Tag Archives: Appleton
Organizers in dispute over music festival
A Green Bay music festival will be back this year, but not with the original organizer. Pita Kotobalvu accuses the nonprofit he brought in to benefit from Rock the Dock Green Bay of stealing the name....
Jan 06, 2020
No arrests in SWAT police call
Appleton police say no one committed a crime, and they didn't take anyone into custody, after SWAT officers went to a home on the north side. Officer Meghan Cash says there was a report of a woman bei...
Jan 06, 2020 (Image provided by the Appleton Police Department)
Girls hockey highlighted at Tri-County Arena
Girls hockey was in the spotlight Saturday at Tri-County Ice Arena in Fox Crossing. For the first time, players at all levels for the Fox Cities Freeze and Green Bay Bobcats squared off in games. Payt...
Jan 05, 2020
Return of Jones Park rinks delayed
The wait continues for ice skaters hoping to return to Jones Park in Appleton. The regular rink and hockey rink have been closed for a few years because of construction. Greg Hoekstra of the city park...
Jan 03, 2020 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Appleton deputy fire chief retiring
The former interim chief of the Appleton fire department is retiring today. Deputy Chief Darrel Baker spent 31 years with the department. He was the leader for several months between the retirement of...
Jan 03, 2020
Artist happy people are talking about sculpture
The creator of a controversial sculpture in Appleton says art is supposed to get people to think, feel, and react. "The Collective" is on the west end of the College Avenue Bridge, and some neighbors ...
Jan 02, 2020
Wreath campaign ends with 1 red bulb
The Appleton fire department tied the record for the fewest fires during its annual Keep the Wreath Green campaign. There was only one fire during the holiday season, and it happened several hours aft...
Jan 02, 2020
Menasha Rock the Block called a success
A local Habitat for Humanity chapter helped finish about 100 home revitalization projects in Menasha last fall. It was the biggest Rock the Block initiative in the country last year. Ryan Roth of the ...
Jan 02, 2020
Mile of Music holding New Year's Eve concert
For the seventh year in a row, Mile of Music organizers are putting on a special New Year's Eve celebration in downtown Appleton. Festival co-founder Dave Willems says they'll have seven artists and b...
Dec 31, 2019
G.B. police to handle Appleton overdose investigation
Appleton police say a 37-year-old man died, less than three hours after he was initially treated for a cocaine overdose. They say a woman asked police to come to her house in the 600 block of W. Verbr...
Dec 30, 2019
