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Abacus Architects illustrations/Plans for a five-story, 101-unit apartment complex were unvield at last week’s Kaukauna Planning Commission meeting for the corner of Catherine Street and East Wisconsin Avenue. That adds to the previously reported 67-room Sleep Inn hotel at 222 Lawe St. Developers still have many hoops to jump through to get the proposal approved by the city’s common council. The building would be located adjacent to the city’s painted mural along Catherine Street.

Submitted photo/Al Borchardt is pictured in front of the Kaukauna Public Library, where he volunteers to shelve books on Monday mornings. Borchardt will be the rallymaster at the annual Kaukauna Alumni Foundation Rally on June 19 at Van Abel’s of Holladtown.

Submitted photo/The 70th Appleton Flag Day Parade features the 2d Marine Division Band from Camp Lejeune, N.C. on Saturday, June 12.

City of Kaukauna photo/One of the issues with Kaukauna’s allowance of a driveway on the side of a garage is that a recreational vehicle could be parked on the side of a neighboring house, with noise from that activity just eight feet away from a neighbor potentially trying to sleep.

Brian Roebke photo/The 5th lock in Kaukauna is the last lock in the Fox River Navigational System Authority to be renovated. When the Kaukauna lift bridge is operational later this summer, boaters can go from the Rapid Croche dam between Kaukauna and Wrightstown all the way to Menasha through the lock system.

Brian Roebke photo/A large crowd was on hand in Kaukauna on July 4, 2019, for the start of the Fox Firecraker 5K, which plans to return this year after a year off due to the pandemic.