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Yahoo
3 days ago
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'Summer of Drive-Thru:' Appleton Chick-fil-A to give away free chicken sandwiches
APPLETON, Wis. (WFRV) – A Chick-fil-A in northeast Wisconsin has announced it will soon be offering guests free chicken sandwiches for lunch for a limited time. Festival Foods unveils record-breaking cherry display in De Pere According to a release, Chick-fil-A Appleton, located on 3775 West College Avenue, will be giving away free original chicken sandwiches as part of the restaurant's 'Summer of Drive-Thru' series. We're always looking for meaningful ways to say thank you to our Guests. This event is just one small way we can show our appreciation for the incredible support we receive from our community. Eric Krebs, local Owner-Operator of Chick-fil-A Appleton Those looking to capitalize on the free original Chick-fil-A chicken sandwiches can do so by swinging by the Chick-fil-A Appleton's Drive-Thru from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, July 23, to claim the offer. The offer is limited to one sandwich per person and up to two sandwiches per vehicle. Chick-fil-A officials say no mobile order, app order, or purchase is necessary. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Solve the daily Crossword
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5 days ago
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What to know about this week's 'Good Trouble Lives On' protest, scheduled in Houdini Plaza
On the fifth anniversary of the passing of civil rights leader and congressman John Lewis, protests against the current presidential administration will take place across the country — including in downtown Appleton. Titled "Good Trouble Lives On," the national protest is a nod to Lewis' quote to "get in good trouble, necessary trouble," referring non-violent activism to combat civil injustice. According to the protest's website, hundreds of demonstrations will take place around the country July 17 to "respond to the attacks on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration." Emily Tseffos, chair of the Democratic Party of Outagamie County and one of the organizers of the Appleton protest, said they anticipate a couple hundred attendees, due to news of the national event circulating online. The Appleton "Good Trouble Lives On" protest will take place from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. July 17 in Houdini Plaza, on the corner of College Avenue and South Appleton Street. Appleton's protest is hosted by Forward Fox Valley and the Democratic Party of Outagamie County. "It's a family-friendly event. It's really just about uplifting our community and making sure that we're calling to attention the harm that is being done," Tseffos said. "So really just focusing on gathering together, exercising your voice, being in community with one another and kind of continuing the energy that we'll need to stand up for the causes we believe in and the people that we love." According to the national event's description on its website, the protest encourages people to demand an end to various actions happening under the Trump administration. The website specifically mentions the SAVE Act, which passed in the House of Representatives and is currently pending in the Senate. It would require people to provide documentation proving U.S. citizenship when voting in federal elections. While supporters of the bill say it will prevent election fraud, opponents call it a step toward voter suppression, and say it will disproportionately impact communities like married women, students and rural Americans. The "Good Trouble Lives On" protest additionally encourages people to protest the Trump administration's "extreme crackdown on ... our right to protest and free speech," referring to Trump's sending of the National Guard to protests against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an action some saw as hostility toward protestors. "(Sixty) years ago, President Johnson federalized the National Guard to protect peaceful civil rights marchers in Selma. Now, President Trump is calling the Guard to stop protestors from using their voice and to block progress on issues we care about," the event's description reads. Tseffos said the Appleton protest encourages attendees to raise their voices about any issue that is important to them in the current political climate. "There's just so much going on right now that's impacting our community members in different ways," Tseffos said. "Locally, we're saying come and bring whatever signs you want for whatever causes you need, because we don't want to prioritize one cause over another in this moment. Anything that moves our community forward together is what we want to focus on." Of the hundreds of "Good Trouble Lives On" protests taking place across all 50 states, around 50 will be in Wisconsin. Protests in northeast Wisconsin will be at the following places and times: Green Bay: 5 p.m., at Leicht Memorial Park, 128 Dousman St. Manitowoc: 7 p.m., at Manitowoc Shipbuilders Company Park, 51 Maritime Drive Marinette: 4:30 p.m., at Stephenson Island, 1680 Bridge St. Oshkosh: 1 p.m., at 315 N. Main St. Shawano: 5:30 p.m., at East Green Bay Street and South Main Street Sheboygan: 5 p.m., at Sheboygan Peace Park, Broughton Drive. Sturgeon Bay: 4 p.m., at Second Avenue and Michigan Street. Contact Kelli Arseneau at 920-213-3721 or karseneau@ Follow her on X, formerly Twitter, at @ArseneauKelli. This article originally appeared on Appleton Post-Crescent: What to know about Appleton's July 17 'Good Trouble Lives On' protest
Yahoo
13-07-2025
- Business
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Appleton's Hearthstone Museum searching for ways to find funding amidst federal cuts
APPLETON, Wis. (WFRV) – The loss of funding for the arts has affected countless public history/art museums nationwide, and one iconic spot in Appleton is working hard to locate sources so it can continue doing more than just regular operation. Executive Director George Schroeder said they found out about the cuts from news outlets, and he cited concerns especially for smaller museums, with funding cuts to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and other services. Maino and the Mayor no longer on 97.9 WGBW, station announces 'It creates chaos, if not uncertainty, for all small and medium-sized institutions that deal with the arts nationwide,' Schroeder said. 'We're in pretty good shape, we're not dependent on federal money, but we felt pretty good about a grant from the IMLS this year or next, but now it has evaporated.' Schroeder cited that federal cuts are creating a massive competition among institutions to earn state and/or local funding. 'Everything has become ultra competitive, and when you've got more institutions than usual chasing a limited number of funds, somebody's not going to get funded,' Schroeder said. 'That's going to be a horror story.' Schroeder said the museum must seek new revenue and funding sources. 63% of the museum's revenue comes from tours and events, something many small museums would likely envy, he added. 'It puts us in a pretty good position, but that still leaves about a third of our budget without funding,' Schroeder said. 'Without these sources, it means we have to work just that much harder and be that much more creative, asking donors for help.' Schroeder said that any bit helps, especially as grants are critical for the museum, as it helps them teach outside of the museum, like welcoming Appleton Area School District students with on-site programming and free presentations at public libraries.' 'Operation Everybody is a program we started last year, and we want to ensure every student gets to come to this museum at least once in their elementary school careers,' Schroeder said. Waupaca's Swan Park baseball fields to receive major renovation ahead of 2026 season Operation Everybody allows students at the district to not only visit the museum for free as a field trip, but it also pays for the busing to get them to the site. Those grants also support their 'Museums 4 All' program which provides free admission for SNAP card holders, along with anybody at the Appleton, Menasha or Neenah Public Libraries to get free entry with a library card, Schroeder added. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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13-07-2025
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FCC requesting info, experiences from Cellcom customers impacted by long-term outage
*The above video is from May 2025.* (WFRV) – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking information and experiences from Cellcom customers who were impacted by the long-term outages in May. In mid-May, Cellcom reported outages impacting its voice and text services, later saying it was due to a cyber incident, with services not being fully restored for roughly two weeks. Maino and the Mayor no longer on 97.9 WGBW, station announces Officials with Cellcom provided updates nearly daily as the outages continued, mentioning that the fix was not 'as simple as flipping a switch,' while sharing critical information with its valued customers. Now, officials with the FCC are seeking information about the outage's impact on consumers, businesses, and government entities, including 911 call centers. 'Among other issues, the FCC asks commenters to tell them whether consumers could make or receive calls and text messages, when services were restored, and whether 911 calls went through,' the FCC Office of Media Relations stated in an email. 'The FCC is also seeking information about Cellcom's handling of the outage and whether it kept the public adequately informed about the incident and restoration efforts.' Appleton's Hearthstone Museum searching for ways to find funding amidst federal cuts On May 30, saying that customers would be paying a smaller bill in July. Those wishing to submit a comment can do so on the FCC's website or by emailing CellcomOutages2025@ Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Irish Examiner
12-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
Book review: Distorted view of reality is a common theme
In Marni Appleton's short story Positive Vibes, Lia sees girls sitting at the tables outside the café where she works 'phones in hands, hunched over themselves as though they'd like to fold up flat and slip away entirely'. The scene encapsulates how technology dominates and diminishes the characters throughout Appleton's promising short story collection, I Hope You're Happy. On a school tour, girls ostracise a classmate by cropping her from a group photo so that 'only her arm remained, strung up in thin air like a dead thing'. A woman who becomes obsessed with a work colleague after a sexual encounter checks his Facebook page and Twitter feed every day to forge a sense of closeness with him. In the title story, Chloe intentionally doesn't block her estranged confidant Ana from her social media profiles because Chloe wants her posts to demonstrate that the dissolution of their friendship hasn't dented the vivacity of her life — and knows Ana is addicted to using the apps. The collection's 11 stories are mostly populated by millennials (those born between 1981 and 1996) and Gen Zers (born between 1997 and 2012). All Appleton's protagonists are female. The English author presents us with a glimpse of sexually fluid, uncertain, and hedonistic characters. Some snort cocaine off the back of their iPhones while others engage in threesomes. They're often in precarious employment, overwhelmed ('Doing nothing…no longer seemed an option'), and tentatively trying to negotiate the complications of strained relationships and rapidly-evolving social mores. They believe in manifesting and, perhaps inevitably, one of the book's epigraphs is from Taylor Swift ('Give me back my girlhood, it was mine first'). Appleton's writing has appeared in the Irish literary journal Banshee, among others. Shifting between the first and third person, her stories forensically dissect the subtle power dynamics of relationships and are frequently embossed with striking images. For instance, a teenager waiting outside a station sees her mother's white Toyota Prius among a cluster of black cabs as a 'swan in a huddle of ducklings'. That observation comes from the narrator, Allie, of Road Trip, a story that illuminates an important theme in the collection: Appleton's depiction of outsiders at the centre of her stories. In a frightening chronicle of neglect, Allie's irascible mother punishes Allie by shoving her out of a stationary car onto the side of the road and then drives away. 'No one is expecting me anywhere,' the narrator believes as she walks towards home. 'No one is expecting anything from me.' If the men in this collection are portrayed as, at best, virtue signallers and, at worst, perpetrators of coercive control, some of the female characters are equally adept at sabotaging one of their own. Female friends turn 'inward' to exclude a disloyal classmate for kissing the boyfriend of a group member before they deliver their misogynistic judgement on the betrayal: 'it's so much worse when a girl does it.' Body image is a recurring anxiety in the book and receives its most articulate expression in The Mirror Test. Melissa concedes she is always looking at herself in any available surface — a phone screen, a mirror, a train window — but doesn't recognise the person in the reflection. 'She is cruel and detached … It is true people hate her — that's the price she pays — but their envy, a weight, also lights her up.' The stories anatomise how technology and, particularly, social media distort its characters' view of themselves, but the collection also emphasises their culpability in this degradation. 'I know that anything I've lost,' one character suggests, 'has been given away freely.' Read More Book review: Do not put this book on hold
