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Community

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May

Combined Locks amends parking ordinance

The Combined Locks Village Board amended an ordinance relating to designated parking areas in the business park district zoning.
The amendment deleted references to employee parking and added the line “No rear yard parking is allowed on sites/lots when the rear yard abuts residential property.” 
Wed
26
May

City could auction lots in new residential development


Brian Roebke photo/Principal Planner Allyson Watson Brunette unveiled a plan to sell 25 lots in the city’s newest residential subdivision at the city’s plan commission meeting last week.
The City of Kaukauna has rarely been in the business of selling residential lots but it will soon be with the development of the “Inside the Park Place” subdivision on the city’s south side.
Wed
26
May

Buchanan awards contract for road construction

Peters Concrete Company was awarded the 2021 road construction contract at last week’s Buchanan Town Board Meeting. 
Wed
26
May

Kaukauna Common Council works to facilitate unique zoning situation


Brian Roebke photo/The Kaukauna Common Council overturned a decision by the planning commission to prohibit on-street business parking for a new business to be located at the former Greenwood Funeral Home at 500 Hendricks Ave.
Our history sometimes conflicts with the modern world at the most unusual times.
The Kaukauna Common Council members worked with an issue that is a reminder of the city’s past wrapped into present needs during their May 18 meeting.
Wed
26
May

Kimberly holds Memorial Day ceremony at Amphitheater

The William Verhagen American Legion Post 60 will present a flag to the Village of Kimberly prior to their Memorial Day Ceremony on May 31, 2021. The ceremony will take place at the Kimberly Amphitheater at 6 p.m.
Wed
26
May

Successful Little Chute CAN will soon serve even more students and residents

The already-successful partnership between the village and the Little Chute School District that produced the CAN (Community Action Network) promises to get even better soon thanks to funding from the American Recovery Act. 
Wed
26
May

Kaukauna plan commission finds solution to sticky situation

Years of a lack of enforcement of a City of Kaukauna ordinance led to discussions at the city’s plan commission meetings in May, with the group coming up with a solution at Thursday afternoon’s meeting of not enforcing illegal concrete pads but enforcing vehicle storage on them.
Wed
26
May

Kimberly installing electronic boat launch permit kiosk


Brian Roebke photo/Work on constructing the pedestrian trail along Railroad Street on village property is underway.
An electronic boat launch permit kiosk was approved for Sunset Park at last week’s Kimberly Village Board meeting.
Wed
26
May

Little Chute Village Board commits to moving forward on potential Pine Street changes


Brian Roebke photo/Little Chute officials are planning the future of Pine Street, which is now officially a dead end following the parking lot reconstruction at St. John Nepomucene Parish.
After a long look at some preliminary designs, examining a number of related tangents and getting some questions answered, the Little Chute Village Board took an important step that may lead to changes for Pine Street.
Wed
19
May

Sherwood may resist post office demand for cluster mail boxes at Pond View Estates


The Milwaukee regional office of the United States Postal Service presented the Village of Sherwood with a demand for a cluster mail box arrangement at the Pond View Acres Estates subdivision. This is among the options.
Spring often brings strong and surprising winds as the weather struggles to change. In the case of the Village of Sherwood, that wind came from the Milwaukee regional office of the United States Postal Service with a sudden demand for a cluster mail box arrangement at the Pond View Acres Estates subdivision.

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