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5 hrs ago | WisInfo

The good stuff in '09: February heats up the local scene

All this snow and ice got you down? Well, pick yourself up, because while the winterscape outside your window isn't going anywhere for a while, the entertainment landscape is showing signs of improvement as ...

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Related Topix: Appleton Metro, Milwaukee, WI, Milwaukee Metro, Madison, WI

13 hrs ago | WisInfo

Michael D. Potts, Keith L. Birr to stand trial in Grand Chute murder of Artheddius Pierre Peeler

APPLETON - About 30 minutes passed between an argument at a Grand Chute apartment complex in October and the fatal shooting that followed it, the brother-in-law of the victim testified Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Appleton Metro, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Outagamie County, WI

18 hrs ago | WisInfo

Appleton woman charged with attacking mom with sewing maching

APPLETON - An Appleton woman is facing multiple criminal charges for hitting her mother over the head with a sewing machine and then spitting at police officers who came to take her into custody.

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Related Topix: Life, Sewing, Hobbies, Outagamie County, WI

Wed Jan 07, 2009

WisInfo

U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen, D-Appleton, to donate congressional pay raise...

WASHINGTON - Congress is getting a $4,700 automatic pay raise this year, but Rep.

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Related Topix: US News, Appleton Metro, Menasha, WI, Health Insurance, Health, US Politics, Herb Kohl, US Senate, Democrat

WisInfo

Retiring Appleton Fire Chief Neil Cameron expects mergers

APPLETON - As Appleton Fire Chief Neil Cameron prepares to retire, he says more cooperation - possibly department mergers and consolidations - have to be a big part of Fox Valley fire service.

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Related Topix: Appleton Metro, Fire, Oshkosh, WI, Brown County, WI, Marinette, WI

Tue Jan 06, 2009

WFRV-TV Green Bay

Motorist Killed In Collision With Bus Near Chilton

The sheriff's department said the car was headed north on County Road BB when it failed to yield at a stop sign.

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Related Topix: Chilton, WI, Appleton Metro, Calumet County, WI

Oshkosh Northwestern

Mom, daughter debut on 'Biggest Loser: Couples'

Kristin Steede, 29, is a self-made woman who owns her own business, Community Choice Mortgage Group in Appleton.

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Related Topix: Appleton Metro, Greenville, WI, Shiocton, WI, The Biggest Loser: Couples, Entertainment, Television, Game Show, The Biggest Loser, Reality TV

Appleton Post-Crescent

Charges await 16-year-old boy, man in Appleton drive-by shooting

A 16-year-old Appleton boy could be charged as soon as today with a felony criminal charge in connection with a drive-by shooting Saturday on the city's southeast side.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Appleton Metro, Calumet County, WI

Mon Jan 05, 2009

Appleton Post-Crescent

Appleton woman dies in Chilton-area crash

A 46-year-old Appleton woman died Monday after the car she was driving failed to yield from a stop sign near Chilton.

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Related Topix: Chilton, WI, Appleton Metro, Calumet County, WI, Reedsville, WI

Green Bay Press-Gazette

Appleton woman hits mother with sewing machine

A 23-year-old Appleton woman was jailed Sunday afternoon for striking her mother in the head with a sewing machine.

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Related Topix: Appleton Metro, Outagamie County, WI

Sun Jan 04, 2009

Appleton Post-Crescent

Appleton police make progress in drive-by shooting probe

Police have made 'significant progress' in a drive-by shooting that injured an Appleton man Saturday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

WisInfo

Ice dams and freezing pipes can spell trouble

The potential for frozen water pipes, leaky roofs and menacing snow drifts around gas meters and furnace vents are an unwanted part of this season as the region closes a month of record snowfall totals.

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Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Appleton Metro, Denmark, WI

WisInfo

Primary election takes shape in Appleton

APPLETON - A former gubernatorial candidate who says he founded all the world's education systems is in line to challenge a business telemarketer trainer for Appleton's 1st District aldermanic seat.

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Related Topix: Appleton Metro, Outagamie County, WI

Sat Jan 03, 2009

NBC26

Drive-By Shooting Shakes Appleton Neighborhood

A drive-by shooting turns an otherwise quiet Appleton neighborhood into a crime scene.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

WisInfo

Outgamie County works to restore recycling pickup

Black Creek residents are irked they temporarily are without curbside recycling.

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Related Topix: Black Creek, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Kaukauna, WI, Appleton Metro

Fri Jan 02, 2009

Appleton Post-Crescent

Appleton man faces sex charges after leaving duffel bag with...

A man faces child enticement charges after he left a duffle bag containing handcuffs, a gag and his wallet at the Kimberly home of a teenage girl who told police the two arranged a date over the Internet.

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Related Topix: Appleton Metro, Kimberly, WI, Outagamie County, WI

Green Bay Press-Gazette

Experts ponder: Ohs or aughts

The exhibit closing Sunday at the History Museum at the Castle carries a title colorful and descriptive: "Times They Are A-Changing." The subject matter is the sixties, the 1960s.

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Related Topix: Appleton Metro, Lawrence University, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI

WisInfo

The Buzz: 2009 sneak peek

Retailers are in a precarious position after one of the worst Christmas shopping seasons in decades.

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Related Topix: Appleton Metro, Oshkosh, WI, Neenah, WI, Little Chute, WI, Menasha, WI

Thu Jan 01, 2009

WisInfo

Neenah, Appleton elementary schools nominated for 2009 Blue Ribbon School Award

Roosevelt Elementary School in Neenah and Columbus Elementary School in Appleton are among eight schools in Wisconsin nominated for the 2009 Blue Ribbon School Award.

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Related Topix: Appleton Metro, Neenah, WI, Education Etc., Standardized Testing, Education

Wed Dec 31, 2008

The Burnett Co. Sentinel

Polk County supervisors found guilty

In what might be a first-of-its-kind case, a circuit court judge has ruled that 20 Polk County Board supervisors violated Wisconsin's Open Meeting Law while working out a sale agreement for the county-owned ...

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Related Topix: Polk County, WI, Amery, WI, Balsam Lake, WI, Appleton Metro

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