Category Archives: Local News
2 huge projects highlight decade in tourism
Two major projects in the Fox Cities are the big highlights from the past decade in the tourism industry. The Fox Cities Exhibition Center opened almost three years ago, and the Community First Champi...
Dec 30, 2019 (Image provided by Fox Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau)
Auditors collect taxes from out-of-state companies
Some state auditors are going after out-of-state companies, and they're bringing back nearly twice as much revenue as initially hoped. State Revenue Secretary Peter Barca says they collected nearly $1...
Dec 30, 2019
Neenah man saves lives by donating organs
A young Neenah man's death is giving three other people a chance to live. Jacob Bernhardt was also known as Kobi, and he passed away the day after Christmas from complications from pneumonia. The 18-y...
Dec 30, 2019
Former coach sentenced in child sex case
A former Coleman High School junior varsity volleyball coach is going to prison for nine years and nine months in a child sex case. Forty-two-year-old Jason Nieminski entered no contest pleas to five ...
Dec 30, 2019
G.B. police to handle Appleton overdose investigation
Appleton police say a 37-year-old man died, less than three hours after he was initially treated for a cocaine overdose. They say a woman asked police to come to her house in the 600 block of W. Verbr...
Dec 30, 2019
Salvation Army short of fundraising goal
The Salvation Army Fox Cities is about $100,000 short of the nonprofit's $1.1 million fundraising goal. Spokeswoman Kristal Knudtson says the numbers actually turned out better than she thought they w...
Dec 30, 2019
Trump plans Milwaukee rally
President Trump will be coming to Wisconsin in a couple of weeks. He's planning a rally on Tuesday, January 14th in downtown Milwaukee. It will be at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, and it's scheduled...
Dec 30, 2019
Panel to wait on voter list decision
The state Elections Commission plans to wait until a court battle is over before deciding what to do with more than 230,000 voters on the state's voting list. The people didn't respond in time to a le...
Dec 30, 2019
Mary's Restaurant to have new owner
A well-known restaurant on Appleton's north side will have a new owner on Wednesday. Tim Huth of Mary's Restaurant says their workers will stay on, and the new owner will keep the name and menu. Huth ...
Dec 30, 2019
Bellevue firefighters now on duty around the clock
Bellevue firefighters will now be at the department's station around the clock. The first shift started this morning. Fire Chief Jack Mlnarik says their response times will be much better with a three...
Dec 30, 2019
