Appleton News

State Rep. Roger Roth, R-Grand Chute, said Friday he intends to join the crowded field of candidates seeking the 2010 Republican nomination for the 8th Congressional District.

CHILTON - A man who punched and kicked an Appleton police officer who went to the man's home to check on his wife after a 911 hang-up call faces a felony charge.

APPLETON - Appleton Area School District fifth-graders from Richmond, Johnston and Appleton Montessori Public elementary schools soon will be hitting the ballroom floor in their own version of "Dancing with the Stars." ♦ Click here to sign up for news, weather and sports text alerts.

APPLETON - Thursday was no ordinary day at the office for Appleton Mayor Tim Hanna.

Now that a police department merger with Appleton looks all but dead, the Town Board faces no shortage of police-related business to attend to in short order.

APPLETON - St. Elizabeth Hospital is getting a major makeover. Additional information These links will open in a new window: ♦ Post-Crescent's special health section.

APPLETON - The Appleton Health Department will host a free public H1N1 vaccination clinic from 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Northland Mall, 900 W. Northland Ave.

With unemployment numbers approaching 10% for the first time since 1983, life insurance sales are booming.

APPLETON - A convenience store clerk who was shot by a would-be robber testified Tuesday "it appeared he wanted to shoot me." ♦ Click here to sign up for news, weather and sports text alerts.

Former state Rep. Terri McCormick, R-Greenville, formally announced Tuesday she would join a host of Republican hopefuls in the 2010 8th Congressional District race.

Further proceedings are set Thursday for an Appleton man accused of downloading and sharing child pornography.

Valerie Flanagan recalls clearly the day nearly 68 years ago, on Dec. 8, 1941, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his 'Day of Infamy' speech expressing outrage at the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Police today are looking for a man who displayed a handgun while robbing a gas station along Ballard Road.

When she heard the planned marriage of the Grand Chute and Appleton police departments was on the rocks, Rosalie Misco figured it was just a spat over the wedding arrangements.

Three decades have passed since a troubled young Appleton woman who had been estranged from her family over her involvement in a cult-like religious group disappeared.

APPLETON - A restructuring of the school day in Appleton's four middle schools has been postponed, a district official said Thursday, with implementation eyed for fall 2011 rather than September as planned.

Teacher compensation, always a hot-button issue, is sizzling these days as school boards negotiate new deals and approval annual budgets.

APPLETON - A drive-by shooting suspect who accidentally shot out his car window filed a vandalism complaint with Appleton police just hours after the incident.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation Northeast Region in Green Bay is reminding motorists to avoid backups on areas near popular shopping destinations.

APPLETON - Outagamie County Circuit Judge John Des Jardins this morning granted a change of venue to Scott E. Schmidt, the former Appleton firefighter facing charges of killing his wife, Kelly Wing Schmidt, on April 17 at her Grand Chute home.