About The Oshkosh Buzz

What The Oshkosh Buzz is

Here's the deal: I'm just a local resident. Every week, hundreds of public documents drop across Winnebago County. Board minutes. Court filings. Road closures. Zoning approvals. And more.

Nobody has time for all that. But the decisions buried in those documents affect your taxes, your commute, your neighborhood and your family. So I read everything, pull out the stories that actually matter, and send them your way every Sunday. No fluff. No paywalls. No corporate backing. No agenda.

How the stories are found

Every story starts with a public record. County board minutes. Court filings. DOT road closure notices. Event permits. Zoning and plan-commission packets. These are the boring, 700-page documents nobody else wants to read.

I dig through them every week, find the handful of items that genuinely matter to people who live here, and write them up in plain language. The goal is simple: five minutes of reading on Sunday and you actually know what happened in your county this week.

How AI is used, and how facts are verified

I use AI to help read through the mountain of weekly documents and surface the items worth a closer look. AI is a research assistant here, not the final word.

Because AI can hallucinate and make mistakes, every story links directly to the original public source. You can verify everything with one click. If a claim cannot be traced back to a public document, it does not run.

Who it's for

It's for anyone who lives in or cares about Oshkosh and Winnebago County and wants to stay informed without spending hours digging through government websites. If you want the facts, the sources, and why it matters to you, this is for you.