Category Archives: Local News
Veterans Day events start earlier in Appleton
Veterans Day will be a little busier in the Appleton area tomorrow. Outagamie County is hosting its annual ceremony at the administration building in downtown Appleton, at 11 a.m. But there's an earli...
Nov 10, 2017
Downtown businesses showing off windows
People will start getting into the holiday spirit in downtown Appleton with tonight's Light Up Night. Some downtown businesses will also be showing off their window displays. Jennifer Stephany of Appl...
Nov 10, 2017 (Image provided by Appleton Downtown Incorporated)
22-yr-old Ripon man killed in Hwy. 44 crash
A 22-year-old Ripon man was killed in a crash on Highway 44, southwest of Oshkosh, this morning. Winnebago County Sheriff's deputies say Zachary Guyant was driving a pickup truck, and he crossed the c...
Nov 10, 2017
Appleton celebrates second Light Up Night tonight
The second annual Light Up Night event is happening tonight in downtown Appleton. It's put on by the Trout Museum of Art, and it takes place in Houdini Plaza and along College Avenue. Museum president...
Nov 10, 2017
'The King and I' is coming to the Fox Cities PAC
The revival of a classic musical is coming to downtown Appleton in January. Tickets for Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The King and I" go on sale today. Trisha Witt is a spokeswoman for the Fox Cities Per...
Nov 10, 2017
Fire in G.B.
The Red Cross is helping four people after a fire in an apartment building on Green Bay's east side caused $40,000 in damage. Officials say crews were called to the apartment in the 1200 block of Bros...
Nov 10, 2017
Outagamie County leader reacts to Appvion cuts
The cuts at Appvion are just the latest in the paper industry in the Fox Cities. About 600 workers at Appleton Coated were laid off several weeks ago, and the future of the mill in Combined Locks is i...
Nov 9, 2017
Appvion cutting 200 jobs in Appleton
About 200 workers at Appvion in Appleton will lose their jobs next year because of a consolidation. The paper company will shut down three coaters for carbonless paper, along with rewinding and sheeti...
Nov 9, 2017 (Image provided by Appvion)
Oshkosh police arrest man for arson
A 19-year-old Fond du Lac man is in custody on a possible arson charge, in connection with a weekend fire on the Oshkosh's north side. No one was hurt at a home in the 1500 block of Jackson Street las...
Nov 9, 2017 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Some funding restored for Kort Peace Park
There will be some work done next year on a proposed park along the Fox River in Appleton after all. The city council removed $100,000 in funding for design work at Ellen Kort Peace Park last month. M...
Nov 9, 2017 (Image from the City of Appleton)
