Tag Archives: Appleton
Program making progress with black students
There are positive signs from a program that targets black students in Appleton and Menasha. ThedaCare is working with several organizations, including the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Fox Valley, in h...
Oct 03, 2019
Vision for Soldiers Square approved
A more general vision for the future of Soldiers Square in downtown Appleton is now on the books. The only specifics that are included in the latest version of the plan are to put two more war memoria...
Oct 03, 2019 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Irish group to play at PAC
An Irish band is coming to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center next spring to play traditional music. Celtic Woman will be in Appleton on May 30th. Four soloists are part of the group. Celtic Woman ...
Oct 03, 2019
Trestle projects included in city budget
There are plans to move forward with trestle trail projects in the Appleton flats. Mayor Tim Hanna put money in his proposed 2020 budget to convert the first of three bridges. That trestle goes over t...
Oct 03, 2019 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Appleton's train whistle ban now in place
There's now a train whistle ban in Appleton. It means engineers can't blow their whistles along the main line that cuts across the city. The ban took effect shortly after midnight. Public Works Direct...
Oct 03, 2019 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Hanna unveils proposed 2020 budget
Next year's proposed budget for the City of Appleton is out. Mayor Tim Hanna wants to cut the property tax rate by 82 cents, to $8.34 in Outagamie County. The city reassessed every home, and that's a ...
Oct 02, 2019 (Image from the City of Appleton)
U.S. Venture has no deadline for ramp decision
If debate on a new U.S. Venture headquarters in downtown Appleton drags on, the company's CEO doesn't have a timeline right now for deciding whether to actually move forward. The city council is going...
Oct 02, 2019
G.B. sets yearly precipitation record
There are still three months to go in 2019, and the City of Green Bay already broke the record for the most precipitation in a year. Yesterday's rain put the total over the previous record of 39.2 inc...
Oct 02, 2019
Accelerator for Veterans Program, Rades Family Pumpkin Carving Display 2019, Walk to School Day
Starting a new business can be overwhelming. That's why the FVTC Venture Center works to help students launch and grow their own business. They have a special program that helps out veterans called th...
Oct 01, 2019
U.S. Venture trying to keep ramp costs low
Appleton leaders are going over the details of a proposed parking ramp for the U.S. Venture project, and the company's CEO is pledging to work to keep the cost as low as possible. John Schmidt says th...
Oct 01, 2019
