OSHKOSH – A lampooned plan to replace an aging Oshkosh airport building crumbled in a budget meeting last week when the Winnebago County Board passed a no-frills alternative to demolish much of the building.
For more than four years, the county board has been debating what to do with Wittman Regional Airport's dilapidated terminal building, which houses airport offices and a car rental service, but has stood largely empty since commercial flight service fled Oshkosh years ago.
By a 26-2 vote, the county board voted Nov. 7 to budget $1.1 million toward tearing down much of the terminal and repairing its leaky roof.