The Buchanan Town Board last week approved a resolution authorizing the issuance and sale of $1,800,000 general obligation promissory notes for town projects. The town was recently upgraded from an AA- to an AA rating.
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Kaukauna Mayor Tony Penterman could be running for a three- or four-year term next time instead of the customary two-year term the Kaukauna mayor has had for decades.
By Tom Collins
Reporter
The complications of modern local government are much like looking at the internals of a 1940s vehicle versus one from 2022. While each rolls on a set of tires, the current version is much more complex.
After 15 years working for Community Action for Healthy Living, Wendy Vander Zanden has resigned as executive director to work in tobacco control at the state level. The group, headquartered in Kaukauna, had success making the community healthier through smoke-free air, tobacco and other substance use prevention.
After partnering with the search firm Employment Resource Group of Appleton to conduct a nationwide search, Mayor Jake Woodford has recommended Danielle “Dani” Block, MPA, PE as its new public works director.
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John Weyenberg, CEO of Habitat for Humanity of the Fox Cities, returned to his hometown Friday for the kickoff for the group’s Rock the Block effort on Friday afternoon.
The community service group from New Directions Learning Community gathered items to fill spring baskets for foster families through Lincoln’s Foster Closet in Kaukauna.
Approximately 25-30 Rock the Block projects will be done in the Kaukauna Uptown West neighborhood to improve and beautify the neighborhood from Thursday, May 12, through Saturday, May 14.
An Artistic Discovery is on display at the Neville Public Museum through May 25. This exhibition features 49 works of art from 12 schools produced by high school students in Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District, currently represented by Congressman Mike Gallagher.
If you get a phone call and think the deal sounds fishy, it probably is, and some Village of Harrison residents now have first-hand knowledge of the scam.
The Calumet County Sheriff’s Office reported received multiple fraud complaints from residents in Harrison resulting in a total loss of approximately $78,000.
Travis Teesch was selected as the Watertown Fire Department’s new chief of fire and emergency operations. Teesch comes to Watertown from his current position as assistant fire chief in Kaukauna, where he has served since August of 1999.
