APPLETON Police say theyve collected a wealth of physical evidence tied to Tuesdays stabbing death of a 41-year-old man at a Grand Chute hotel, but are puzzled about the relationship between the victim and the woman they say killed him.
BIRNAMWOOD A 20-year-old man is facing a homicide charge in connection with the death of his father Tuesday in Birnamwood, according to the Shawano County Sheriffs Department.
GREEN BAY Lynn Vreeke says she was outraged to learn last week that due to a law change her disabled son likely wont be able to go to Green Bay Packers football games at Lambeau Field.
APPLETON City voters on Tuesday set up an April contest between a 16-year incumbent mayor and a nine-year veteran alderman for Appleton mayor.
Mayor Tim Hanna received the most votes in the primary with 3,169, or 55 percent of the 5,716 votes cast.
NEENAH Aldermen on Tuesday temporarily suspended the police departments practice of paying its administrative captains, who are exempt from overtime pay, extra compensation for working volunteer patrol shifts.
APPLETON Efforts by Appleton officials to inform residents of new polling locations and a new state voter ID law seemed to pay off during Tuesdays primary election.
WASHINGTON Conservation groups on Tuesday ripped a federal proposal to further shield the Great Lakes from the invasion of non-native species, such as zebra mussels and Asian carp.
GRAND CHUTE A man who was found dead at the Road Star Inn in Grand Chute on Tuesday suffered cut wounds that may indicate he had been defending himself against an attacker, police say.
APPLETON Timothy Riley, executive director of the Trout Museum of Art, will step down from the chief leadership role at the downtown Appleton museum in May.
GREEN BAY Bishop Robert J. Banks, 83, bishop emeritus of Green Bay, is recovering after suffering a heart attack on Sunday, according to the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay.
ASHWAUBENON Terry Johnson had just turned the ball over on a post-entry pass for Alec Brown, and things looked bad for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay mens basketball team on Tuesday night against Cleveland State.
LITTLE CHUTE What better way for Little Chutes boys basketball team to end a brief losing skid than to clinch a third consecutive Eastern Valley Conference championship outright on its home floor
At Mishicot, the Indians went up against the best team in the conference Tuesday and matched up well in three of the four quarters but were outplayed in the second period.
It appears to me the Government Accountability Board is nothing more than a sham group put together to give the appearance of judging the fairness of the recall process. Moreover, the board looks like its working hard to vet the process, but in fact is afraid to do anything that would be unfavorable to the radical and highly militant recall backers.
Kudos to Community Columnist Michael Muoio for his thoughtful compilation of health care information (Feb. 8, Do we really have a choice in health care). It draws on the Organization of Economic Development and Cooperation Report on Healthcare and is an accurate description of the worldwide status of health care.
LOVING GESTURE: We just experienced another Valentines Day, a reminder to the world to choose love toward each other. God said it first in Corinthians: Let love be your greatest aim. Even people who dont believe in him need, want and require love. So please be sweet to everyone you meet.
There are already several weaknesses to the $26 billion settlement that several mega-banks made with state and federal governments over the mortgage crisis.
I was really taken aback as I read the Thumbs Up to the Government Accountability Board in the Feb. 11 Post-Crescent about the boards decision to reject calls for outside help in checking recall petitions. The Post-Crescent feels that the board is absolutely about upholding the integrity of the process under the law. I disagree very strongly, and so do many others.
RECALL FEVER: Its obvious now that anyone planning on running for state office should consult with the unions first to find out how they should vote should they get elected. If they dont vote the way the unions want them to vote, they will simply get recalled, and the unions can afford to do it. They have an endless supply of money its called the taxpayer.
There are some disturbing phrases used when the subject of voting comes up. I have heard them all too often, to the point of being offended by the following examples.
How interesting was Laurie Friedman Fannins Jan. 31 column, (Christopher) Hitchens death is a loss to all, about the prolific author and regular correspondent for Vanity Fair magazine.
A year ago in a letter to the editor, I suggested we look back at 2010. My focus at the time centered on the budding Fox Cities Exhibition Center coalitions efforts to turn talk of an exhibition center in Appleton into a reality.
I suppose it may be too much to ask, but are these people who continue to get stuck on the lakes and rivers or fall through the ice time and time again being charged the fully allocated cost of their rescue
CSL International, which did a 2008 feasibility study on a potential convention center in Appleton, apparently has never come across a city that didnt need convention center.
According to Don Cavaiani (Feb. 9 letter to the editor, Christian ideals are life-giving), the Catholic Church is clearly set against war as an unjustified solution to anything.
CHOW DOWN: I had just finished my second or third bowl of Froot Loops when I came across a USA Today report that linked overeating to a risk of memory loss. The studys lead author from the Mayo Clinic wait hold the mayo, I think it was Sloan-Kettering or maybe Johns Hopkins. Anyway, the more calories consumed correlated highly to cognitive impairment. Seventy to 90 people who were at least 1,233 years old no, it was 1,233 people aged 70 to 90 took part in the study, which statistically suggested a link between forgetfulness and calorie intake. Other independent researchers in either Austria or Australia came to the same conclusion. Fascinating. Are you going to finish those fries
Unless youre a king or a demigod or, as Mark Twain once wrote, somebody with a tapeworm, its usually a good idea to avoid referring to yourself with the pronoun we.
Gaby Rodriguez was a 17-year-old high school honor student in Yakima, Wash., when she hit upon an imaginative senior project on teen pregnancy. She would declare she was pregnant. In the months that followed, as she bulked up with a home-made prosthesis, she would log the reaction of friends, family and classmates to her condition.
IN THE PAST: In his Feb. 10 call, Jim DeShaney bravely stepped out of the box, and I applaud him for it. In todays political climate, its either recall Gov. Scott Walker or bash President George W. Bush. Mr. DeShaney went back beyond Walker. Even though he only went back three governors, he at least spoke up to the Walker recallers. Now the Bush-bashers should look back to President Lyndon B. Johnson, and perhaps we could all move on. Thanks, Jim, for getting people thinking.
Many people are saying both political parties should come together by compromising to solve all problems, but compromising is whats led to the deplorable condition that our country finds itself in.
According to a Post-Crescent opinion and Kevin Kennedy, the director of the Government Accountability Board, the concerns of formerly battered wives with respect to any publication of their addresses on recall petitions posted online are outweighed by, as The P-C said, a presumption of openness under the law which outweighs that concern.
In the wake of the first shooting of a criminal involving a legal concealed carry permit holder, Nazir Al-Mujaahid, on Jan. 30 at an Aldi store in Milwaukee, we see that trained citizens of this state are fully capable of defending themselves, and others, under our new laws.
The new redistricting in Appleton has certainly created interesting opportunities. In District 4, were blessed and also challenged by the choice between three strong candidates. There are two incumbents vying to keep a seat in our newly combined district and one very strong newcomer, Megan Pickett.
