Tag Archives: Appleton
Man receives 31st ticket for suspended license
A 24-year-old Appleton man recently got his 31st ticket in the past five years for driving with a suspended license. Appleton Police Sergeant Dave Lund says people getting behind the wheel without a l...
Jan 09, 2018
Appleton receives 33 applications for fire chief
33 candidates are applying to be the new chief of the Appleton fire department. Chief Len VanderWyst is retiring in March after nearly nine years on the job. Appleton human resources director Sandy Ma...
Jan 09, 2018
Senior center staying at east side spot
The senior center on Appleton's east side will stay at the former St. Bernadette School. The Thompson Center on Lourdes opened two years ago, after the Thompson Community Center on W. College Avenue i...
Jan 08, 2018
Appleton airport to add non-stop flight to Denver
Appleton International Airport will begin offering nonstop flights to Denver in June. United Express will run one daily flight between the two cities. Airport Director Abe Weber says the 8:30 a.m. fli...
Jan 08, 2018 (Image from Appleton International Airport)
Hanna talks about the history of new expo center
The expo center in downtown Appleton is opening later this week and it's a project that's been in the works for three decades. The first task force to explore the project was formed in 1987. Mayor Tim...
Jan 07, 2018 (Photo from WHBY archives)
Crews put finishing touches on expo center
Crews are almost done building the new expo center in downtown Appleton. The $31 million facility opens next Thursday. City Facilities Director Dean Gazza led a tour of the building this morning. He s...
Jan 05, 2018 (Photo from WHBY archives)
Hanna: Expo center will bring people back
Appleton Mayor Tim Hanna thinks once people see the new expo center and spend time in the Fox Cities, they'll want to come back. He says the facility will also draw some conventions that haven't been ...
Jan 05, 2018
Appleton panel to talk expo financing
Appleton leaders will hear about the options for financing the downtown expo center next week. The financing package for the soon-to-open Fox Cities Exhibition Center is still being ironed out, and Ap...
Jan 04, 2018
Man convicted of Appleton shooting
A 29-year-old Appleton man reached a plea deal in a shooting on the city's north side. Prosecutors say Ger Thao opened fire at a neighboring apartment in April of last year, because people were "talki...
Jan 03, 2018
Man was crossing street when hit by car
Appleton police say an 80-year-old man was crossing the road to go from his house to a neighbor's, when he was hit by a car last night near the downtown. Sgt. Dave Lund says the man was in the middle ...
Jan 03, 2018
