The Seymour Farmers Market opened for the season on Tuesday, June 18. The market is held every Tuesday from noon-6 p.m. in front of Woodland Plaza. - Photo by Rick Cohler
The News from Seymour
The murals in the Outagamie County Administration Building were refurbished during the building’s upgrade. - Photo by Rick Cohler
Outagamie County residents can once again access county services at the Administration Building at 410 S. Walnut in Appleton. After 10 months in temporary quarters, offices were moved back to the refurbished building on Thursday and...
On May 30, Seymour police officers T.J. Hilgenberg and John Fuller received the Outagamie County District Attorney’s Best Badge Award. Submitted photo
Seymour police officers T.J. Hilgenberg and John Fuller received the Outagamie County District Attorney’s Best Badge Award for work on a “sexting” case in 2012. In his nomination letter, Seymour Police Chief...
By Rick Cohler, editor The City of Seymour’s financial status remains sound, according to the 2012 audit conducted by Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP of Madison. Senior Manager Amanda Blomberg told the Seymour City Council at its Monday, June 10 meeting, that both the general fund balance and the city’s debt load are favorable to the...
The Relay for Life of Seymour is only a few weeks away. On Wednesday, June 19, a Bank Night will be held at Wally’s Seymour Bowl from 4-6 p.m. On Bank Night you can turn in any funds your team has raised, drop off any silent auction items your team has collected and pick...
President Education Award winners. Front row: Makenzie Samson, Jenna Boerst, Barbara Petzold, Trenton Rusch, Tanner Schultz, Austin Thielbar, Brady Mueller, Jadin Oja, Kristy VanDenElzen, Bethany Chartraw; back: Carter King, Katherine Halfman, Lindsay Scheurer, Ty Witthuhn, Kade Kemp, Tyler VandeCorput, Rhett Driessen, Paul Treml. Not pictured: Melina Dennis and Jared Barlament. - Submitted photo
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The Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee passed a proposed 2013-15 biennial budget last week, sending it on to the Assembly and Senate. The budget cuts income taxes for all brackets, expanded the school voucher program statewide with limits of 500 students in the first year and 1,000 students the second. In a separate vote, the committee...
Winds in a thunderstorm which swept through Seymour midafternoon on Sunday, June 2, knocked down large portions of a tree at the Jean Rohloff residence on East Wisconsin Street. Damage was confined to the wheel chair ramp and some of the gutters on the home. Mrs. Rohloff was not home at the time....
By Rick Cohler, editor Here’s a snapshot of the Seymour Community School District for the 2013-14 school year. First: District overall spending is expected to increase only 1.1 percent from the current year. Second: District property taxes are expected to increase about 2.81 percent to $9.52 per $1,000 equalized valuation. Third: Enrollment is expected to decrease slightly from...