Tag Archives: Outagamie County
Census effort will focus on hard-to-count people
A special committee in Outagamie County that's focusing on next year's census is looking for ways to reach the hardest people to count. Karen Nelson is the vice chair of the group, and she says that i...
Dec 20, 2019
Outagamie Co. starts census planning
The census is next year, and Outagamie County officials are starting to prepare. Planning Director Kara Homan says a special committee will reach out to different community groups. She wants everyone ...
Dec 20, 2019
Fox Valley homeless numbers at 6-yr high
More people spent time in emergency shelters in the Fox Cities last year, compared to the previous six years. Workers for the Fox Cities LIFE Study went over the numbers from facilities in the Appleto...
Dec 17, 2019
Missing Freedom girl found safe
A large search for a two-year-old girl in Freedom ended on a good note. Sgt. Nathan Borman of the Outagamie County Sheriff's Department says the toddler wandered away from her apartment while her pare...
Dec 12, 2019 (Image: Outagamie County Sheriff's Office)
New design planned at Hwy. CE & Railroad St.
The proposed design for an intersection along Highway CE in Kimberly would be the first-of-its-kind in the Fox Valley. Outagamie County is considering what's called an "RCUT" plan, or Restricted Cross...
Dec 11, 2019
Trestle project bids lower than expected
The cost to turn a railroad trestle in the Appleton flats into a trail will be cheaper than expected. The low bid for the Lawe Street trestle project, from Janke General Contractors, came in at just o...
Dec 10, 2019 (Image from the City of Appleton)
Initiative focuses on African-American entrepreneuers
A survey of 48 African-American entrepreneurs shows most don't rely on outside help from economic development agencies. Diana Hammer of the UW-Extension office in Fond du Lac says they also found many...
Nov 29, 2019
Man gets 10 yrs for Greenville crime spree
A Grand Chute man is going to prison for 12-1/2 years for a crime spree on Thanksgiving night last year. Thirty-three-year-old Jonathon Harper pleaded no contest last month to eight felonies. Outagami...
Nov 27, 2019
Holidays busy time for trash, recycling
The holidays are a busy time for garbage pickup. The EPA says about 25 percent of all trash and recyclables for the year is thrown out during this time. In Outagamie, Winnebago, and Brown counties, ab...
Nov 27, 2019
Appleton man gets 10 yrs for child porn
An Appleton man is going to federal prison for 10 years for having child pornography of infants and toddlers. A grand jury indicted 37-year-old Brandon Daul in February. He also spent three years in p...
Nov 20, 2019
