Appleton News

A 29-year-old Appleton man who's serving a prison sentence for having sex with a 15-year-old girl faces additional charges after sending her a 10-page love letter.

APPLETON - The sexual assault trial of a former fifth-grade teacher accused of molesting a student has been indefinitely postponed.

Police Chief David Walsh on Tuesday was also given the role of interim administrative chief for the Appleton Fire Department.

For elementary school-age kids, there's always a wide array of Fox Valley Summer School Consortium classes to choose from, including nature exploration, outdoor games and the perennially popular woodshop.

APPLETON - Good things come in small packages. That saying can apply both to jewelry boxes and to jewelry businesses.

The Diocese of Green Bay announced late Monday that an Appleton woman has been hired as the Catholic schools director.

APPLETON - It's a big club - some 220 strong. It's so big, in fact, that some members of the Appleton Downtown Rotary Club felt lost in the crowd.

APPLETON - A Green Bay man who beat a black man in a Little Chute bar, and an anonymous note hung on a mall bulletin board have Appleton back on a list of communities with active hate groups.

Madison: Now that the state budget has been signed, speculation at the Capitol has turned to the fall of 2010 and the race for Governor.

Darin Kath's stint as president and chief executive officer at Appleton-based Integrity Mutual Insurance Co.

The city's Police and Fire Commission will start the process next week of paring down a list of at least two dozen applicants for fire chief.

Fans of Northeast Wisconsin fireworks will get their first major dose tonight, as US Bank and the Appleton Area Jaycees prepare for the Big Boom.

APPLETON - A tentative agreement promising city financial help in a $55 million, riverfront commercial and complex rests with the developer's ability to secure financing.

WOODRUFF -- For just a day, the Lakeland Cinema in Woodruff didn't feel like it was nestled in the Wisconsin Northwoods, but rather between the buildings and palm trees of Hollywood.

Wisconsin drivers who choose not to buckle up may see flashing lights in the rearview mirror.

Common Council members must play a significant role in planning for a new public library, despite state laws giving exclusive powers to the Appleton Library Board, Ald.

OSHKOSH - Tuesday's daylong "Public Enemies" celebration was about the filming of scenes downtown and, of course, Johnny Depp, but it was also about Oshkosh.

Madison a ' The number of abortions performed in Wisconsin dropped slightly last year to its lowest level since the state began keeping records three decades ago, according to a state report released Tuesday.

An Appleton woman accused of embezzling over $60,000 from a soccer club was convicted Monday of two counts of felony theft.

The bugs are back, and if Willis Loeck's experience matches the rest of the Fox Cities, they're back in bigger numbers.