Category Archives: Local News
Moving 6th graders an option in Appleton
Most of Appleton's elementary schools are considered overcrowded, and one way the district could change that is by moving sixth graders to middle school. District Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes ...
Dec 2, 2019 (Image provided by Appleton Area School District)
Truck drivers to learn about human trafficking
All future truck drivers in Wisconsin will now learn how to recognize signs of human trafficking. Fox Valley Technical College instructors have been teaching students about it since 2012. Governor Eve...
Dec 2, 2019
Stores having tough time finding holiday workers
Like companies in a number of industries, it's difficult for stores to hire workers during this holiday shopping season. Fox River Mall General Manager John Berglund says the job market is pretty stre...
Dec 2, 2019
Appleton-based soldiers welcomed home
Nearly 200 soldiers from an Appleton-based Wisconsin Army National Guard unit were reunited with their families today. The soldiers are part of the 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry and there were welcome...
Nov 29, 2019
Holiday travelers may face freezing rain, snow
Drivers in northeast Wisconsin might have to deal with a mix of sleet, freezing rain, and heavy snow when they head home during the holiday weekend. National Weather Service Meteorologist Keith Cooley...
Nov 29, 2019
Black Friday sales going well at Fox River Mall
The general manger of the Fox River Mall in Grand Chute says store owners tell him sales are going great this Black Friday. John Burgland says they're reporting a slower start yesterday, before things...
Nov 29, 2019
Shops prepare for Small Business Saturday
Local businesses throughout the Fox Cities, Oshkosh, and Green Bay areas are taking part in Small Business Saturday. Organizer Heather Wessley of Fox Communities Credit Union says it's a way to get sh...
Nov 29, 2019
Names released of couple from Beaver Dam fire
The elderly woman killed in a fire near Beaver Dam last night was 82-year-old Ellie Neumann. Her 91-year-old husband, Ruben, escaped from the house on Watercress Lane. A Dodge County Sheriff's deputy ...
Nov 29, 2019
Initiative focuses on African-American entrepreneuers
A survey of 48 African-American entrepreneurs shows most don't rely on outside help from economic development agencies. Diana Hammer of the UW-Extension office in Fond du Lac says they also found many...
Nov 29, 2019
Fox Cities Festival of Lights debuts today
The lights will go on for the first time today at the new Fox Cities Festival of Lights. Organizers are holding a grand opening at Darboy Community Park. It starts with a ribbon cutting at 4:45 p.m. S...
Nov 29, 2019
