Category Archives: Local News
Highway 441 expansion is halfway done
Work on the Highway 441 expansion is about at the halfway point. That's according to the project manager for the DOT Tom Buchholz. They started working in the area around the Oneida Street interchange...
Sep 12, 2017
Panel votes against climate change proposal
The debate over climate change hit Appleton City Hall last night. The parks and recreation committee voted 4-1 against aligning with the goals of the Paris Agreement. The proposal also called for the ...
Sep 11, 2017 (Image from the City of Appleton)
State sends unprecedented number of troops to Florida
A spokesman for the Wisconsin National Guard is calling the activation of 2,500 troops from the state to help with hurricane recovery in Florida unprecedented. Captain Joe Trovato says they've mobiliz...
Sep 11, 2017
G.B. decommissions city's 9-11 memorial
Green Bay's 9-11 Memorial is deteriorating, and police officers and firefighters gathered around it Monday, for a decommissioning ceremony. Crews removed a piece of steel girder that was from the Worl...
Sep 11, 2017
$5 mil bond for man charged with shooting at deputies
A 62-year-old Waupaca County man is in custody on a $5 million bond, after sheriff's deputies say he shot at them. Prosecutors are charging James Dax with six counts of attempted murder...and making t...
Sep 11, 2017
A major bridge project is starting in Winneconne
Work started today on a new bridge over the Wolf River in Winneconne. DOT spokesman Mark Kantola says they're building a second bridge, and it's just south of the current one on Highway 116. He says t...
Sep 11, 2017
Rock the Block focuses on Appleton neighborhood
A local chapter of Habitat for Humanity will have volunteers out in full force this week to help beautify an area on Appleton's north side. Thirty projects are on the latest Rock the Block schedule. T...
Sep 11, 2017
Appleton, Oshkosh firefighters to help with Irma
Six Appleton firefighters and two of the department's rescue boats are on the way to Florida, to help with the response to Hurricane Irma. Three Oshkosh firefighters are heading there too. Appleton Ba...
Sep 11, 2017
Appleton man hurt trying to surf on stranger's car
Appleton police arrested a 27-year-old man for trying to car surf on a stranger's vehicle early this morning. Sgt. Dave Lund says the Appleton man, who had a skateboard, jumped on the hood of a car in...
Sep 11, 2017
Murphy reacts to Hortonville bypass delay
A lawmaker from Greenville supports the Hortonville bypass project, but he believes there are some mixed feelings about it. The Legislature's budget committee didn't earmark any specific funding for t...
Sep 11, 2017 (Photo provided by the Wisconsin Legislature)
