Category Archives: Local News
Donation to help support bees, butterflies
Groups that are trying to preserve bees, butterflies, and other pollinators will get some help from an anonymous donor. The $500,000 gift is going into the new Wisconsin Pollinator Protection Fund. Ca...
Aug 26, 2019
Lundgaard shirts for sale again
The organizer of a T-shirt sale honoring Appleton Firefighter Mitch Lundgaard is giving people another change to buy them. Sue Spierings of ID Marketing wants to help remember Lundgaard, after he was ...
Aug 26, 2019
NEW Zoo giraffe Hodari dies
A 15-year-old giraffe at the NEW Zoo in the Green Bay area died yesterday. Curator Carmen Murach says Hodari sometimes didn't have the best appetite over the past few months. She says the stomach and ...
Aug 26, 2019
Duffy is stepping down
Wisconsin Republican Congressman Sean Duffy says he is stepping down to focus on his family. Duffy represents the 7th District in the central and northwest parts of the state. He says the baby he and ...
Aug 26, 2019
Wrestlers celebrate Kaukauna boy who drowned
A day of wrestling to honor a 12-year-old boy who drowned in June turned into a fundraiser for the family. Dylun Tapio of Kaukauna loved wrestling and the family released a picture of him at a WWE eve...
Aug 26, 2019
No one hurt in house fire
Neighbors and smoke detectors helped keep everyone safe during a fire in Howard last night. Chief Ed Janke says crews were called to the 2500 block of Lavender Lane just before 11 p.m. He believes the...
Aug 26, 2019
Construction starts on Hwy. JJ
Construction is starting today on a street on Appleton's northeast side. Work is getting underway on Highway JJ and drivers won't be able to use the road for two weeks. The city will be replacing unde...
Aug 26, 2019
Man helps cancer survivors by making guitars
A Sturgeon Bay man is helping cancer survivors after he also beat the disease. Danny Thimm had stage four metastatic cancer. He's now in remission. He says he must be here for a reason so he wants to ...
Aug 25, 2019
FdL Co. farm reopens after tornado damage
A farm in Fond du Lac County is open again nearly a year after a tornado did serious damage. Last summer's storm tore down parts of buildings and killed some cattle at Pebble Knolls Dairy near Brandon...
Aug 25, 2019
Plans progress on Appleton Boys and Girls Club
Plans for an outdoor expansion at the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Fox Valley in downtown Appleton are progressing. The city council is agreeing to turn over part of Locust Street for the project. The ...
Aug 25, 2019 (Image from the City of Appleton)
