Tag Archives: Appleton
Police arrest suspected Walmart robber
Grand Chute police say they arrested a 56-year-old man for trying to rob a Walmart by the Fox River Mall last month. Daniel Fox of Appleton is in the Outagamie County jail. Police believe he walked up...
Aug 08, 2019
Tornado hits G.B. for 1st time in 14 yrs
A tornado touched down on the southeast side of Green Bay last night. Meteorologist Jeff Last of the National Weather Service in Green Bay is confirming the EF-0 twister. He says it moved southeast in...
Aug 08, 2019
Storm causes power outages, flooding
Northeast Wisconsin is recovering from another round of heavy storms that blew through the area last night. The National Weather service is reporting a 71 mile an hour wind gust in Oshkosh just before...
Aug 08, 2019
Penterman wants sales tax to pay for sirens
There's a proposal to have Outagamie County use money from the upcoming half-cent sales tax to pay for the outdoor warning sirens. Kaukauna Mayor Tony Penterman thinks that's a better solution than ha...
Aug 07, 2019
Red Lion Paper Valley Hotel files for bankruptcy
The Red Lion Paper Valley Hotel is filing for bankruptcy to reorganize debt. The holding company for the downtown Appleton hotel is now going through Chapter 11 proceedings, but General Manager Linda ...
Aug 07, 2019
Appleton school district could make decision on truancy
Appleton's school board could make a decision next week on the future of the district's truancy system. Assistant Superintendent Polly Vanden Boogaard says a special task force put together three opti...
Aug 06, 2019
Local communities celebrate National Night Out
Neighbors around Oshkosh and the Fox Cities are getting together later today for the annual National Night Out. Appleton Officer Meghan Cash says they're doing something different this year. She says ...
Aug 06, 2019 (Image provided by the Appleton Police Department)
Downtown shops try to benefit from Mile
Stores in downtown Appleton were hoping to get a boost from the crowds at Mile of Music. Jennifer Stephany of Appleton Downtown Incorporated says some put items on the sidewalks to draw attention to t...
Aug 05, 2019 (Image provided by Appleton Downtown Incorporated)
Mile of Music draws largest crowd yet
Another Mile of Music festival is in the books and one of the co-founders thinks the crowds were the largest ever. Dave Willems estimates there were 90 to 95-thousand people in downtown Appleton over ...
Aug 05, 2019
5 housing projects planned in Appleton downtown
The plan to turn the Appleton Post-Crescent building into apartments is the fifth housing project to be announced in the downtown in the past several months. Toni Willems Van Dijk is the president of ...
Aug 04, 2019 (Image from the City of Appleton)
