Category Archives: Local News
People can set up for tonight's Christmas Parade
People can start setting up along College Avenue for tonight's Christmas Parade. Public Works Director Paula Vandehey says under the city's rules chairs and blankets can't be on the sidewalks before n...
Nov 21, 2017 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Schmitt won't run for re-election in 2019
Green Bay's mayor says he won't run for re-election, when his current term is done in the spring of 2019. Mayor Jim Schmitt plans to make a formal announcement at a reception at City Hall tonight. He ...
Nov 21, 2017
Paper Valley hotel leader leaving
The Radisson Paper Valley hotel in downtown Appleton is losing its leader. General manager Jay Schumerth is taking a job overseeing several hotels for a different hotel management company. His departu...
Nov 21, 2017
Workers putting finishing touches on arena
There are 10 days to go before the opening of the Menominee Nation Arena in Oshkosh, and workers are there seven days a week to finish construction. The Wisconsin Herd's first game there will be on De...
Nov 21, 2017
L.C. man arrested after chase in Oshkosh
A reported reckless driver led authorities on a chase on the west side of Oshkosh last night. The State Patrol says troopers were called to a gas station, off Highway 21 and Washburn Street, for someo...
Nov 21, 2017
Northeast Wisconsin home prices hit $150K median
Northeast Wisconsin's median price of homes rose to $150,000. That's a four-point-four percent increase from last year. Nicole Lemke is with the Appleton Housing Authority. She says there is not a lot...
Nov 21, 2017
The downtown Appleton Christmas parade is tonight
The 47th annual Christmas Parade is happening in downtown Appleton tonight. Parade Chairman Greg Otis says it's the largest nighttime parade in the Midwest. He says there are 20 bands and plenty of ne...
Nov 21, 2017 (Image from the City of Appleton)
State Elections Commission asks to restore agency jobs
State lawmakers are being asked to restore three of the five jobs cut from the state Elections Commission. Members voted unanimously on the decision yesterday. Commission Administrator Mike Haas says ...
Nov 21, 2017
Group sees 2 changes in state budget from recent years
A group is reporting there are two ways the state budget is different than others in recent years. Todd Berry of the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance says there was a bigger than normal increase in spendi...
Nov 20, 2017
Home sales up nearly 5 percent for October
Home sales were up nearly five percent last month. Economist Dave Clark of the Wisconsin Realtors Association says median prices also climbed by six percent compared to October of last year. He says m...
Nov 20, 2017
