Gordon Hintz - Winnebago County Executive

09/01/2026

I was honored to join Solutions Recovery, Inc. and We Heart You Recovery yesterday, on International Overdose Awareness Day. Winnebago County has made significant progress in how we respond to substance use and overdose. We have built a strong recovery community, expanded connections to treatment and harm-reduction resources, and brought people and organizations together in ways that would have been much harder to imagine years ago.

08/26/2026

What a great night at County Park.

08/26/2026

Thank you to Slow Roll Oshkosh and all 267 bicycle riders who joined us at Winnebago County Park tonight for a ride through the park and expo center area. Special thanks to our county staff who helped put the event together, staffed the event, and participated.

08/25/2026

Lots of good questions at the Town of Neenah meeting tonight. They experienced a lot of tree damage from the tornado and continue to participate in continued Emergency Operations Center meetings. Winnebago County also does all general zoning for the town. It was good to see County Supervisor Matt Woods at the meeting.

08/22/2026

**TORNADO DEBRIS COLLECTION UPDATE**

The City of Menasha is beginning to wind down some of its tornado debris collection efforts.

**Building material storm debris will continue to be collected through Friday, August 28.** Materials placed on the terrace after that date will not be collected as part of the tornado cleanup effort.

Storm debris is scattered waste, wreckage, and natural material left behind by high winds, heavy rain, flooding, or other severe weather. Storm-related building debris may include loose materials such as:

* Siding
* Roof shingles
* Construction wood
* Fencing
* Other loose structural materials damaged by the storm

Furniture, remodeling debris, tires, and other regular bulky items are not part of this collection. Tires are drop-off only. Other bulky items should be handled through the City’s normal bulky item program.

If an entire structure needs to be torn down, disposal of those materials is the responsibility of the property owner. A raze permit is also required through the City’s Community Development Department.

**Vegetative debris collection will continue for the time being.** This includes larger brush, branches, and trees. Small amounts of leaves and branches may be placed curbside in biodegradable paper bags.

The City will provide at least one week of notice before vegetative debris collection ends.

Thank you for your patience as crews continue working through the remaining storm cleanup.

08/21/2026

Today, I signed County Board resolutions that recognize the contributions of long-time county employees, improve transportation system, streamline resource delivery, make county government more efficient, and improve the quality of life for residents and visitors alike.

Resolutions include:

Recognizing employees who have served the county for 21, 36, and 37 years.

Authorizing a grant application to support cost-share programs, on-farm demonstration and research projects, and education programs.

Updating County code to meet modern procedural requirements

Establishing a 12-month moratorium on the approval and building of data centers in the four towns where Winnebago County is responsible for zoning. During this time, the county will work with municipalities to evaluate how best to regulate these facilities while also protecting the environment, residents, utility rate payers, and enhancing our county's long-term economic development.

Thank you to the Winnebago County Board of Supervisor and our professional staff for all the work that went into each of these resolutions.

08/14/2026

Winnebago County Veterans Service staff is set up at the Fox Cities Campus - Engineering Building (1655 University Dr Menasha, WI), as part of the Multi-Agency Resource Center (M.A.R.C.) today.

08/13/2026

Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WI DOT) State Highway 21 Project Update: Progress continues on WIS 21 improvements between Omro and Oshkosh. Temporary signals have been in place at the WIS 21 & Leonard Point Road intersection since late July to accommodate alternating directions of traffic flow along the north leg of Leonard Point Road between WIS 21 and Pierce Lane. Access from old Omro Road to Leonard Point Road has been closed while our contractor has constructed a new tie-in between these local roads.

WI DOT is providing notice that our contractor will be moving to the second stage of the WIS 21 & Leonard Point Road roundabout construction this weekend. For this upcoming stage, they will reopen the connection from old Omro Road to Leonard Point Road while simultaneously closing access from WIS 21 to Leonard Point Road. This second stage will feature similar temporary signals to accommodate alternating directions of traffic flow along Leonard Point Road from old Omro Road to just north of Pierce Lane. Access from Pierce Lane to Leonard Point Road will remain closed. I’ve attached a visual for the second stage to hopefully provide a better idea of the Stage 2 traffic configuration.

This is the second of three stages to allow for the construction of the new multi-lane roundabout at WIS 21 & Leonard Point Road, and they expect this stage to extend until sometime in October. The third stage will maintain some local access restrictions but remove any temporary signals. Duration of the third stage is less certain and not described in detail within this note. Overall completion of the new multi-lane roundabout at WIS 21 and Leonard Point Road is expected sometime around the end of October.

Please also continue to check our WIS 21 construction website at https://projects.511wi.gov/21winn2025/ for updates.

Overview (current) Overview Work began April 6, 2026, on 8.8 miles of WIS 21 in Winnebago County from the south edge of the Fox River Bridge in the City of Omro to just west of Washburn Street in the City of Oshkosh. There will be a full closure of WIS 21 during construction. The project is expected...