Category Archives: Local News
Bubolz hosting Earth Day event
People will get to see a new nature center in Grand Chute during an Earth Day celebration on Sunday. Work on the building at the Gordon Bubolz Nature Preserve started last May, and staff moved in earl...
Apr 20, 2018
Bidding process still open for Appvion
A federal court is giving potential buyers more time to put in a bid for Appvion. The original deadline was yesterday, and it was rescheduled for April 30. The Appleton-based company already has an ag...
Apr 20, 2018 (Image provided by Appvion)
Week for young professionals kicks off
A week dedicated to young professionals in the Fox Cities kicks off Saturday, April 21. Nikki Hessel of Pulse Young Professionals Network helps organize YPWeek. She says they're planning a number of e...
Apr 20, 2018
Plan for former Kmart site in jeopardy
The idea of putting storage units on part of a long-vacant site along College Avenue in Appleton is in danger of not moving forward. A developer is proposing to put 12 buildings toward the back of the...
Apr 20, 2018 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Police: Blood on car from 19-yr-old woman
Appleton police say a 19-year-old woman was trying to slash the tires of a vehicle on the north side earlier this month, and that's how a large amount of blood got onto a car. Police started investiga...
Apr 20, 2018
Chisel excited about Mile lineup
About one-quarter of the lineup for this summer's Mile of Music is in place. Organizers released the list of the first 50 artists yesterday. Cory Chisel is the co-founder of the festival in downtown A...
Apr 20, 2018
Outagamie Co. deputy hurt in crash
A sheriff's deputy from Outagamie County suffered non life-threatening injuries, after a crash in Grand Chute this morning. Town police say a 47-year-old Kohler woman was also hurt. She was driving th...
Apr 19, 2018
2 finalists in running for Neenah police chief
There are two finalists in the search for the next police chief in Neenah. Neenah Capt. Aaron Olson and Menasha Capt. Brett Halderson were among 17 applicants. The city's police commission will interv...
Apr 19, 2018
-- List of the First 50 artists for Mile of Music
List of the First 50 artists New Artists Michigander (Midland, Mich.) The Sea The Sea (Troy, NY) Luke Winslow-King (New Orleans) Lilly Hiatt (Nashville) Melodime (Washington, D.C.) Wilderado (Los Ange...
Apr 19, 2018
Trail would connect local communities
There are plans to expand an existing trail system to connect five local communities along the Fox River. Outagamie County is providing $1.6 million to help kick off the project between Appleton and K...
Apr 19, 2018
