Category Archives: Local News

Appleton chief concerned about jump in police calls
Appleton police officers have been a lot busier over the past two years. Chief Todd Thomas says the number of police calls have jumped by nearly 10 percent. He says they've been dealing with repeated ...
Oct 02, 2017

Johnson: Football players should stand for anthem
Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson says football players should stand for the national anthem. The lawmaker from Oshkosh says he believes the U.S. flag is a symbol of millions of people who have died...
Sep 29, 2017
License to Cruise to feature Fords
Hundreds of classic cars will line College Avenue in downtown Appleton tonight for License to Cruise. The annual car show kicks off Octoberfest weekend. Event chair Dan Hoeck says they're featuring th...
Sep 29, 2017
Group holding tour of chicken coops in Appleton
A group that worked to let people raise chickens in Appleton will be showing off different types of coops on Sunday. City Peeps is organizing a tour at five homes around the city. The group's Shannon ...
Sep 29, 2017

1 in custody, 2 wanted for Appleton robbery
Appleton police now say one man is behind bars, and they're looking for two more suspects in connection with a robbery on the southeast side a couple of weeks ago. Two men held up the Capital Credit U...
Sep 29, 2017

Father, daughter found dead east of FdL
A father and daughter were found dead in a home east of Fond du Lac this morning. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's department says a home health care worker called 911 from the house on Golf Course Dr...
Sep 29, 2017
Nature preserve offers building tours
People can tour the new environmental building of a local nature preserve today. Kristine Schuetze is the development manager at the Gordon Bubolz Nature Preserve. She says last fall their old shelter...
Sep 29, 2017
Rep. Grothman says NFL protests are ridiculous
A local Congressman is calling the recent protests in the NFL ridiculous. Republican Glenn Grothman says the idea that athletes are saying there are fundamental problems in the country is ludicrous. G...
Sep 29, 2017
Pence talks tax reform in Waukesha
Vice President Pence was in Waukesha yesterday talking about tax reform. Pence joined Governor Walker on a tour of Weldall Manufacturing. He says the President's plan would simplify the process. Pence...
Sep 29, 2017
Appleton's Octoberfest starts this weekend
Appleton's largest block party starts tomorrow. OctoberFest offers a variety of live music on College Avenue. Committee member Tara Brzozowski says they have six stages of music, over 200 arts and cra...
Sep 29, 2017



