Tag Archives: Appleton
Appleton will keep looking for site for new park
Appleton could keep looking for a site for a long-talked-about large regional park on the southeast side. Mayor Tim Hanna included $500,000 in next year's proposed budget to buy land. Parks and Recrea...
Oct 10, 2018 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Appleton to talk about medical pot
An Appleton panel will talk about a proposal tomorrow to encourage the state to legalize medical marijuana. Kurt Eggebrecht is the city's health officer. He says members of the Board of Health will re...
Oct 09, 2018 (Image from the City of Appleton)
I-41 speed limit could be lowered
The Outagamie County Board will decide later this month whether to lower the speed limit on a portion of I-41 between Grand Chute and the Wrightstown area exit. Supervisor Don DeGroot says a referendu...
Oct 09, 2018
Police investigate another hit & run by LU campus
Appleton police are looking into the similarities of three hit-and-run crashes that happened near the Lawrence University campus in the downtown. The victims were all women, and they were students at ...
Oct 08, 2018
Oshkosh considers $30 wheel tax
Oshkosh leaders could create a wheel tax to help pay for road projects, and change the city's policy on special assessments. A committee is recommending an annual tax, and the city council is expected...
Oct 08, 2018 (Image provided by the City of Oshkosh)
Appleton hospital unveils new behavioral unit
An Appleton hospital is unveiling a newly remodeled behavioral health unit today. The larger 14,000 square foot unit at Ascension Saint Elizabeth Hospital is an inpatient facility for children between...
Oct 05, 2018
Farmers learn about crop from hemp experts
Some hemp experts from Colorado were in Appleton yesterday to answer questions about the crop. Farmers got together at Memorial Florist and Greenhouse to hear from a team called Front Range Bioscience...
Oct 05, 2018
Tickets for 'Fiddler on the Roof' on sale today
A Tony Award-winning musical is coming to downtown Appleton next month. Tickets for "Fiddler on the Roof" at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center go on sale today. Spokeswoman Trisha Witt says the sh...
Oct 05, 2018
Police continue investigating death of Caitlyn Xiong
Appleton police continue to investigate the death of a 20-year-old woman one year after she went missing. Police are calling the case of Caitlyn Xiong of Appleton ongoing. She was last seen one year a...
Oct 05, 2018
Council approves Jones Park playground donation
Jones Park is getting a new playground. The Appleton City Council last night agreed to accept a $100,000 dollar donation for the project from a downtown business. Alderman Ed Baranowski says Principal...
Oct 04, 2018 (Image from the City of Appleton)
