Kaukauna News

Three Fond du Lac High School boys volleyball players earned all-Fox Valley Association honors after the 2009 season.

What: Kaukauna High School's fall production of 'Harvey,' a 1944 play written by Mary Chase that tells the story of an affable man, Elwood P. Dowd, and his imaginary friend Harvey, a 6-foot, 31 2-inch rabbit.

KAUKAUNA - Third-grader Britany Breckheimer has checked out the book "Giraffes Can't Dance" so many times from the Electa Quinney Elementary School library that she almost knows the tale by heart.

KAUKAUNA - The weather has been downright balmy in Wisconsin the past few weeks, but a group of Kaukauna students wants to make sure area children have all the winter gear they need when temperatures plummet.

Parents, remember when you sat your child down to warn them about the dangers of drinking or that conversation about the birds and the bees? Add to the conversation list a heart-to-heart on suicide and what your children can do when they've lost hope, says Bob Lenz.

Online Sex Ad Three teens in Fond du Lac are accused of using an online sex ad to lure a man to the Fondy Motel and rob him.

Four area boys' volleyball players have earned all-state honorable mention honors.

WPPI Energy, power supplier to the city's electric utility, is offering the city $18.2 million to help pay settlement claims of investors related to the failed Menasha Utilities steam plant.

TOWN OF WOODVILLE - Warm feelings rushed over grief-stricken Dale and Karen Mahnke as they greeted the six teenagers standing in the front porch of their rural home.

Age, year: 17, senior. Family: Mother, Amy; father, Bill; brother, Matthew, 21. That's the stuff: She won the Fox Valley Association meet in 14 minutes, 51 seconds, and followed that up with a first-place finish at the Green Bay East/West sectional in 15:37. At the state meet, she placed 12th overall in Division 1 in 15:08. What you may not know: ...

KAUKAUNA - Retired drama teacher Steve Kelly was working on selecting a play for Kaukauna High School's fall production when he heard about Steven Spielberg's plan to remake the 1950 film "Harvey." Kelly was quite familiar with the Pulitzer-prize winning play, which tells the story of an affable man, Elwood P. Dowd, and his imaginary friend ...

Mayor Gene Rosin said his already stretched thin city workers would be spared next year from pay cuts and unpaid furloughs sweeping across other communities.

A fire caused an estimated $50,000 in damage to a house at 1100 W. Wisconsin Ave.

Girls state volleyball, Kaukauna faced Middleton for the right to go to the Division 1 title game.

KAUKAUNA - Residents will have a chance to pay tribute to a loved one this holiday season during the 2009 Love Lights tree-lighting ceremony at 5 p.m. Dec.

ASHWAUBENON - Kaukauna rallied from two games down to defeat Fond du Lac 22-25, 24-26, 27-25, 25-20, 15-13 on Thursday night in a WIAA state girls volleyball Division 1 quarterfinal at the Resch Center.

APPLETON - Specialty papermaker Thilmany LLC of Kaukauna has filed a lawsuit against papermaker Appleton alleging Thilmany suffered more than $20 million in damages because of a breach of contract by Appleton.

The Kaukauna Creative Arts Group will present its 20th holiday exhibit Nov. 21 at the lower level gallery in the Bank of Kaukauna.

Top-seeded Kaukauna defeated fifth-seeded Green Bay Preble/East 25-15, 25-23, 25-11 in a WIAA boys volleyball sectional semifinal match on Tuesday night.

APPLETON - As counties including the Fox Cities start shifting to Family Care, the state's managed long-term support system replacing county-led programs, not everyone welcomes the change.