Tag Archives: Appleton
Police visit possible non-essential businesses
Local police are working with some businesses to determine if they're actually essential. Departments around northeast Wisconsin have been getting calls from people believing certain stores should be ...
Apr 02, 2020
BBB warns of new COVID-19 scams
The Better Business Bureau in Appleton is dealing with a lot of complaints about phony companies trying to sell protective face masks. Regional Director Susan Bach says fake websites are popping up, o...
Apr 02, 2020
6 local fire departments create regional team
Six fire departments in the Fox Valley are going to work together during the pandemic. Appleton, Oshkosh, Grand Chute, Kaukauna, Fox Crossing, and Neenah-Menasha will be able to automatically respond ...
Apr 02, 2020
New donated ventilators arrive at local hospitals
The new ventilators from an anonymous donor are now at local hospitals. ThedaCare used its share of the $170,000 to buy four of them, and the ThedaCare Foundation donated a fifth. Ascension's St. Eliz...
Apr 02, 2020
Controversial sculpture staying put
A controversial sculpture in Appleton isn't going anywhere. The city council voted 7-6 to keep "The Collective" at its current spot, on the west end of the College Avenue Bridge. Ald. Denise Fenton fe...
Apr 01, 2020
2 Appleton police officers get national honor
Two Appleton police officers are being honored nationally for their actions, during a shootout outside of the downtown transit center. Officer Paul Christensen and Sgt. Chris Biese will receive a "TOP...
Apr 01, 2020
State, Outagamie Co. tracking well on census
People in Wisconsin are currently the best in the country for completing the census. Appleton Diversity Coordinator Karen Nelson says the state's current reply rate is 44 percent. The national average...
Apr 01, 2020
Appleton officer attacked, stabbed outside police station
Appleton police say a Kaukauna man stabbed a police officer in the parking lot of the downtown police station early this morning. Lt. Mike Frisch says they believe 49-year-old Troy VanGrinsven was fol...
Mar 31, 2020
Appleton wants to open all polling locations
The city of Appleton will use all of its polling places next Tuesday. Mayor Tim Hanna thinks communities that are consolidation locations are actually making things riskier for poll workers and voters...
Mar 31, 2020 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Oshkosh couple makes it home from Peru
Almost two weeks after they were supposed to leave Peru, an Oshkosh couple is back at home. Adam and Jaime Martinez were picked for a charter flight from the U.S. government over the weekend. After so...
Mar 31, 2020
