Menasha News

MENASHA - A family of three was displaced Sunday morning when an accidental fire caused significant damage to one-side of a duplex at 1113 De Pere St.

LEAVEN: Volunteers are needed to help move tables and chairs on Feb. 14. Items need to be moved from Menasha to an Appleton location.

MENASHA - Lake Park Pub is a hot spot for Friday night fish fry, but the Menasha tavern's colossal catch won't land on a diner's plate.

Neenah police say the 23-year-old woman robbed a Shopko pharmacy in Menasha. A few days later they tell us she also robbed a Pick-N-Save pharmacy in Neenah.

It was a good weekend to be walking around Fish Creek last week. I made my contribution to the economy of the town, finding great bargains.

People may have thought it a gamble when the Rev. Billy Ferg planted a church about three years ago in Appleton.

NEENAH - For his first 35 years in municipal government, Mayor George Scherck supported Neenah's ordinance that requires department directors to live within the city.

New details on the triple murder and suicide in De Pere one week ago. Police released the 911 transcript of the call that came from inside the home.

After emergency responders in Northeast Wisconsin conducted a second ice rescue this week, officials warn a trip on to the ice could cost them more than their well-being. Friday morning, emergency responders rescued eight fishermen who suddenly found themselves stranded on a large piece of ice that broke off shore in the strong wind, floating away ... (more)

The sturgeon spearing season opener is Saturday. With the less than ideal ice conditions, the DNR is reminding everyone to be careful.

MENASHA - A machine fire at Sonoco U.S. Paper Mills in Menasha has closed State 114 between Nicolet Boulevard and Main Street.

The 31st annual St. John's Menasha Men's Tourney tips off at 7 p.m. today with the defending Sports Graphics of Menasha, featuring Jeff Norgard and Wayne Walker, from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, facing Stadium View From DePere.

FOX VALLEY - Several fires Wednesday afternoon and evening in the Fox Valley kept emergency officials busy.

OSHKOSH - Winnebago County prosecutors have charged Neenah resident Samuel E. Lueders with homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle, five months after he crashed his car and killed the man riding with him.

Parent University will be held from 4:15 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16 at Butte des Morts Elementary School.

TOWN OF MENASHA - Pierce Manufacturing Co. is among a growing number of Wisconsin manufacturers that are taking advantage of federal loans designed to help them ship more products around the world.

MILWAUKEE - Affinity Health System, one of the Fox Cities largest employers, will now be owned and operated by a single nonprofit organization, Ministry Health Care.

Sen. Ellis' recent comments about Preble High School being a sewer, and what that makes its students, started me thinking about what makes us what we are.

At first glance, the statistic - tucked within the 2001 annual report of the Wisconsin Council on Problem Gambling - appeared to be a typo.

Police officers are searching for a woman armed with a silver handgun who took drugs in an armed robbery at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday from the pharmacy inside the Pick 'n Save store at 828 Fox Point Plaza.