Category Archives: Local News
Developer proposes apartment building in Appleton
A developer is proposing to the first apartment building project on the west end of College Avenue in downtown Appleton. The plans call for tearing down three vacant buildings across the street from t...
Jul 16, 2019
FdL man sentenced to 13 years for assault
A 49-year-old Fond du Lac man is going to prison for 13 years for sexually assaulting a woman last December. A jury found Richard Forsyth guilty after he stood trial in March. He was convicted of havi...
Jul 16, 2019
No timeline for cleanup of historic De Pere building
It's unclear when workers can start clearing the site of a historic building in downtown De Pere. It was destroyed by fire almost three months ago. Mary Collette had a gallery there. She says it's a s...
Jul 16, 2019
Construction workers prepare for high temperatures
High temperatures are expected this week and construction workers are taking some extra steps to protect themselves. Tyler Nackers is the safety director at Bayland Buildings in Green Bay. He says the...
Jul 16, 2019
Group hopes to use state funding for veteran housing
The leader of a local group hopes to use state funding for a veterans housing project in Grand Chute. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Mary Kolar was in the Fox Cities yesterday to talk about ...
Jul 16, 2019
LME shuts down, dozens left without jobs
A national trucking company shut down without warning last week leaving dozens of workers in the Fox Cities looking for jobs. LME is in the 2200 block of West Spencer Street in Grand Chute. A statemen...
Jul 16, 2019
Patterson moved to out-of-state prison
The man convicted of kidnapping Jayme Closs, and killing her parents, is now in an out-of-state prison. Twenty-one-year-old Jake Patterson was moved yesterday to an undisclosed place. He was initially...
Jul 16, 2019
Planning begins for I-41 expansion
Now that there's money in the state budget for the I-41 expansion between the Fox Cities and De Pere, planning is underway. DOT Project Manager Tom Buchholz believes it will be five to seven years bef...
Jul 16, 2019
Appleton bridge project halfway done
Half of a bridge project in downtown Appleton is done, and that means drivers can head south from Appleton Street to the Oneida Skyline Bridge. Chad Doran is a spokesman for the city. He says they fin...
Jul 16, 2019 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Hansen pushing for redistricting bill
There's another push to take politics out of the process of redrawing the state's Legislative boundaries. Democratic Sen. Dave Hansen of Green Bay is the co-author of the latest bill on the redistrict...
Jul 16, 2019
