Category Archives: Local News
Appleton will keep looking for site for new park
Appleton could keep looking for a site for a long-talked-about large regional park on the southeast side. Mayor Tim Hanna included $500,000 in next year's proposed budget to buy land. Parks and Recrea...
Oct 10, 2018 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Today is International Walk to School Day
Over 75 schools in the Fox Valley area are holding special events for International Walk to School Day today. Melissa Kraemer Badtke is with the East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission. Sh...
Oct 10, 2018
U.S. Post office says it won't pay for bank fees for missing mail
The U-S Post Office says it won't reimburse any bank fees or other charges for people who reported missing mail from the Neenah Menasha area. The mail disappeared around September 4 and postal officia...
Oct 10, 2018
V.P. Pence visits Green Bay today
Vice President Mike Pence will be in the Green Bay area today to campaign for Governor Walker. He'll speak at an event at the Oneida Golf and Country Club. The two will make several stops throughout t...
Oct 10, 2018
Exam ordered for Shawano woman after child's death
A judge is ordering a competency exam for a Shawano woman accused of planning to bury her dead two-month-old child, and not tell police. Twenty-two-year-old Catherine Barker was in Shawano County Cour...
Oct 09, 2018
EAA museum makes list of country's best military sites
The EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh is being featured in a new book. EAA spokesman Dick Knapinski says the author is L. Douglas Keeney and he's been to AirVenture several times. He says it's called "Th...
Oct 09, 2018
Bakery wins Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin contest
A bakery in De Pere won a contest for the Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin. Uncle Mike's Bake Shoppe entered the Sea Salt Caramel Pecan Kringle in an online vote. Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce r...
Oct 09, 2018
Owners plan to tear down Brin Building
The owners of the historic Brin Building in downtown Menasha plan to tear it down. It was severely damaged in a fire two months ago today. The owners say it would cost millions of dollars to repair or...
Oct 09, 2018
K-C lobbyist donated to lawmakers in August
Campaign finance reports show a new lobbyist for Kimberly-Clark and his wife gave Republican lawmakers more than $4,000 in late August. The donations from R.J. Pirlot and his wife were made while lawm...
Oct 09, 2018
Packers selling standing-room-only tickets
The Packers are selling a limited number of standing-room-only tickets for the rest of this season's games at Lambeau Field. They cost $107 each, not including fees. Ticket holders can stand on the fo...
Oct 09, 2018 Survey shows majority in favor of eliminating Lambeau Field Stadium District Board
