Category Archives: Local News
Xavier student in Appleton has tuberculosis
The Appleton Health Department says a student at Xavier High School has an active case of tuberculosis. A letter to parents says the student is recovering, and will remain in isolation, until no longe...
Nov 14, 2018 (Image from Xavier Catholic School System)
Fewer deer hunters impacts state conservation funds
A non-partisan group says a decline in hunting, and the license fees the sport generates, is threatening key conservation funding in the state. Jason Stein is the research director for the Wisconsin P...
Nov 14, 2018
Appleton creates city arts committee
Appleton has a new group that will play a role in bringing more art to the community. The city created a Public Arts Committee with seven members. They met yesterday for the first time. Community Deve...
Nov 14, 2018 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Appleton's new school diversity officer settling into role
The new diversity officer for Appleton schools says the district is making progress, but there's still more to do. The school board created the job this year, and Pa Lee Moua started two months ago. S...
Nov 14, 2018
ATM worker robbed on UW-Osh campus
UW-Oshkosh police say a robbery at an ATM on campus this morning was targeted. Chief Kurt Leibold says two men had guns when they walked up to the machine, near the entrance to Reeve Memorial Union, a...
Nov 14, 2018
Lawmakers hold hearing on K-C incentives
People on both sides of the proposed tax incentives for Kimberly-Clark talked with lawmakers today at the state Capitol. The future of the Cold Spring plant in Fox Crossing is in jeopardy, if the comp...
Nov 14, 2018
Vehicle lands upside down in creek near Oshkosh
Winnebago County Sheriff's deputies believe alcohol was involved in a crash that left a vehicle upside down in a creek, south of Oshkosh. Officials say rescue crews found a 50-year-old Oshkosh man tra...
Nov 14, 2018
4-year-old left in Milwaukee tow lot
A four-year-old girl spent about eight hours in her family's van in a Milwaukee city tow lot on a below-freezing night after her mother was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving. A tow lot operator...
Nov 14, 2018
Lawmakers hear proposed K-C incentives today
The future of a Kimberly-Clark plant in Fox Crossing is in jeopardy and lawmakers will hear about proposed incentives at the Capitol today. The Legislature's Joint Finance Committee is holding a publi...
Nov 14, 2018
Appleton parking lot could be site of new substation
A downtown Appleton parking lot north of College Avenue could be the site of an electric substation for We Energies. The utility wants to build on a lot in the 100 block of State Street just north of ...
Nov 14, 2018 (Image from the City of Appleton)
