Little Chute residents like their varied park facilities. That was the headline coming from a brief presentation by John Kneer of the Stevens Point-based Rettler Corporation at the Feb. 2 Little Chute Village Board meeting.
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The Little Chute Dance teams won state titles in Division 5 pom and Division 3 kick at the Wisconsin Association of Cheer and Pom Coaches state championships Saturday at La Crosse. That increases the team’s total to 19 state titles and eight national titles. New up is the Dance Team Union National in Orlando later this month. The 2021-22 team is comprised of 26 dancers, including All-State Dancer Brynn Morrill.
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The historic Grignon Mansion in Kaukauna will be a prominent construction site this summer. Bids are expected to be let soon for work that will repair a number of exterior concerns including the mansion porches, the second floor balcony and additional exterior areas of rot and woodpecker damage.
Woodpeckers won’t be the only residents noticing changes in their Kaukauna habitat this year. At the Jan. 31 Kaukauna Board of Public Works meeting, City Engineer and Public Works Director John Neumeier laid out an impressive array of work to be done at the Grignon Mansion but also on city streets, various properties and bridges.
A change order for $82,492.05 and final payment of $$18,779.85 for work on Papermill Run utilities and street grading/graveling project were approved at last week’s Kimberly Village Board meeting.
The Kaukauna Board of Education has eight candidates running for three-year terms in the spring election, meaning there is a primary to be held on Tuesday, Feb. 15.
Allison Blackmer, who previously served 10 years as Harrison Town Board chair, was appointed last week to fill the term of village president through April 2023, filling the term vacated with the resignation of Kevin Hietpas.
Attorney Tim Greenwood announced his candidacy last week for the Republican Party nomination to represent Wisconsin’s 5th Assembly District followed an announcement a week earlier that Rep. Jim Steineke is not seeking re-election.
