Category Archives: Local News
City receives $500K grant for next trestle
A fund is offering Appleton a $500,000 grant to help pay for the next trestle project over the Fox River. The David and Rita Nelson Fund, through the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region, co...
Jul 7, 2020 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Construction returning to Hwy. 10-441
There are some more things to do in the former Highway 10-441 construction zone. Work will start next week to replace concrete joints in eight locations. DOT Project Manager Tom Buchholz says inspecto...
Jul 6, 2020
Police busy with fireworks calls
Plenty of calls came into police about fireworks over the holiday weekend. Brown County received about 175 complaints from Friday to Sunday. About 110 of them were in the City of Green Bay. Fond du La...
Jul 6, 2020
Vet's family in FdL area getting new roof
Workers started replacing the roof of a home in the Fond du Lac area for a veteran and his family. Phillip Opalewski was in the Navy for four years, and he served during Desert Storm. His wife, Lisa, ...
Jul 6, 2020
Appleton adds 24 COVID-19 cases over holiday weekend
Appleton public health is reporting 24 more confirmed coronavirus cases since last Thursday. Seven got it through community spread, and 10 were most likely connected to a known case. Seven others are ...
Jul 6, 2020 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Oshkosh man busted in FBI child porn sting
An Oshkosh man indicted last month was one of about 65 people busted in a child pornography operation by the FBI. Agents worked with police across the country and the world for the month-long sting. S...
Jul 6, 2020
Judge picked for Shawano, Menominee Counties
The city attorney for Shawano will be a new judge for Shawano and Menominee counties. Governor Evers is appointing Katie Sloma. She'll take over for retired Judge James Habeck. Sloma was elected city ...
Jul 6, 2020
Stray bullet hits golfer in Lomira area
A golfer in the Lomira area was hit by a stray bullet late this morning. Dodge County Sheriff's deputies say a 50-year-old man was trying to shoot a woodchuck on his property, near The Golf Club at Ca...
Jul 6, 2020
Appleton man accused of voyeurism
An Appleton man accused of secretly recording people in bathrooms at Lawrence University is facing trials in Outagamie County and Indiana. Twenty-one-year-old Benjamine Wears was arrested in March, af...
Jul 6, 2020
State marks 10th anniversary of smoking ban
Anti-smoking advocates believe good things have happened since the state's smoking ban went into effect. Yesterday was the 10th anniversary of the law. Lynnsey Erickson of Winnebago County Public Heal...
Jul 6, 2020
