Neenah News

The vice chairman of the state Building Commission has decided to let a Wisconsin Chippewa tribe keep a $250,000 grant to help build a cultural center.

Legislation that would sharply curtail the choices for Wisconsin residents using the state's FoodShare program, also known as food stamps, passed the Wisconsin Assembly 68-26 on May 7. The bill's sponsors said it would encourage recipients to eat more healthily but, according to out state Rep.

The state Assembly passed a bill Tuesday that would let bars and liquor stores sue minors or their parents if they are cited for underage drinking.

David Roisum of Finishing Technologies Inc. in Neenah, Wis., received the President's Award from the Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators .

The Neenah Joint School District is facing two lawsuits - and another is on the way - filed by employees and retirees who want to recover health insurance premiums, supplementary retirement benefits and Social Security and Medicare taxes, reports the Appleton Post-Crescent . The largest lawsuit was filed April 22 in Winnebago County Court and ... (more)

The Highway 41 construction project in Winnebago County is nearing completion, with the summer driving season right around the corner.

Hospital officials say an 18 year old man is in critical condition at Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah tonight, tonight, after crashing his moped into an Outagamie County truck this afternoon.

The lead sponsor of the food stamp legislation which would mandate recipients buy healthier food says he'll lobby the federal government if the bill passes the state Senate.

A bill that would ensure most food stamp benefits go to healthy food passed the state Assembly in a bipartisan vote Tuesday, despite Democrats raising concerns about the proposal not being realistic.

More fresh vegetables, fewer chips. That's a requirement in a food stamps reform bill which passed the state Assembly Tuesday.

The state Assembly's approval Tuesday of a bill limiting junk food purchases by food stamp recipients is certainly understandable.

For more than a decade after they moved into their house in Neenah, Wisconsin, the Zwick family knew they had a Cold War bunker in their backyard.

An odd coalition of advocates for the needy, local retailers and big corporations are opposing a fast-moving bill limiting junk food for food stamp recipients.

According to Gannett's newspapers in Wisconsin, 165 bikers suffered traumatic brain injuries in 2010 and 83 percent of them were not wearing helmets.

There's a renewed effort to find out who's putting up the money for Wisconsin political ads that highlight issues instead of candidates.

A visit back in time is now available for residents in the fox valley. Today, residents got to tour a full scale replica of a nuclear war shelter, constructed with actual exhibits from a shelter discovered in Neenah.

The screening is free and open to the public. Inspired by Lawrence's May, 2012 Holocaust Symposium, the film includes clips from the symposium as well as individual interviews with the four Viennese survivors.

Plus this bit of post-Cold War journalistic ignorance: "The idea of a fallout shelter was not to protect from a nuclear blast, but rather from the radiation that would likely contaminate the surrounding area.

May is Trauma Awareness Month. I want to take this opportunity to tell you about what happens outside of the Trauma Center at Neenah's Theda Clark Medial Center that makes all the difference.

For more than a decade after they moved into their house in Neenah, Wisconsin, the Zwick family knew they had a Cold War bunker in their backyard.