Tag Archives: Local News

History Museum at the Castle providing free memberships
Appleton's History Museum at the Castle is thanking the community with a free membership through the rest of the year. “Life can be hard and challenging and confusing right now and we think that...
Hayley Tenpas Mar 05, 2021

After 40 years, Kathy Keene to retire as WHBY’s Good Neighbor
After 40 years behind the microphone, WHBY’s Good Neighbor Kathy Keene is announcing her retirement. Kathy joined Woodward Communications back in January, 1981. On September 6, 1981, she became ...
Hayley Tenpas Mar 05, 2021

Grandmother pleads not guilty to crash that killed girl
A Manitowoc woman pleaded not guilty to driving drunk and causing a crash that killed her granddaughter. Fifty-one-year-old Monica Walker is charged with three felonies, including homicide by intoxica...
Carol Patrizi Mar 05, 2021

AASD teachers will get coronavirus vaccines next week
Teachers in the Appleton School District will start getting their coronavirus vaccines next weekend. City Health Officer Kurt Eggebrecht says their plan has been approved by the state Department of He...
Carol Patrizi Mar 05, 2021

App will help kids in homes with drug issues
Student software engineers, mobile app developers and media artists from Fox Valley Technical College are developing an app to help children negatively impacted by drugs. Scenes of families dealing wi...
Carol Patrizi Mar 05, 2021

Gas prices could hit $3.00 by Memorial Day
Drivers could see gas prices hit $3.00 dollars by Memorial Day. Patrick DeHaan of GasBuddy is making that prediction. He feels the COVID pandemic created an imbalance in the market. He calls OPEC inco...
Carol Patrizi Mar 05, 2021

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




