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Should Appleton offer grants to developers to enhance the architecture of new buildings?
Reader question: Does Appleton offer an economic incentive to encourage developers to construct architecturally attractive buildings? With the austere look of some of the new buildings, that might be a worthwhile investment. Answer: The city doesn't offer any grants to enhance the architecture of new construction, but it does provide...
Noise barriers along I-41 in Fox Cities are expected to cut highway noise in half for nearby homes
GRAND CHUTE - Nine noise barriers will be installed along Interstate 41 through the Fox Valley as part of the expansion project. Over 800 households voted earlier this year on whether noise barriers should be installed near their neighborhood, and all were approved. ...
Local veteran returns to Normandy for 80th anniversary of D-Day
COMBINED LOCKS, Wis. (WFRV) – Eighty years ago, the largest amphibious attack in history turned the tide of World War II. Soon, local veteran Vaughn Collicott, who fought on D-Day, will be heading back to France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the day. “Well I wanted to do something, I didn’t want to sit […]
Britton elected to Conservation Congress' District Leadership Council
Mike Britton was elected to the District Leadership Council of the Wisconsin Conservation Congress at its ninth annual convention held in Appleton on May 9-11. Britton is one of two representatives serving Barron, Burnett, Chippewa, Polk, Rusk and St. Croix counties. Across Wisconsin there are 11 districts with two delegates representing each district. In 1934, lead UW professor Aldo Leopold, Chief Warden Harley MacKenzie, Superintendent of Game William Grimmer and...
Wisconsin election officials fear voter confusion over special and regular election taking place on same day
Wisconsin election officials are working on ways to clear up confusion about a ballot that will allow voters to vote for both a special election and a regular election. Following former Rep. Mike Gallagher’s sudden resignation from Congress last month, Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District has remained vacant. Under Wisconsin law, if Gallagher had resigned before […]
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