Category Archives: Local News
Storage units coming to Appleton
12 climate controlled self-storage units will go up along West College Avenue in Appleton. The city council approved a special-use development agreement this week that paves the way for the developmen...
Jun 22, 2018 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Appleton safety grant for upgrades, training
Appleton schools are getting the biggest share of the latest round of state grants for school safety improvements. The district will receive almost $770,000. Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes says ...
Jun 21, 2018
Winnebago Co. gets more mental health resources
Winnebago County is getting two new mental health facilities. Ascension is adding inpatient care in the Fox Valley for people 65 and over. Officials say it's the first of its kind in the area for an i...
Jun 21, 2018
Local nonprofit wins national wellness award
A local nonprofit is one of four businesses or groups in the country to win a wellness award. Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin received the Platinum Well Workplace honor from the Wellnes...
Jun 21, 2018
State warns about contaminated synthetic marijuana
The state says synthetic marijuana products are sending people to hospitals and there's at least one case of it happening in Outagamie County. Doctor Jonathan Meiman is the chief medical officer for t...
Jun 21, 2018
Schowalter: No timeline on construction of sports facility
The leader of Grand Chute says they don't have a set timeline to start building an indoor sports facility now that Appleton won't vote on the issue until next month. Town Chair Dave Schowalter was hop...
Jun 21, 2018
G.B. businesses do better in tobacco checks
A spokesman for the Green Bay police department hopes a drop in tobacco sales to minors is a collective effort among businesses. Capt. Kevin Warych says in their latest round of checks, only three of ...
Jun 21, 2018
3 local districts receive school safety grants
Three local districts are getting school safety grants from a state fund. Appleton will receive nearly $770,000 and Menasha is getting almost $165,000. A grant for De Pere is worth over $62,000. Attor...
Jun 21, 2018
L.C. farmers market starts today
Little Chute is kicking off the second year of the village's farmers market this afternoon. It's in Windmill Plaza in the downtown. Village Administrator James Fenlon says they wanted to make some imp...
Jun 21, 2018
Ricken: More needs to be done on immigration
The head of the Green Bay Catholic Diocese says while he's pleased that President Trump is taking steps to end the practice of separating families at the border, more needs to be done. Bishop David Ri...
Jun 21, 2018
