Tag Archives: Appleton
Appleton mixed-use library project a top story of 2018
A developer wants to include a new library in downtown Appleton in a mixed-use development on the site of the Soldiers Square parking ramp. The proposal and the city's decision to pick it over a numbe...
Dec 30, 2018
Appleton close to making snow removal budget
Despite the big blizzard in April that ate up 25 percent of Appleton's snow removal budget, the city is close to meeting its projected budget for the year. Public Works Director Paula Vandehey says go...
Dec 28, 2018 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Appleton gets new fire truck
Appleton firefighters are getting used to a new fire truck. They started using the engine yesterday, and it went on its first call last night. The department is getting four trucks over a four-year pe...
Dec 28, 2018
Mosaic celebrating diversity at Neenah museum
A piece of art that highlights diversity in the Fox Cities is at the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass in Neenah. The museum partnered with the Building for Kids in downtown Appleton to put it together...
Dec 28, 2018
Mile of Music's Encore Eve set for Monday
Organizers of Mile of Music are putting on their sixth annual New Year's Encore Eve Monday night in downtown Appleton. The festival's Ian Thomson says they'll have nearly five hours of live, original ...
Dec 28, 2018
Green Bay sets yearly precipitation record
Green Bay set a record today for the most precipitation in a year and Appleton and Oshkosh are close to their top totals. The amount of rain and snow in Appleton and Oshkosh is over 41 inches so far. ...
Dec 27, 2018
April blizzard was a top local story in 2018
A blizzard dumped massive amounts of snow over a weekend in mid-April. The storm that set records in a number of communities was one of the top local stories in 2018. Appleton's 109-year-old mark for ...
Dec 27, 2018
Gas prices drop below $2
It costs less than $2 for a gallon of gas at many stations around the Fox Cities. Prices haven't been at that level in three years. And it's only the second time it's happened since 2009. Erin Roth of...
Dec 26, 2018
Christmas meal brings people together in Appleton
A group gave people a chance to get together for a Christmas meal in Appleton yesterday. We Care Meals held the annual event at Riverview Gardens. Organizers had enough food for about 2,800 people. Ja...
Dec 26, 2018
Spears: Adding e-cigs to smoking ban 'proactive'
There's a proposal to add e-cigarettes to Appleton's workplace smoking ban, and the author is calling it a proactive move. Ald. Cathy Spears says it's about protecting the public from any chemicals th...
Dec 26, 2018 (Image from the City of Appleton)
