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The Great Wisconsin Cheese Festival is underway in Little Chute
LITTLE CHUTE, Wis. (WFRV) – The Great Wisconsin Cheese Festival (CheeseFest) is underway at Doyle Park in Little Chute. The festival has been going on since 1988 and is a three-day family event featuring live music, food booths, carnival rides, a parade, a walk/run, cheese tasting, a cheese curd eating contest, children’s games and entertainment, and more.
Project staff: I-41 construction not expected to severely impact traffic this year
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Construction is still underway for the years-long project to expand and improve Interstate 41, which has many wondering about its current impact on traffic. As we First Alerted you, both the Capitol Drive overpass in Grand Chute and the Rose Hill Road overpass in Little...
100-year-old Bloomington man returns to Normandy for 80th anniversary of D-Day
APPLETON, Wis. — A group of World War II veterans flew out of Wisconsin this week on their way Normandy, France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day.Early Thursday morning, well before sunrise, World War II veterans gathered once again. This time at a Appleton, Wisconsin airport, the start of a journey back to Europe."Nice to see where I was 80 years ago," said Lawrence Eckstein. "We are so honored, never knew we would have to get him another passport," said Eckstein's daughter, Julie Henke. Old Glory Honor Flight joined American Airlines to help make this happen. Old Glory was founded by volunteers...
Veterans being recruited to march in Appleton’s Flag Day Parade
APPLETON, Wis. (WFRV) – All veterans are welcome to march in a unified group with the Scarlet Guard of the American Legion Color Guard in the 73rd Appleton Flag Day Parade on Saturday, June 8, 2024. The American Legion press release states that participating marchers will meet at the...
Remembering Hometown Hero Armin Barth of Appleton
APPLETON, WI (WFRV) – Before the United States pauses to remember our war dead on Monday, Memorial Day, Local 5 remembers the Hometown Heroes we lost this past year. These great veterans include Armin Barth of Appleton, whom we last spoke with on Father’s Day of 2023 after at long last he received his high school diploma during a surprise ceremony at the American Legion Post 38.
Northeast Wisconsin World War II Veterans leave for trip to Normandy
APPLETON, Wis. (WFRV) – It was the first leg of a trip of a lifetime for several northeast Wisconsin World War II Veterans. American Airlines is flying 70 World War II Veterans to Normandy, France to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The group includes three Veterans from northeast Wisconsin, all three of them were on early morning flights out of either Appleton International or Austin Straubel International Airports.
Amid physician shortage, 60% of Medical College of Wisconsin-Green Bay students stay in Wisconsin
GREEN BAY - On Thursday, 26 students from the Medical College of Wisconsin-Green Bay earned their degrees. Odds are, many of them will stay in, or return to, Wisconsin. In Green Bay, 60% of MCW graduates go on to practice medicine in Wisconsin, according to the college. That's the goal...
Bird scooter program entering third year in Neenah
NEENAH, Wis. — With a few touches of a cell phone app, Chris Haese quickly located a Bird scooter parked near Neenah City Hall. This is the third year the city has worked with the dockless scooter sharing program. “It’s been much more popular than we had anticipated. I...
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