Category Archives: Local News
Feds highlight Appleton area's declining poverty rate
New figures on poverty from the U.S. Census Bureau list the Appleton area as a bright spot, because the local poverty rate is declining. U.S. Venture's Greg Vandenberg says Appleton was one of six cit...
Dec 19, 2018
Local, state tax burden lowest in about 50 yrs
The state and local tax burden was down a little, to the lowest level in almost 50 years. The Wisconsin Policy Forum crunched the numbers from the past fiscal year. The rate was down to 10-1/2 percent...
Dec 19, 2018
Evers picks 1st cabinet members
Governor-elect Tony Evers is picking four people from Milwaukee to hold top-level cabinet positions in his new administration. His transition team announced that Joel Brennan, the CEO of Discovery Wor...
Dec 19, 2018
Pantry helps pet owners get food
An animal neglect case in Manitowoc is drawing attention to local programs that help people get food for their pets. Vicki Prey is the Outagamie County humane officer, and she's also on the board of t...
Dec 19, 2018
Foundry expands to U.P., cites worker shortage
Waupaca Foundry is expanding into Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and pointing to a shortage of skilled workers as a reason for the decision. Crews in Ironwood will process iron castings that are made at ...
Dec 19, 2018
7 men indicted in homeless check-cashing scheme
A federal grand jury is indicting seven men from North Carolina for what prosecutors say was a scheme to get local homeless people to cash stolen checks. Police say they took the checks from mailboxes...
Dec 19, 2018
Cat dies in house fire
Manitowoc fire officials say a pet cat died in a house fire yesterday afternoon. They say the family was able to get out safely but the cat died of smoke inhalation. Efforts to revive the pet were uns...
Dec 19, 2018
Grants will help young adults with mental illness
The latest round of grants is out to fight poverty in the region and a program for young adults will benefit. Pillars and NAMI Fox Valley started the Ascend Initiative about a year-and-a-half ago. The...
Dec 19, 2018
Nearly $126 mil school referendum set in Neenah
There will be a big school referendum on the April ballot in the Neenah district. The school board signed off on a nearly $130 million question last night. District spokesman Jim Strick says about $84...
Dec 19, 2018 (Image provided by the Neenah Joint School District)
Oconto man named a hero
An Oconto man is one of 18 to be named Carnegie heroes for acts of extraordinary heroism. Sixty-five-year-old welder Eugene Stamsta helped save a 75-year-old woman from drowning in the Oconto River la...
Dec 19, 2018
