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Appleton firefighters increase mental health
A grant will help members of the Appleton Fire Department increase their mental health. Battalion Chief Derek Henson says firefighters and police officers often suffer from PTSD because of the stressf...
Carol Patrizi Mar 05, 2021

11 venues split grant money
The Fox Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau is awarding $225,000 in grant money to 11 local businesses impacted by the pandemic. Executive Director Pam Seidl says this one time grant will go the har...
Carol Patrizi Mar 05, 2021

Slender Man teen wants out of mental health facility
One of the teens convicted of stabbing a classmate to please the fictional Internet horror character Slender Man is expected to ask for release from a Wisconsin mental health facility. Nineteen-year-o...
Carol Patrizi Mar 05, 2021

Judge says no to man convicted of killing 4
A judge has rejected a request to withdraw no contest pleas by a man convicted of causing a western Wisconsin crash that killed three Girl Scouts and a mother in 2018. Colten Treu was sentenced to 54 ...
Carol Patrizi Mar 05, 2021

Murder suspect now charged with theft
A northwest Missouri man accused of killing two Wisconsin brothers has been charged with persuading someone to steal a trailer while he was in jail. Garland Nelson’s trial in April on a charge o...
Carol Patrizi Mar 05, 2021

Ruffalo appears to still be running
Despite saying he would not actively campaign for the position, a candidate for the Appleton School Board appears to be holding campaign events. Edward Ruffalo publicly stated that he would not contin...
Jonathan Krause Mar 04, 2021

Lifest returns in July
Lifest will return to Oshkosh this summer. Festival Director John Dougherty says the time is right to return to the festival grounds. Dougherty say precautions will be in place at the Sunnyview Expo C...
Jonathan Krause Mar 04, 2021

Lawrence names new President
Laurie Carter will be the 17th president of Lawrence University. The school making the announcement today that Carter will succeed Mark Burstein when he retires on July 1st. Carter looks forward to im...
Jonathan Krause Mar 04, 2021

Fire damages home in Green Bay
A home on Green Bay’s west side undergoing remodeling has $10,000 in damage after a fire yesterday afternoon. Crews were called to the 800 block of South Fisk Street around 2:15 p.m. and found s...
Carol Patrizi Mar 04, 2021

Man accused of sexual assault
Oconto sheriff’s deputies have a 36-year-old man in custody accused of sexually assaulting a child. The Suring man was arrested on Sunday. Officials say the incident occurred in Suring.
Carol Patrizi Mar 04, 2021




