At the annual meeting of the Little Chute Area School District, a levy of $5,814,736 and a mill rate of 6.05 per thousand of assessed value on a property was approved. The mill rate is 36 cents or 6.33 percent higher than last year.
Director of Operations and Finance Chris McDaniel had the biggest presentation of the night at the Kaukauna Area School District Board of Education meeting on Monday, Oct. 12, at Kaukauna High School.
The recent annual review of the next Village of Little Chute budget seems to be a tradition much like the early October baseball playoffs leading to the World Series.
During their Oct. 6 session, the majority of Kaukauna Common Council members voted 7-1 to deny a special request for a third adult family home in a northside city neighborhood. Alderman Brian Schell was the lone dissenter in the roll call vote to deny the special request.
Changing shopper habits is leading to the upcoming closure of the StoneRidge Piggly Wiggly store in Little Chute. The store has already reduced its hours to 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., with full closure expected on Nov. 7.
The issue of the state government withholding money from school districts is decades old, but Kaukauna school board member Mike Campbell is on a mission to do something about it.
