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City of Kaukauna collection practices can create unwanted looks for city business district and residential areas like this area of dumpsters behind Second Street. The city is looking to make visual improvements.
By Tom Collins
Reporter
Efficiencies in time, money and labor as well as the ability to improve the look of the core business areas downtown and some residential terraces in city neighborhoods were the result of a second look by city department heads regarding proposed changes in city refuse pickup practices.
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Gene Wall, a U.S. Air Force Retired Col. from Little Chute, told a stirring story about Ken Stumpf of Menasha, who passed away in April, at the Golf with a Vet dinner at Van Abel’s of Hollandtown last week.
By Brian Roebke
Editor
Gene Wall, a U.S. Air Force Retired Col. from Little Chute, told a stirring story at the Golf with a Vet dinner at Van Abel’s of Hollandtown about Ken Stumpf of Menasha, who passed away in April.
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Bag piper Luke Semrau of Green Bay, a Green Bay firefighter paramedic, leads the colors onto the pre-golf ceremony. Presenting the colors are National Guard Senior NCOs Brenton Steudel and Klay Koll and VFW members Jack Beilfuss and Gary Schmidt.
By Brian Roebke
Editor
Sometimes it takes a while for a golf outing to get off the ground and raise good money, but the Kaukauna Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3319 from Kaukauna is bucking that notion.
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Gov. Tony Evers and State Superintendent Jill Underly visited students, educators, and school staff at Electa Quinney Elementary School in Kaukauna on Thursday as part of a statewide tour welcoming students and educators back to school and highlighting the governor’s $90 million investment into K-12 education to address staffing challenges, provide direct classroom support, and expand mental health services in schools.
Los Angeles Rams rookie guard and Kimberly native Logan Bruss is out for the season with a torn ACL and MCL. The former Wisconsin Badger suffered the injuries in a preseason game against the Texans. Bruss was selected by the Rams in the third round of the 2022 NFL Draft.
Repair plans for the County Road CC/Rose Hill Road bridge over I-41 in the village of Little Chute begin tomorrow according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Northeast Region. An over-height vehicle struck the bridge on Aug. 3, damaging a girder of the structure.
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East Wisconsin Savings Bank is merging with Lake City Federal Bank, a mutual institution located in Lake City, Minn. The merged company, headquartered in Kaukauna, will have the East Wisconsin name.
East Wisconsin Savings Bank, a mutually owned institution located in Kaukauna, and Lake City Federal Bank, a mutual institution located in Lake City, Minn., have announced plans to merge into a single financial institution.
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Kaukauna School Board member Melissa Kurey objected to the school district’s contracts with CESA 6 for 2022-23 for “Center 4 All – Equity” training at last week’s meeting.
By Brian Roebke
Editor
The Kaukauna Area School District remains committed to providing safe, in-person learning environments for its students, staff, and community and the board of education heard an update from Superintendent Mike Slowinski at last week’s meeting.
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Ellen Scheibe purchased a “dollhouse” home online that looked similar to Mary (Runte) Bossert’s family home and altered it to look more like the home on Wilson Street that’s 100 years old.
Mary (Runte) Bossert is now residing at Care Partners, but she lovingly reminisces about a very special home on Wilson Street, so familiar to many Kaukauna residents, and those who have visited White City Park over the years.
