Community

Kell Bales was elected president of Fox Valley Metro Police K-9 Foundation when the group held its organizational meeting last month.

Seven Fox Cities-based business organizations have partnered together to launch a two-part video campaign encouraging local residents and visitors to follow public health guidelines and support the local economy amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Appleton Downtown Inc.,

The Buchanan Town Hall will not only have a new electronically-operated sign at the roadside, but will also have a new sign with the town logo on the building, according to action at a recent meeting of the town board.

The Kimberly Village Board at a recent meeting passed a resolution authorizing the issuance and sale of $3,557,000 taxable general obligation refunding bonds.

Debt service savings, as estimated by Baird, is $218,947.

The Harrison Village Board approved seeding the two soccer fields at Farmers Field Park on Manitowoc Road at a recent meeting and also rescinded a Jan. 28 motion to proceed with the $1.5 million funding for the completion of the park.

Two Kaukauna firms were among the three bidders for work on the porches and decking of the historic Grignon Mansion.

Milbach Construction and MJI Builders were the two local bidders along with a Chicago-area firm, Berglund Construction.

The Combined Locks Village Board at last week’s meeting approved a resolution providing for the sale of $5 million general obligation corporate purpose bonds to cover public works projects and $1,045,000 general obligation refunding bonds.

The fire and EMS department Shared Services and Consolidation Feasibility Study for Buchanan, Combined Locks and Harrison as reported by RW Management Group offered partial consolidation and minimal dollar savings to the three communities.

Changes may be coming at the busy Nestle Distribution Center on Little Chute’s far north side. While details are slim at this point, the frozen food storage warehouse has impacted the former rural corner of Highway N and Hickory Drive.

Following a discussion of comments received at recent committee of the whole meeting on the tax assessment relief fund, the Kimberly Village Board authorized the village administrator to draft an ordinance approving the program, which will be funded through a $35 annual payment from residential property owners and a $70 payment from businesses.