoll pulled a handgun from under a pillow on the couch. Strange said to him, "You would seriously threaten me with a gun?" The witness said Gomoll then shot Strange 4 or 5 times.

Gomoll then allegedly turned the gun on the witness and told her to leave. She ran out of the apartment and told her boyfriend to call 911.

Police then located Gomoll around 11:45 a.m. in the Oshkosh neighborhood where his father lives, according to the complaint. Gomoll told officers he left the handgun in the apartment. Authorities went back and found a .45-caliber handgun and shell casings.

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Two men from Appleton learned their fate in federal court Tuesday for their roles in a Fox Valley meth ring.

25-year-old Sa Xiong and 23-year-old Bee Vang each pled guilty to a single count of conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine.

Prosecutors described Xiong as the "right-hand man" in the ring. He was given 3 years in prison.

Vang was described as playing a lesser role, and was sentenced to a year-and-a-half in prison along with 4 months of electronic monitoring and home detention.

TOWN OF WESTCOTT, WI (WTAQ) — A 28-year-old Shawano area woman is in critical condition after her vehicle ended up upside down in the Wolf River after a crash.

The Shawano County Sheriff's office responded to a call about the crash around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, on County Road A west of State Highway 47/55 in the township of Wescott.

Officials found the woman's vehicle upside down in the Wolf River.

The Shawano County dive team did an underwater search of the vehicle and found the woman in the driver's seat.

No one else was in the vehicle.

She was rushed to Shawano Medical Center and then airlifted to a hospital in the Fox Valley.

MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - The Wisconsin Department of Health Services says there are 38 confirmed cases of blastomycosis linked to the Little Wolf River in Waupaca County.

DHS also says another 37 cases of the fungal infection are suspected, according to its weekly report released Wednesday.

Officials say the fungus that causes the infection lives in the soil around the river, and once the fungus is disturbed, it goes into the air and can be inhaled.

Blastomycosis symptoms are similar to those of the flu.

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Funeral arrangements have been announced for late Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice N. Patrick Crooks.

The 77-year-old Crooks died Monday inside his office at the State Capitol.

Visitation will be held on Friday from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Newcomer Funeral Home, 340 S. Monroe Ave. in Green Bay.

Visitation will continue Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until the funeral at 10:15 a.m. at St. Matthew Catholic Church, 130 St. Matthews Street in Allouez. The service will be officiated by Bishop Robert Morneau.

"Never before have the words "the world lost a good man" resonated so loudly. Justice N. Patrick Crooks ("Pat") was not just a good man who touched the lives of those who knew him with his smile, his kindness, his intelligence and his charm-- he was a good man who also touched the lives of countless people whom he never even met through his decisions and volunteerism. He embodied peace, truth and integrity in his personal and professional lives, embracing his deep faith every day," says the obituary.

Crooks was a Brown County judge from 1977-96, when he was elected to the state Supreme Court. Last week, he announced he would not be running for a third term. Crooks is survived by his wife, Kris, and six children.

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - The Green Bay Area School District says it has a confirmed case of viral meningitis in a student at the Early Learning Center at 312 Victoria Street.

On Tuesday, district officials sent out notices to parents of students at the ELC, Danz, Sullivan and Eisenhower schools. While there is only the one confirmed case, they want to inform more parents due to the chance the student at the ELC has siblings at one of the other schools.

Cleaning crews were at the ELC Tuesday night, but the facility did not close.

Letters will also go home to all students in the district Wednesday to explain the difference between viral meningitis and the more serious bacterial meningitis.

Tuesday, officials in the Coleman School District canceled classes after an elementary school student was suspected of having viral meningitis.

Last week, a kindergarten student at Trinity Lutheran School in Green Bay died of complications from viral meningitis.

You can read both letters from the Green Bay Area Public School District by clicking on the PDF files above.

BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) - The Brown County Sheriff's Department has issued a nationwide felony warrant for a Green Bay man who cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet.

Authorities say 40-year-old Anthony "Tony" Salmon cut off his monitoring bracelet on September 18 and skipped parole. Salmon is on parole for second-degree sexual assault.

While his whereabouts are unknown, deputies say Salmon has close family ties in Wisconsin Rapids and Anthem, Arizona. He may also have ties in Florida.

Law enforcement also are concerned for Salmon's girlfriend, 27-year-old Nadine Crowley. Crowley's mom told police her daughter contacted her on September 17 saying she was scared and that her boyfriend, Salmon, was acting weird.

According to authorities, Crowley is traveling with Salmon and family members believe he's controlling her actions and believe she's in danger.

Salmon is most likely driving a black Jeep with possible Delaware plate, 601543, red-trimmed interior and removable hardtop. The jeep has a spare tire mounted on the back.

Salmon is described as white, 5'9'', 160 pounds with blue eyes and a tattoo on his right inside forearm. He also has a tattoo of a tribal sun on his back, extending onto the back of his neck. He has been known to have facial hair.

Crowley is described as white, 5'10'', 130 pounds with brown shoulder-length hair and hazel eyes. She has a piercing on the left side of her nose.

There are no warrants or criminal charges for Crowley. Her family and authorities just want to know that she is safe.

If anyone has any information, please call Sgt. Janke at the Brown County Sheriff's Office at (920) 448-4230 or your local law enforcement.

Callers can remain anonymous and may be eligible for a reward by calling Crime Stoppers at (920) 432-7867 or text GBTIP and your tip to 274637 (crimes).

KIMBERLY, WI (WTAQ) - Police in the Fox Valley are trying to find a cat that bit a woman in the arm.

The Fox Valley Metro P.D. says it happened in lower Sunset Park in Kimberly around 4 p.m. Tuesday.

The woman suffered minor injuries. 

Authorities describe the cat as a gray/black/white colored, medium-sized cat with a dark colored collar.

Anyone with information regarding this incident, please contact Officer Duane Dissen at (920) 788-7505.

Madison, WI (WTAQ) - Four years after repealing most collective bargaining for Wisconsin's public workers, top Republican lawmakers want to overhaul the state's civil service system for 30,000 of them.

Backers say it safeguards against political patronage in hiring and firing state workers and helps the state keep up with the times, and with the coming crush of retiring baby boomers.

In one of Gov. Scott Walker's first actions after suspending his presidential campaign, he talked today (Wed) with two key Republican lawmakers about the proposal.

The bill would: eliminate the state's civil service exams, replacing it with a resume-based system for merit hiring; change rules for longtime employees to "bump" other workers out of jobs; and shorten by more than half the process for employees to appeal their dismissal or discipline.

The bill's authors are Sen. Roger Roth (R-Appleton) and Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke (R-Kaukauna).

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Governor Scott Walker's presidential campaign is in hot water with the Green Bay Packers.

FOX 11 reports that one of their fundraising campaign letters violated team policy on the use of the Packers name in promotional materials.

According to an email sent September 10, the campaign offered two 50-yard line tickets and transportation to the game in exchange for a donation.

The email reads, in part:

"On Monday, September 28 Wisconsin's own Green Bay Packers will be playing the Chiefs at historic Lambeau Field and I want you to be there with me.

There is no better place to catch the excitement of a professional football game and no more electric crowd than what you'll encounter at Lambeau Field. Our campaign is going to provide round trip transportation for you and a friend to Wisconsin for the game and give you two tickets on the 50 yard line.

Go ahead and chip in $4 or more for you and a friend to be automatically entered for the tickets.

I look forward to meeting you at Lambeau, Friend.

Scott Walker"

The Packers limit the use of their name in promotional and marketing efforts to its corporate partners, and occasionally grants permission for use of the team's name for charity events.

A team spokesman tells FOX 11 that the Packers didn't authorize this use, and called the campaign informing it of the policy.

The campaign has yet to publicly respond. Earlier this week, Governor Walker suspended his presidential campaign.

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Authorities in Brown County continue the search for a Green Bay man who cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet last Friday.

Tony Salmon is a convicted sex offender who is out on parole. 

The Brown County Sheriff's Department believes the woman with Salmon could be in danger. 

Nadine Crowley left willingly with Salmon. However, sheriff's officials say after speaking with the couple's family and friends they've heard enough to be concerned.

"We get both ends of it," Capt. David Konrath with the Brown County Sheriff's Department tells FOX 11. "We've got a very concerned mother who thinks she's been held against her will and maybe in danger to the other side of the fence, relatives of his that says he is fine and she is fine and they were at his house just recently."

Crowley's mother told investigators her daughter said she was nervous about Salmon's behavior the day before the couple left. Since then, Crowley has only made brief phone calls to family. They call those conversations suspicious and believes Salmon could be controlling her actions.

"I don't have any indication that he has harmed her in the past, but he has a history of domestic violence," said Konrath.

Salmon was charged with second degree sexual assault with use of force in 2002.

On Monday, someone posted from Crowley's Facebook account. It read 'Mom I am fine. I am an adult and i am actually having a good time. I'm on vacation. How embarrassing. I love you guys and see you all soon.'

Another post from Crowley's Facebook account came Thursday night reading, 'I don't understand why there's a nationwide manhunt for Tony. He's not a murderer and he's not with me so if you feel like talking my number is...."

Konrath says the best solution is for Crowley to go to any police department with her ID and have that agency call Brown County to verify she is safe. He says Salmon should turn himself in.

The sheriff's department says the couple could be anywhere at this point.

(Additional reporting from FOX 11)

MAYVILLE, WI (WTAQ) - Two islands in Lake Michigan have been added to the Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

Officials say the additions of Rocky and St. Martin islands will expand the refuge by almost 1,300 acres.

The Nature Conservancy has owned the 10-acre Rocky Island since 1986, and it bought most of St. Martin Island in recent years.

Numerous types of birds that fly over the Great Lakes stop at both islands each spring and fall. St. Martin Island also houses 400 species of plants.

There are now five islands in the Green Bay Refuge, which is part of a group of facilities that include the Horicon Marsh.

The islands are part of the Grand Traverse chain that runs from Door County to the Garden Peninsula in lower Michigan.

(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)

APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) - Police in Appleton are looking to return a combat medal recovered from burglary suspects to their rightful owner.

Authorities say 24-year-old Chad Muthig and 20-year-old Cavalina Cobern were arrested around 6 a.m. on Saturday September 19. Both are facing multiple charges.

The pair mainly targeted unlocked vehicles, unlocked garages and homes west of N. Mason Street and north of W. Wisconsin Avenue early Saturday, according to police.

Police say Muthig and Cobern had many stolen items with them and authorities have been able to link many of them to people living on Appleton's northwest side. However, officers are trying to find the owner of the medallion seen in the photo above.

Appleton Police say they've identified the owner of the compass. 

Anyone with information is asked to call Investigator Thao at (920) 832-5953.

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - An interesting twist in the search for a convicted sex offender and his girlfriend Brown County authorities have said could be in danger.

Nadine Crowley posted a video, along with a photo (see above), on her Facebook page Friday saying she left Green Bay willingly and doesn't know where Tony Salmon is.

Authorities say Salmon, a convicted sex offender on parole, cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet and fled the area last Friday.

A photo was also posted to the Facebook page of her posing in front of a car that appears to say "Police." In the video, she claims an officer took the photo.

"We've got a very concerned mother who thinks (Crowley has) been held against her will and maybe in danger to the other side of the fence, relatives of his that says he is fine and she is fine and they were at his house just recently," Capt. David Konrath of the Brown Co. Sheriff's Office said Thursday.

"I don't have any indication that he has harmed her in the past, but he has a history of domestic violence," said Konrath.

In 2002, Salmon was charged with second-degree sexual assault with use of force.

On Monday, someone posted from Crowley's Facebook account. It read 'Mom I am fine. I am an adult and i am actually having a good time. I'm on vacation. How embarrassing. I love you guys and see you all soon.'

Another post from Crowley's Facebook account came Thursday night reading, 'I don't understand why there's a nationwide manhunt for Tony. He's not a murderer and he's not with me so if you feel like talking my number is...."

"Well again, we'd only be speculating," said Konrath when asked whether it's possible Salmon wrote the Facebook posts from Crowley's account.

Konrath says the best solution is for Crowley to go to any police department with her ID and have that agency call Brown County to verify she is safe. He says Salmon should turn himself in.

On Friday, a spokesman for the Brown County Sheriff's Department told WTAQ they are currently unaware that Crowley has gone to a police station anywhere.

(Additional reporting from FOX 11).

GREENVILLE, WI (WTAQ) - Authorities say a 16-year-old girl has died and three others were hurt after a single-vehicle rollover crash Friday.

It happened on School Road, just east of Manley Road, in Greenville around 6 p.m.

The injuries to the three other 16-year-old girls are non-life-threatening.

One 16-year-old girl was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to law enforcement, all of the teens were wearing their seatbelts. Alcohol is not believed to be a factor.

GRAND CHUTE, WI (WTAQ) - Police in Grand Chute say two people were stabbed during a fight at an apartment complex.

Authorities were called to the Evergreen Square Apartments on Friday night for a disturbance. Police were called back around 1 a.m. Saturday for reports of a stabbing.

A fight broke out inside an apartment, eventually spilling out into a parking lot.

Both victims went to the hospital, but it's not known how severe their injuries are.

Police have not said if they're looking for anyone in connection with this incident.

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - Authorities are looking for a suspect involved in the robbery of a Green Bay Walgreens pharmacy.

Police say it happened at the west-side Walgreens on N. Military Avenue around 2:30 a.m. Saturday.

Employees say a man who acted like he had a weapon stole some cash and ran off.

The suspect is described as a white man, about 6 feet tall and 180 pounds. He was wearing a black hoodie and khaki shorts.

Anyone with information is asked to call Green Bay police at (920) 448-3208.

APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) - After making comparisons with the pay checks for mayors in Brookfield, Green Bay, La Crosse, Manitowoc and Wausau, one member of Appleton's Board of Aldermen decided it was time for a pay cut.

A City Council committee has agreed, voting last week to cut the mayor's salary by $10,000, to $84,250 after the next election.

A full council vote could be taken October 7th.

Mayor Tim Hanna says the move sends the message to people living in Appleton that the City Council doesn't see value in the position of mayor.

(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)