Category Archives: Local News
Local school districts get grants for mental health
Some local school districts are among the 64 around the state receiving grants for mental health services. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction announced it's giving out $3.25 million. They'...
Jul 23, 2018
Children's Week starts in Appleton
Children's Week is up and running in Appleton. This is the ninth year of the event that recreation manager Nikki Wendt says is a celebration of youth. She says they kicked things off last night with a...
Jul 23, 2018
Expera sold to Finnish company
The Kaukauna-based company Expera Specialty Solutions announced today that it's been sold. The Finnish company Ahlstrom-Munksj purchased it for $ 615 million. Expera owns the Thilmany Mill in Kaukauna...
Jul 23, 2018
Metal object hits woman in the head
Appleton police think a metal object 15 feet long and 4 inches wide hit a 32-year-old Appleton woman in the head Saturday afternoon. Sergeant Dave Lund says the woman was a passenger in a car going ea...
Jul 23, 2018
Michigan man killed in Sheboygan Co. plane crash
A pilot from Michigan and 40 farm animals were killed Friday afternoon in Sheboygan Falls. Sheriff's officials say the vintage military plane crashed into a barn near the Sheboygan County airport just...
Jul 23, 2018
4-Year-old hurt while getting candy in a parade
The leg of a four-year-old boy was run over by a semi tractor yesterday during the annual Lion's parade in the village of Denmark. Brown County sheriff's officials say the boy, and other children, wer...
Jul 23, 2018
Ag secretary talks about county fair season
It's county fair season and Wisconsin's ag secretary says it's a great opportunity to learn about the state's agricultural heritage. Ag secretary Sheila Harsdorf says some of the fairs have been aroun...
Jul 23, 2018
EAA AirVenture starts today
The biggest event in Oshkosh kicks off today. EAA AirVenture runs through Sunday on the EAA grounds. Spokesman Dick Knapinski says the event will feature things from aviation history and what's coming...
Jul 23, 2018
Loop the Lake Trail is one month old
The new Loop the Lake Trail is one month old. The two trestle bridges in Neenah and Menasha connected existing trails to make a three-mile loop around the south end of Little Lake Butte des Morts. Mic...
Jul 22, 2018
Poll asks people about road conditions
A recent poll asked people what they think about road conditions around the state. Professor Charles Franklin is the director of the Marquette University Law School poll. He says overall 59 percent be...
Jul 22, 2018
