One of the largest fires in Heart of the Valley history happened last week, with a herculean response by nearly 70 fire departments assisting Combined Locks Public Safety.
It was a mix of sadness and joy when the ladies of the Kaukauna Community Health Associates met for the final time June 9 at Van Abel’s of Hollandtown.
Mark Duerwaechter’s last Kau-kauna school board meeting was full of compliments on June 13.
Jerry Brien of the Kaukauna Elks Club presented the outgoing superintendent with the group’s Citizen of the Year award for all the work he did for 10 years in the district.
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Cassidy Mickelson, executive director of the Grignon Mansion in Kaukauna, sits on a table in front of the mansion, built in 1837, that’s getting its first major repairs done in 40 years. Time, and woodpeckers, has taken a toll on the “Mansion in the Woods” that is now without a woods following the removal of all the elm trees around the house this past winter.
By Brian Roebke
Editor
Charles A. Grignon built a Greek revival style mansion as a wedding gift for his Pennsylvanian bride, Mary Elizabeth Meade in 1837. This stately home was known as “The Mansion in the Woods” to countless travelers.
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Retired teachers Pete Hensel and Tony Kuenzl take items out of the time capsule from Victor Haen Elementary School in Kaukauna that were closed up 25 years ago from the school’s 25-year anniversary.
The Kaukauna Community Players will induct three more alumni into its hall of fame on Friday evening prior to the 7 p.m. performance of Cinderella at the Bernie Hupperts Center for the Performing Arts at Kaukauna High School.
The inductees are M. Scott Bay, Katie M. Schmidt, and AJ (Vanden Heuvel) Westbrook.
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Ellyn Verbeten Sachs made the audience roar after she was announced by Alumni Foundation President Kelly Kelly that she was this year’s alumni award winner. Upon getting on the stage to make some remarks, she told the audience, “But I bought a gift for the award winner.”
Here is Deacon Steve Vande Hey’s speech from the Kaukauna Alumni Foundation rally, held Saturday evening at Van Abel’s of Holland-town.
