Community

By Tom Collins

Reporter

Eleven minutes was all that was needed to get from top to bottom during the Nov. 20 Little Chute Village Board meeting.

By Tom Collins

Reporter

Proper manners aren’t just the norm for a Thanksgiving feast, a Christmas gathering or an annual banquet. And members of the Kaukauna Public Works Depart-ment want residents to realize proper etiquette doesn’t end at the yard waste site’s gate.

By Judy Dixon Hebbe

Reporter

While changes in Kimberly’s assessment ratio, expenditure restraints and levy limits all effected the tax rate, adding the debt service to the 2025 budget increased the mill rate to $8.60 per thousand from $7.06 last year. 

By Tom Collins

Reporter

In the current era of polarization in politics at every level it is rare that an elected official is able to leave office on his or her own terms and receives praise for the body of work that came during the person’s tenure.

By Judy Dixon Hebbe

Reporter

While changes in Kimberly’s assessment ratio, expenditure restraints and levy limits all affected the tax rate, adding the debt service to the 2025 budget increased the mill rate to $8.60 per $1,000 of value from $7.06 last year. 

By Tom Collins

Reporter

It’s not often these days that the best decision is to leave things as they are but in the case of the rocks at the Lake Winnebago boat landing near Windswept Lane that was the unanimous choice of the village board at their Nov. 11 session.

By Judy Dixon Hebbe

Reporter

The Combined Locks Village passed a 2025 balanced budget of $5,951,495 last week, of which $1,791,541 will be covered by the tax levy. The mill rate is 3.82 per thousand, down by 1.5222 from last year.

By Tom Collins

Reporter

While the nation celebrated the Veterans Day holiday on Nov. 11, the Kaukauna Common Council members convened what might be called their annual “night of numbers,” their close look at the city’s 2025 budget.

By Judy Dixon Hebbe

Reporter

The Harrison Village Board last week passed a 2025 balanced             budget at $5.9 million, of which $4.6 million is covered by the tax levy. 

By Judy Dixon Hebbe

Reporter

The Little Chute School Board received mixed messages during the public portion of the agenda at last week’s meeting for hosting a visit by Vice President Kamala Harris to the Little Chute High/Middle/Intermediate campus.