Category Archives: Local News
K-C asks state for answers on tax incentives
Kimberly-Clark is asking the state for an answer on tax incentives by the end of the month and a Democrat from Appleton is NOT on board. Representative Amanda Stuck voted against the package in the As...
Sep 13, 2018
Rock the Block in Menasha starting today
A revitalization program is coming to a neighborhood west of downtown Menasha starting today. Rock the Block will be in the Friendship Trailhead Neighborhood near Trinity Lutheran Church. Ryan Roth is...
Sep 13, 2018
CDC releases new guidelines on concussions
The CDC released new guidelines for concussions focusing on younger children. The agency reports about 800,000 kids nationwide end up in emergency rooms every year because of them. Doctor Jeremy Metzl...
Sep 12, 2018
Trout Museum has new leader
The Trout Museum of Art in downtown Appleton has a new president. She's Christina Turner from St. Mary Catholic Schools in Fox Crossing, Neenah, and Menasha. She's been the director of fine arts there...
Sep 12, 2018
Liegeois won't accept corporate PAC money
A Democratic candidate for Congress is pledging not to take campaign donations from corporate political action committees. Beau Liegeois of Allouez is challenging Republican Congressman Mike Gallagher...
Sep 12, 2018
Neenah may ban minors from vaping
Neenah leaders could make it illegal for minors to use e-cigarettes in the city. Mayor Dean Kaufert says that's already the case for regular cigarettes and other tobacco products. He says the police d...
Sep 12, 2018
Electronic message sign planned for downtown
There are plans to put an electronic sign at one of the gateways to downtown Appleton. It would go on the outside of the top story of the Red Ramp, at the corner of Appleton and Lawrence streets. Peop...
Sep 12, 2018 (Image provided by Appleton Downtown Incorporated)
FdL man dies after water rescue
Fond du Lac police say a 47-year-old man died, two days after he was rescued from Lake Winnebago. They say Daniel Thompson of Fond du Lac was using a remote-controlled boat by the Fond du Lac Marina o...
Sep 12, 2018
Artist designs 'BRAT' sculpture for Johnsonville
A new piece of art outside the Johnsonville sausage company in Sheboygan County is similar to a famous "LOVE" sculpture by the same artist. Robert Indiana designed the 20-foot-tall stacked red letters...
Sep 12, 2018
Roth asks K-C for more time
A Republican lawmaker from Appleton wants more time to get enough votes to pass a package of tax incentives for Kimberly-Clark. The company is giving the state until the end of the month to approve th...
Sep 12, 2018
