Category Archives: Local News
Menasha close to taking over RR Donnelley site
Menasha leaders hope to finalize a deal to buy the former RR Donnelley plant along the Fox River for $1. Mayor Don Merkes broke a tie vote by the city council to take over the property on Ahnaip Stree...
Oct 06, 2017 (Image provided by City of Menasha)
Appleton to close street to get railroad trestles
Appleton is taking the final step to getting three railroad trestles that cross the Fox River. The city council unanimously agreed to close Locust Street, by the railroad crossing, next to the Boys an...
Oct 05, 2017 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Grand View Townhomes opens in Grand Chute
There was a grand opening celebration and dedication yesterday for a new affordable housing development in Grand Chute. Debra Dillenberg is the executive director of the Appleton Housing Authority. Sh...
Oct 05, 2017
Microsoft picks state for start of tech initiative
Microsoft is picking Wisconsin to help start a new initiative to boost economic development through technology. The company launched TechSpark this afternoon. Michelle Schuler is the manager of the pr...
Oct 05, 2017
Appleton police have new assistant chief
A new person is now second-in-command at the Appleton police department. Former Captain Larry Potter is officially the department's assistant chief. He's been with the department for 24 years. Potter ...
Oct 05, 2017
Fox Crossing police look to raise money for K-9
Fox Crossing police want to get a K-9. The dog would help to find drugs and locate lost or fleeing people. Officer Jason Weber says it's been close to 20 years since they've had a K-9 unit and their b...
Oct 05, 2017
2 arrested for gunshots in Neenah parking lot
Neenah police say they arrested two people, after shots were fired in a Shopko parking lot in August. They actually took 18-year-old Anthony Pitzrick of Neenah into custody four days after the inciden...
Oct 05, 2017
G.C. police don't know if robber was male or female
Grand Chute police say the clerk robbed last evening at a hotel near the Fox River Mall couldn't say if the suspect was male or female. Officer Travis Waas says the clerk at the Microtel Inn in the 30...
Oct 05, 2017
Confidential mail working for abuse victims
A program that allows crime victims to use a confidential mailing address is six months old, and a staffer at a local domestic abuse shelter says it's been a great tool. Wendy Gehl is with Harbor Hous...
Oct 05, 2017
Proposed Appleton budget has familiar big-ticket items
The proposed budget for Appleton includes a number of big-ticket items and projects. Mayor Tim Hanna says they're ones that city leaders have already been working on. They include almost $2 million to...
Oct 05, 2017 (Image from the City of Appleton)
