Category Archives: Local News
Chamber to focus on young talent
The Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce is focusing on bringing young workers to the area. President Becky Bartoszek says that was one of their major goals for last year, and it will continue to be this ye...
Jan 23, 2020
Show on lists to feature Appleton
Appleton will be featured in a new Discovery Channel show that focuses on communities that are on the top of lists. Comedian Mo Mandel is the host of "Small Town Throw Down." He says the show is inspi...
Jan 23, 2020
Woman facing charges for child's death
A woman is facing formal charges for the death of her two-month-old child in Fond du Lac in 2018. Twenty-six-year-old Shauntina Fuller-Pankey is accused of causing severe head injuries. Prosecutors sa...
Jan 23, 2020
Shop owners arrested in federal synthetic pot bust
The owners of Holy Smokes vape stores in northeast Wisconsin are in custody on a federal drug warrant. Marinette County Sheriff Jerry Sauve says 41-year-old Tracy Sheldon and 42-year-old Chad Zeske we...
Jan 23, 2020
Appleton banning conversion therapy
Conversion therapy for children is going to be banned in Appleton. The city council supported the proposal for sexual orientation and gender identity on a 14-1 vote late last night. People on both sid...
Jan 22, 2020 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Evers wants action on dairy, redistricting
Governor Evers is calling on lawmakers to follow the will of the people, before they finish their work for the rest of the year. He gave his second State of the State speech at the Capitol last night....
Jan 22, 2020 (Image: Office of the Governor)
Roth gives GOP response to Evers
Republican Senator Roger Roth of Appleton gave the official GOP response to the governor's speech. He thinks the work of Majority Republicans in the Legislature, over the past decade, continues to "ig...
Jan 22, 2020
Project planned near Oshkosh Corp. HQ
Another project is in the works along Oshkosh Avenue, by the new Oshkosh Corporation headquarters. Developer Steve Hoopman is proposing a two-story office building and a retail development, featuring ...
Jan 22, 2020 (Image provided by the city of Oshkosh)
Appleton gets funding for biogas boiler
A state program is giving the City of Appleton almost $170,000 for a project at the wastewater treatment plant. Mayor Tim Hanna says they're taking the methane gas that's created at the facility and c...
Jan 22, 2020
Deer hunters can weigh in on possible changes
The DNR wants to hear what people think about some possible changes to the state's deer hunting seasons. The Wisconsin Conservation Congress will ask six questions in April. They include whether hunte...
Jan 22, 2020
