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Youth prison plan goes to state
Brown County’s proposal to build a $43 million secure residential care center for children and youth is going to the state’s Joint Finance Committee. Milwaukee, Racine and Dane counties ar...
Carol Patrizi Oct 04, 2019

Kaul: Evers will make ‘appropriate judgement’ on Dassey
The state’s top prosecutor hopes Governor Evers makes a decision on the Brendan Dassey case, based on all of the relevant facts. Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul talked with Action 2 News a...
Mike Kemmeter Oct 04, 2019

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...
Mike Kemmeter 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...
Mike Kemmeter Oct 03, 2019

Bellin honoring woman for positivity
A trainer in Green Bay is getting an award at tomorrow’s Bellin Women’s Half Marathon. Chrisann Walsh had to overcome a lot of hurdles in the past several months. Her parents and her dog a...
Mike Kemmeter Oct 03, 2019

Woman sentenced for pot cookies
A Shawano woman is going to jail for 80 days for handing out marijuana-laced cookies on St. Patrick’s Day. Cathleen Krause reached a deal with prosecutors, and pleaded no contest to two felony m...
Mike Kemmeter Oct 03, 2019

Johnson: Nothing Wrong with Trump requests
Republican U.S. Senator Ron Johnson of Oshkosh says he sees nothing wrong with President Trump asking Ukraine and China to investigate presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. Johnson tol...
Mike Kemmeter Oct 03, 2019

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 ...
Mike Kemmeter Oct 03, 2019

ThedaCare, Bellin heart doctors partnering
Two health care providers are bringing their heart doctors together. ThedaCare and Bellin Health have a new partnership between about 50 members of their cardiology care teams. ThedaCare Senior Vice P...
Mike Kemmeter 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...
Mike Kemmeter Oct 03, 2019



