Category Archives: Local News
Police confirm shots fired near Fritse Park
Fox Crossing police say shots were fired in Friste Park in Fox Crossing yesterday afternoon. They say the incident happened on the Trestle Trail Bridge. Chief Tim Seaver says the department was initia...
May 23, 2018
More communities create wheel taxes
A report shows the number of communities around the state that created a wheel tax jumped from four to 27 over a six-year period. The non-partisan Wisconsin Policy Forum says local governments of all ...
May 23, 2018
Concerts in the Courtyard series returns
Musicians will be back at a downtown Appleton hotel on Wednesday evenings. The Concerts in the Courtyard series starts next Wednesday, outside the Red Lion Hotel Paper Valley. Mile of Music organizers...
May 23, 2018
Man gets 10 yrs in prison for Appleton shooting
A 30-year-old man is going to prison for 10 years for a shooting on Appleton's north side. Ger Thao was accused of firing into a neighboring apartment while five people were inside, in April of last y...
May 23, 2018
Report: Foxconn might make smaller screens
There's a report that Foxconn might be scaling back its initial investment on its proposed plant in southeast Wisconsin. The company says it's still committed to eventually investing $10 billion on th...
May 23, 2018
K-9 Lando joins Oshkosh police
There's a new police dog in Oshkosh. K-9 Lando will be working with Officer Clint Fetting on the second shift. The German Shepard is a dual purpose K-9. Lando is trained in tracking and drug detection...
May 23, 2018
Work to start on former Miles Kimball building
The renovation of a vacant building in the Sawdust District in Oshkosh will move forward. The city council unanimously signed off on the plans for the former Miles Kimball building. It's at the corner...
May 23, 2018 (Image provided by the City of Oshkosh)
Neenah board holding meeting on school ideas
Neenah's school board is meeting tonight to talk more about the plans to upgrade the schools. District spokesman Jim Strick says they'll go over a study of the enrollment projections for the next few ...
May 23, 2018 (Image provided by the Neenah Joint School District)
Architects for library plan to meet community
The architects that are working on the proposed new library in downtown Appleton will be meeting with the community for the first time two weeks from tomorrow. Tina Krueger is a spokeswoman for the Ap...
May 22, 2018
Appleton museum selling historic bricks
People can get their hands on a piece of history from downtown Appleton. The Hearthstone Historic House Museum is selling about 32,000 bricks that used to line College Avenue about 100 years ago. The ...
May 22, 2018
