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A bicyclist was hit by a vehicle shortly after 2 p.m. Friday afternoon that resulted in a 49-year-old Menasha man suffering life-threatening injuries and being flown to a local hospital via the Theda Star helicopter.

Madison Street (Highway N) in Little Chute closed Monday morning and remains closed through Thursday, Oct. 1, for utility work for the Cobblestone Hotel & Suites.

 A 40-year old Kaukauna man was shot in the parking lot of Blu Sapphires Cabaret in Harrison early Sunday morning.

The Calumet County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call at 2:38 a.m. for the report of a male with a gunshot wound to his abdomen after being shot while inside his vehicle in the parking lot of the gentlemen's club.

Northland Avenue (Highway OO), west of Ballard Road (Highway E), will be closed for approximately two weeks beginning Sept. 21. The closure is for approximately 500 ft. on the west side of the intersection.

Ballard Road and the east side of the Northland Avenue at the intersection are still open.

Jeff Feldt, general manager of Kaukauna Utilities, informed the Kaukauna Utilities Commission of his intention to retire on Jan. 3, 2022 at last week’s meeting.

Per his employment agreement, he is required to provide a minimum of one year’s notice of his retirement date.

The potential for as many as three residential developments in Sherwood offered various discussions during the Sept. 14 Sherwood Village Board meeting.

All three of the potential projects are in different stages at this point, but each will likely mean more residences in the village.

If you haven’t read the words of first publishers to the left, please do that first. I believe you’ll find that our newspaper has stayed true to the wishes of Mr. Hopkins and Mr. Gates for the past 139 years.

The Outagamie County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to confirm the appointment of Paula Rieder as Emergency Management Director at its Sept. 8 meeting.

Thanks to a generous grant from the David L. and Rita E. Nelson Family Fund within the Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region, the Nelson Overlook along Highway Z and within the 1000 Islands Conservancy Zone in Kaukauna is receiving some much-needed improvements this fall.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data last week showing that 32.7 percent of U.S. high school students reported currently using e-cigarettes in 2019, compared to 24.1 percent in 2015.