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$350,000 Claim Filed Over Appleton Jail Death

Kim Ziebell contends the sheriff's department should have known he was suicidal and taken appropriate precautions.

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Related Topix: Outagamie County, WI, Tigerton, WI, Waupaca County, WI

Fri Oct 10, 2008

The News-Record

Taste of Home in Appleton

Mary Janice Reisdorf, home economist with Taste of Home, does a cooking demonstration for a packed house at Fox Valley Lutheran High School in Appleton, Wis., Thursday evening, Oct.

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Related Topix: Appleton Metro

Thu Oct 09, 2008

WBAY

Rising Water Bill for Appleton Man

Appleton residents have watched their water bills go up in recent years but for one man his bill from last winter was a real whopper, more than $2,000. The city continues to demand payment even though it might ...

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Wed Oct 08, 2008

The Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter L...

Neenah teen wrote death threats, prosecutors say

A 16-year-old Neenah boy charged with strangling his father kept a journal in which he threatened to "kill his father, remove his teeth and burn the body," Winnebago County Dist.

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Related Topix: Neenah, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Prison

Fond du Lac Reporter

Elderly Appleton homeowner still faces $3,000 water bill

Evidence leaves no doubt an 84-year-old man owes the city a quarterly water bill of nearly $3,000, aldermen and city water department technicians said on Tuesday.

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WisInfo

Buzz Mailbag: Two shuttered Jimmy John's prepare to reopen

Q: When is Jimmy John's on the east side, by Target, going to reopen? A: A number of readers have been asking about this shuttered Jimmy John's Gourmet Subs at 3420 Calumet St., Appleton, as well as another ...

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Related Topix: Appleton Metro, Oshkosh, WI

Tue Oct 07, 2008

Fond du Lac Reporter

2 injured in early morning crash near Fond du Lac

Two men were injured early Tuesday when their car struck a power pole and tree on Winnebago Drive near Michigan Street in Taycheedah.

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Related Topix: Appleton Metro, Neenah, WI

Green Bay Press-Gazette

Economy colors 8th Congressional District debate

The applause coming from supporters of Democratic incumbent Steve Kagen grew louder in the first half hour of his tense debate with Republican challenger John Gard.

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Related Topix: Suamico, WI, Appleton Metro, Combined Locks, WI

Appleton Post-Crescent

Joint fire station proposed for Appleton, Neenah-Menasha

A six-month study between Appleton and Neenah-Menasha fire officials puts automatic aid on hold for now and proposes construction of a joint fire station near Oneida Street and Midway Road.

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Related Topix: Appleton Metro, Menasha, WI, Neenah, WI, Winnebago County, WI

Mon Oct 06, 2008

Fond du Lac Reporter

$2,665 water bill stuns Appleton resident

Norm Beckman may be 84, but he clearly remembers the words of a city water technician who emerged from Beckman's darkened basement in June carrying a water meter.

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Related Topix: Minneapolis Metro

Sun Oct 05, 2008

Green Bay Press-Gazette

Appleton extends trick-or-treating hours

The perseverance of an Appleton youth who plans to dress up as fictional wizard Harry Potter for trick-or-treating this year cast a positive spell over the Common Council this week.

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Related Topix: Appleton Metro

Sat Oct 04, 2008

Appleton Post-Crescent

Judge: 4 years for drunken driver

While the victim's son clutched an urn containing his father's ashes, a Little Chute man was sentenced to prison Friday in an Appleton traffic fatality case.

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Related Topix: Little Chute, WI, Appleton Metro, Outagamie County, WI

Green Bay Press-Gazette

Ticket Take: Live from Appleton ... it's Lake Wobegon

Garrison Keillor is bringing his "A Prairie Home Companion'' to the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center for a live broadcast at 4:45 p.m. March 28.

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Related Topix: Garrison Keillor, Vocal

WisInfo

Story, photos: Appleton papers testifies in unfair competition case

WASHINGTON - A German papermaker and its customers told a federal panel Thursday that Appleton lost ground in the lightweight thermal paper market because of missteps.

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Related Topix: Appleton Metro, US Politics, Ted Strickland, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Fri Oct 03, 2008

Appleton Post-Crescent

Jacksonport fire chief caught in sex sting operation in Appleton jailed in Outagamie County

The chief of the Jacksonport Fire Department is being held in the Outagamie County Jail on a $20,000 cash bond after he was caught in a child-sex sting operation.

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Related Topix: Outagamie County, WI, Appleton Metro, Egg Harbor, WI, Kaukauna, WI

WisInfo

Tourists, natives bring India to Fox Valley

MENASHA - When Wayne and Dorothy Stoflet of Combined Locks signed up for a 17-day tour of northern India last January, they knew they were in for an experience of a lifetime.

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Related Topix: Combined Locks, WI, Appleton Metro, Menasha, WI, Travel, India Travel

WisInfo

Wisconsin politicians go to bat for papermaker

WASHINGTON - Appleton, a papermaker for more than 100 years, is in the fight of its life against unfair competition from foreign companies selling their products at artificially low prices, two governors, five ...

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Related Topix: Appleton Metro, US Politics, US News, Herb Kohl, US Senate, Democrat, Ted Strickland, US House of Representatives, Kimberly, WI

Thu Oct 02, 2008

Green Bay Press-Gazette

Crash closes Northland Ave. at 41 near Appleton

A serious crash has forced Grand Chute police to close the intersection of U.S. 41 and Northland Avenue to traffic in both directions Northland Avenue is closed from Casaloma Drive to Bluemound Drive, police ...

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Related Topix: Appleton Metro

Fond du Lac Reporter

Jury finds Oshkosh baby sitter guilty of homicide in death of 2-year-old

A jury deliberated for just under an hour Wednesday before convicting an Oshkosh woman of homicide who admitted to punching the two-year-old girl she was baby-sitting because she did not fold up a blanket.

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Related Topix: Appleton Metro, Oshkosh, WI, Winnebago County, WI

Appleton Post-Crescent

Green Home Living Fair set for Saturday

The Valley Home Builders Association and Mosquito Hill Nature Center, with support from We Energies and UW-Extension Outagamie County, will host the Green Home Living Fair on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Outagamie County, WI

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