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School property tax increase is highest rate in decade
School property tax levies are going up by 4-1/2 percent this year. Wisconsin Policy Forum researcher Jason Stein says that’s the largest increase in a decade. He says over the past four years, ...
Dec 17, 2019
Oshkosh police help homeless over holidays
Oshkosh police officers are helping the homeless by handing out what they call “blessing bags.” Officer Kate Mann says they collected clothes, hygiene items, and gift cards to restaurants ...
Dec 17, 2019
Festival of Lights may be 1st in country to use microgrid
Organizers of the new Fox Cities Festival of Lights are setting themselves apart from other holiday displays. Renee Torzala of Faith Technologies says to their knowledge, it’s the first-of-its-k...
Dec 17, 2019
Police release pictures in robbery case
Appleton police are releasing pictures from a gas station that was robbed on the northeast side. The person went into the Marathon station in the 1900 block of E. Wisconsin Avenue on December 5th. Inv...
Dec 17, 2019
Inmate escapes from Oshkosh treatment center
A state prison inmate escaped from a facility in Oshkosh that provides substance abuse programs. Forty-year-old Ryan Jurgens was in custody for a drug conviction, violating court orders, and shoplifti...
Dec 17, 2019
Inmate escapes from Oshkosh treatment center
A state prison inmate escaped from a facility in Oshkosh that provides substance abuse programs. Forty-year-old Ryan Jurgens was in custody for a drug conviction, violating court orders, and shoplifti...
Dec 17, 2019
Appleton police investigating armed robbery
Appleton police is releasing a picture of someone who may help officers identify an armed robbery suspect. Police say the picture was taken on December 5th at a Marathon Gas Station in the 1900 block ...
Dec 17, 2019
Census workers getting ready for 2020
2020 is not only a Presidential election year, it’s also a Census year. Regional office staff are being hired and a number of Fox Valley municipalities are forming Complete Count Committees. US ...
Dec 17, 2019
Renard Island plans clearer
Plans to build hiking trails, a boardwalk, shops and restaurants on a 55 acre piece of land in the Bay of Green Bay is clearer. A consultant talked about the goal to develop Renard Island yesterday. I...
Dec 17, 2019
Neenah schools to consider referendum
Neenah’s school board could decide tonight whether to hold a referendum in April of next year. Administrators are recommending a $115 million proposal, and it would include building a new high s...
Dec 17, 2019
