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GREEN BAY- Scattered showers are expected Wednesday morning with a high near 70.

Highs Thursday and Friday will be near 80 with a mix of sun and clouds (cooler on the lakeshore).

There’s a chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms on Friday as a cold front pushes through the state setting up a cooler weekend.

For Director of Meteorology Pete Petoniak’s full forecast, click here.

Ingredients:

2 large oranges
1 1/2 to 2 cups diced strawberries
1/4 cup pomegranate seeds
4 fresh mint leaves sprigs (optional)

Instructions:

Cut each orange in half. Use a sharp knife to cut in a circle as shown around the inside of the orange. Scoop out the orange flesh leaving an orange bowl. Cut up orange flesh into pieces. Toss together orange pieces, strawberries and pomegranates. Spoon fruit into orange bowls. Top each with a mint sprig. Makes 4 bowls.

MILWAUKEE (AP) – Zack Greinke allowed one unearned run on two hits in 7 2-3 innings to win his career-best 10th consecutive decision and Justin Turner hit a three-run homer to pace the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-2 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night.

Greinke (5-0), who has not lost in 14 starts since Aug. 9 at Milwaukee, won for the fourth time this season following a Dodgers loss. He allowed two singles, striking out seven with one walk to improve to 16-2 at Miller Park, where he pitched for the Brewers in 2011 and half of 2012.

Turner put the Dodgers up 3-1 with his three-run shot in the sixth off starter Matt Garza (2-4). Howie Kendrick singled with one out and Adrian Gonzalez drew his fifth walk in two games. Turner followed with his fourth home run, driving a 3-1 pitch over the center-field wall.

The Dodgers added four in the seventh on a pair of two-run homers off Neal Cotts. Greinke doubled with one out off Rob Wooten. With two outs, Jimmy Rollins hit his third home run to make it 5-1. Kendrick then walked and Gonzalez followed with his ninth homer.

Turner added an RBI single in the ninth, while the Brewers countered in the bottom half on an RBI double by Aramis Ramirez off Daniel Coulombe, who pitched the final inning in his season debut.

The Brewers, who had won a season-high three straight, lost for the first time under new manager Craig Counsell, who won his debut Monday night after replacing fired Ron Roenicke.

A misplayed fly ball by centerfielder Joc Pederson gave the Brewers an unearned run in the second. Ramirez singled with one out. Jean Segura, in his first at-bat since getting hit in the helmet with a pitch on Sunday, lofted a two-out flyball that hit off Pederson’s glove, allowing Ramirez to score.

Garza escaped two early jams. The Dodgers had runners on first and third with one out in the second, but Garza struck out Yasmani Grandal and Alex Guerrero. In the fifth, Grandal was stranded at third after a leadoff double.

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Dodgers: Right-hander Joe Wieland, 3-0 with a 3.60 ERA in four starts at Triple-A Oklahoma City, will be called up to start, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. Carlos Frias, originally scheduled to start, will be bumped back to Thursday. “We feel like it can’t hurt to be able to give (Frias) an extra day, and (Wieland) was I think on time. Not really worried about (Frias’) arm, just want to give him an extra day,” Mattingly said.

Brewers: Wily Peralta, who led the Brewers last season with 17 victories, is winless in five starts. The right-hander is 0-4 with a 4.35 ERA and opponents are batting .323 against him.

TRAINER’S ROOM:

Brewers: 2B Scooter Gennett was activated off the 15-day DL earlier Tuesday and was in the starting lineup. He was out with a cut on his left hand. In four rehab games at Class-A Wisconsin, Gennett was 4-for-13 with one RBI. “The last day, I hit pretty much every ball hard,” Gennett said. “I think that it was a good opportunity to work on some things during the game that maybe I wouldn’t get to work on here, so who knows? Maybe I got even better in those few days down there.”

KIMBERLY – FOX 11 is learning more about Adam Bentdahl, the 31-year-old Appleton man, who was killed in Sunday’s shootings on the Trestle Trail Bridge.

Those who knew the 2002 Appleton West graduate say he will be greatly missed.

This Saturday, Bentdahl will be laid to rest at The Fox Valley Christian Fellowship. It’s a place he frequented growing up.

“Adam was a person that loved people,” said Steve Nickel, senior pastor at Fox Valley Christian Fellowhsip. “That’s what his mom really emphasized that the whole idea of just cared about people. He wasn’t judgmental and loved to be outside.”

His love for the outdoors is why those knew Bentdahl, weren’t surprised to hear he was on the Trestle Trail Bridge Sunday night.

“The outdoors seemed to be the place where he connected with God that way,” said Nickel.

Before going back to school at UW-Oshkosh, Bentdahl worked for several years at the Apollon Restaurant in downtown Appleton.

“Once you work at the Apollon here, you’re considered family.,” said Craig Pershan, co-owner of the Apollon Restaurant.

Pershan says Bentdahl was a trustworthy member of the Apollon family, always getting the job done with no complaints.

“Adam was a really great guy, down to Earth, always pleasant, friendly. He’d be the kind of guy that would give you the shirt off his back if you needed it,” said Pershan.

Now that he is gone, Bentdahl’s loved ones are being encouraged to reflect on the time they had with him, not the time they’ve now lost.

“It just reminds us every day is a gift and that none of us know that we have tomorrow. Adam didn’t know that was his last day on this Earth and none of us know,” said Nickel.

APPLETON – The developer of the RiverHeath Apartments on the Fox River in Appleton is hoping to build a music venue nearby.

The developer is also hoping you’ll invest.

The plan is to use what’s called, “crowdfunding,” which is done online.

By next year the sounds of geese honking by Riverheath could be replaced by music.

That’s if Mark Geall of Tanesay Development is successful in his plan to build the Timber Mill Theater.

“A 750-person capacity music and entertainment venue. It’s gonna be located right down the river,” he said, describing the theater.

“This will be another reason for people to come here, to invest here and to live here,” said Outagamie County Executive Tom Nelson.

To pay to build the theater, the developer is using crowdfunding.

“We’ve raised a million dollars already. We’re looking for two million. The total cost is three million dollars,” explained Geall.

Geall told us people can go to the Timber Mill Theater website and invest.

He’s asking for donations of $500 and investments of $1,000. Investors have to live in Wisconsin.

Geall told FOX 11 the hope is investors get their money back with seven percent interest, but there are no guarantees.

“Seven percent is, you know, a good market return for construction debt,” he said.

According to Geall the crowdfund will last 30 days, starting Tuesday. If they don’t raise the money by then, he said they won’t build the theater and the money will be refunded. However, if the venue is built, investors will be on the hook for that money.

“Once we build the venue, yeah, then you’re just taking business risks like everybody else. Hopefully the venue does well and everybody gets paid back. If the venue doesn’t do well, then we’ve got a beautiful venue, but the return might me slow to come,” explained Geall.

“Is it hard for venues like this to make money? Don’t a lot operate at a debt?” FOX 11 reporter Alex Ronallo asked the developer.

Geall responded saying, “Yeah, that’s the million dollar question. Are you gonna quit your job and start an entertainment venue? It’s a tough business, but we’re in a great market. I love the Fox Valley, I grew up here and we’ll just see what happens.”

Because of the high-risk of investors losing their money, such investments used to be limited to individuals with significant assets. Crowdfunding allows more people to invest.

Wisconsin just legalized crowdfunding for businesses last year. So this campaign will be one of the first of its kind.

“If you’re not on the cutting edge, if you’re not taking advantage of the resources and opportunities out there, someone else will,” said Nelson.

The developer told FOX 11 if enough people put in their money, he would hope to build the theater in eight months and have it open by New Year’s.

If you’re interested in investing, financial experts we spoke with over the phone said you should consult your own financial advisor first to see if it’s a good idea for you.

More information on the project is through a link in the news links section of our web site home page.

APPLETON – Police arrested a 44-year-old man on suspicion of drunk driving Tuesday after he struck a median barrier and weaved all over the roadway on I-41.

Just after 6:00 p.m. the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department said they received multiple 911 calls about a vehicle driving erratically and hitting a median barrier, going northbound on I-41, just south of Hwy. 10.

Wisconsin State Troopers arrested the man after he turned into a parking lot off of E. Capitol Drive in Appleton. Police say the man also struck a vehicle while in the lot.

There were no injuries in the crash.

Police say this is the Oshkosh man’s fifth OWI offense.

GREEN BAY – We’re following the money with Wisconsin’s state budget.

The legislature won’t vote to cut the UW system loose from state oversight. However, budget cuts remain a possibility.

Green Bay area leaders held a small protest Tuesday at UW Green Bay against cuts to education.
But students say there is now a silver lining.

“The fact that it’s getting removed from the budget is definitely a plus,” said Paul Ahrens, with UW Students Against Education Cuts.

The Legislature’s joint finance committee decided Tuesday not to give the U-W system more independence from state oversight.

“It might make it freer in a sense, but what it’s doing is that it’s taking away the checks and balances,” said Ahrens.

Steve Meyer is the UW Green Bay’s faculty representative to the board of regents.

“There were some of my faculty colleagues that were opposed to the public authority. They wanted more study done on it, that there wasn’t enough known on it.

But Meyer says others thought the ability for the system to make its own decisions helped offset some of the budget cuts.

“I know our administration was looking at it from the perspective of financial flexibilities and from what I understand some of those financial flexibilities at this point are still remaining,” said Meyer.

The Joint Finance Committee says some financial freedom for the UW system might still be in the works. The state budget proposal still includes 300 million dollars in cuts. While that number could change, Meyer isn’t optimistic.

I don’t think we’re holding out any hope for UW Green Bay, anyway. The number that we had been hearing was $4.6 million and I think that the way things stand right now that’s not going to change.

Meyer says the UW schools will not know for certain what programs are cut until after the budget is signed into law.

The state legislature still needs to debate Governor Walker’s budget proposal.

Republicans say the UW System could see some added flexibility. But Democrats say the UW System budget cuts need to be reduced, too.

“The flexibilities they have been asking for can be approved independently and I do think that that is our objective,” said State Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette.

“There’s revenue in the budget that would allow us to restore the cuts. I mean we have a state budget that adds more than two billion dollars to state spending,” said State Rep. Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh.

Lawmakers hope to have the budget completed by the end of June.

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – A drone large enough carry tanks of fertilizers and pesticides has won rare approval from federal authorities to spray crops in the United States, officials said Tuesday.

The drone, called the RMAX, is a remotely piloted helicopter that weighs 207 pounds (94 kilograms), said Steve Markofski, a spokesman for Yamaha Corp. U.S.A., which developed the aircraft.

Smaller drones weighing a few pounds had already been approved for limited use to take pictures that help farmers identify unhealthy crops. The RMAX is the first time a drone big enough to carry a payload has been approved, Markofski said.

The drone already has been used elsewhere, including by rice farmers in Japan. The FAA approved it for the U.S. on Friday.

“I certainly understand their cautious approach,” Markofski said. “It’s a daunting task given our airspace is complicated.”

The drone is best suited for precision spraying on California’s rolling vineyards and places that are hard to reach from the ground or with larger, piloted planes, said Ken Giles, professor of biological and agricultural engineering at the University of California, Davis. Giles tested the drone in California to see if it could be used here.

“A vehicle like this gives you a way to get in and get out and get that treatment done,” Giles said.

Brian Wynne, president and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, said in a statement that the approval highlights other potential uses.

“The FAA is taking an important step forward to helping more industries in the U.S. realize the benefits (drone) technology has to offer,” he said.

Click here for more information on how you can help build a proposed music theater in Appleton.

 

 

SEATTLE (KOMO-TV) – A Seattle architect credits his love of LEGOs for his career choice.

Now he’s taken that love to a whole new level and dedicated a room in his home to his favorite childhood toy.

Jeff Pelletier transformed his 1903 Seattle home’s basement into LEGO land.

Pelletier says he’s probably spent $25,000 buying LEGO bricks and kits over the years.

“So it’s a little horrifying to think about how much LEGO I do have. It’s around a quarter of a million pieces,” Pelletier said.

Video of Pelletier’s LEGO room has gone viral the past few days. A slew of blogs and sites have prompted emails and phone calls from around the world.

“People who say I’ve inspired them now to start their own LEGO room or to not take their lives too seriously, which is pretty nice,” said Pelletier.

 

GREEN BAY – Brown County Sheriff John Gossage tells FOX 11 Investigates he has referred charges to the district attorney in regards to the investigation of the Brown County DARE program.

FOX 11 Investigates spoke with Gossage Tuesday afternoon. He confirmed his office has forwarded charges to the district attorney’s office but says he will not release any more information until he holds a news conference on Friday.

FOX 11 Investigates first reported on the investigation last fall.

The sheriff’s department suspended DARE officer Kevin Vanden Heuvel last October as part of a criminal and internal investigation. Two days after Vanden Heuvel was suspended, he resigned.

Gossage has said the investigation began with the DARE parking program but broadened. He said investigators were looking into other areas and other people.

The DARE program receives much of its funding from parking cars in the former K-Mart lot on on Packers game days.

ASHWAUBENON – At Aloft hotel in Ashwaubenon, smartphones are replacing room keys.

“I think with technology and everyone using their smartphones all the time, it’s very beneficial to the guests and convenient, especially if they’re a late check-in and they just want to pass the desk and go right up to their room,” said Elizabeth Schaick, general manager of Aloft.

To use the keyless system, first you have to download, register, and then check-in with the hotel’s free app.

“It sends a notification to the front desk in our e-mail and we go into our SPG keyless dashboard and we’ll check them in,” Schaick said.

Once the hotel confirms your information, the phone’s bluetooth has to be turned on, and a digital key is made.

• Click here for more information about the app

“We send a push notification letting them know that they’re checked-in,” Schaick said.

The hotel rolled out the new option last month but the keyless system only works with smartphones.

So what happens if your cell phone dies or you don’t own a smartphone? Schaick says the hotel still offers key cards.

“We would make you a new key and bring it up there for you,” Schaick said.

But is it possible for someone else to crack the code and get into your room?

“I guess, if it’s digital, there’s no absolute fail-safe but there’s no fail-safe in life,” said Raechelle Clemmons.

Clemmons is the vice president and chief information officer at St. Norbert College. She says technology always has flaws.

“If you had a hotel key, you could lose it and somebody could get into your room, so there were other risks and now you’re shifting them more into a digital environment,” Clemmons said.

Aloft’s general manager says the keyless system uses encrypted codes to keep your digital key secure. The hotel also asks guests to protect their phones with a passcode.

FOND DU LAC –  He’s slowly on his way home.

Andy Land of Fond du Lac says he’s made it back Tuesday to Kathmandu.

He posted this picture to the “Climbing for Hospice” Facebook page.

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He says it’s a building, which had the entire first floor collapse in the quake.

Land says he hopes to leave for the United States in the next couple of days.

He was hoping to climb Mount Everest to raise awareness about hospice care.

MENASHA – Some people are offering cash as a way of showing support for victims and families affected by Sunday’s deadly shooting on the Trestle Trail Bridge in Menasha, but there is a need for caution when deciding if and where to send money.

Calvary Bible Church in Neenah is collecting money for the Stoffel family. Police say Jon Stoffel and his 11-year-old daughter Olivia were killed in the random shooting.

Erin Stoffel – Jon’s wife – was also shot three times. She was upgraded from critical to serious condition Tuesday afternoon at Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah.

Danny Leavins, the senior pastor at Calvary Bible Church, said he visited Erin Stoffel in the hospital Monday night.

“There’s hope in terms of her health condition and in terms of her faith,” said Leavins. “Erin has lost her husband and one of her children. There are going to be needs – financial needs.”

Stoffel’s sister-in-law also created an online GoFundMe page for the family. More than $100,000 has been sent so far.

Adam Bentdahl of Appleton was also killed in the shooting. His family members say they’re still digesting the tragedy. His mother and stepfather say anyone who would like to donate money in memory of Bentdahl can mail it to Valley Funeral Home in Appleton.

• Click here for more details on these fundraising options

Susan Bach, the regional director of the Better Business Bureau in Northeast Wisconsin, said people in the Fox Valley are always generous in times of sorrow.

“I’m not surprised that people are really stepping up to the plate to do all they can,” said Bach.

But Bach says tragedies like the shooting in Menasha shooting create opportunities for some people to commit crimes.

“Unfortunately this is the time when scammers are going to see this as an opportunity to make money,” said Bach.

She encourages people to take a close look at online fundraising sites to determine the connection between the page creator and the cause.

She also says they should know that eight percent of donations to GoFundMe are taken out for fees.

“The quickest way, the best way and the way that you know that 100 percent of your donation is going to the charity is just to write a check out directly to that charity,” said Bach. “That’s the smartest way to do it.”

She also says to be cautious if people go door-to-door asking for donations on behalf of the victims.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Dane County would not have a say in its own water quality standards under a vote made by the Legislature’s budget committee.

The Joint Finance Committee on Tuesday voted to ban the state Department of Natural Resources from contracting with Dane County or any subsidiaries for input on extending sewage service to proposed developments or other issues related to its water quality management plan.

It was proposed by Republican Rep. Howard Marklein, of Spring Green, whose district does not include Dane County.

The provision would require the DNR to base decisions on proposed changes to water quality standards on state law. But Sen. Jon Erpenbach says Dane County sometimes has higher water quality standards.

It was added to the budget on a 12-4 vote, with no Democrats in support.

CALUMET COUNTY – A highway worker hurt in a crash April 27 has died from his injuries.

50-year-old Derrick Burkhalter of Hilbert was flown by Theda Star after a car crashed into the back of his sweeper truck while he was grading the shoulder of the road last week in the Village of Harrison.

The driver of the car, 28-year-old Andrew Graverson, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The crash still remains under investigation.

 

MENASHA – Some of the 911 calls, released by Winnebago County authorities Tuesday, are painting a clearer picture of the moments after the shooting started. What was a warm Sunday evening for families and fishermen alike, turned tragic as gunshots punctuated the air. One man about to get on the bridge with his daughter at Fritse Park, called Winnebago County 911, after hearing what he initially though were fireworks or firecrackers.

     Operator: “911, Tammy.”
     Caller: “I’d like to report shots fired, Little Lake Butte des Morts Bridge.”
     Caller: “I’m at Fritse Park, and people just came running off the bridge.”
     Operator: “Did anyone see anything?”
Caller: “I don’t know, we were about to get on the bridge and there’s people running, saying that there are people getting shot.”      Operator: “Okay, do we know how many people?”
     Caller: “Nope, I have no idea.”

• Click here to listen to a full-length copy of the call

The caller said everyone scattered for their cars when he saw another man running off the bridge.

     Caller: “He was running with his child, running of the bridge and he’s telling people that people were getting shot.”

Another man called at about the same time.

     Operator: “Winnebago 911.”
     Caller: “Hi, I think I’m hearing shots fired on the Trestle Trail.”
     Operator: “On the trestle trail? Where on the trail?”
     Caller: “Right about in the middle.”
     Operator: “In the middle. Okay.”
     Caller: “Yeah, I hope I’m wrong.”

• Click here to listen to a full-length copy of the call

Sadly, the caller wasn’t. In the end, families heartbroken and splintered by the gunfire. Erin Stoffel, 32, was shot, along with her husband Jonathan, 33, and their 11-year-old daughter Olivia by Sergio Valencia Del Toro Sunday night.

Another man, 31-year-old Adam Bentdahl was also shot. Bentdahl, Jonathan Stoffel and Olivia Stoffel died at the scene. Del Toro died at Theda Clark Medical Center in Neenah of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Erin Stoffel, the sole survivor of the shooting, has been upgraded from critical to serious condition.

Police say Del Toro was distraught over a recent breakup with his fiancée the week prior to the shooting.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Tiger Woods felt rusty and tired Tuesday at The Players Championship – rust because he has played one tournament in three months, fatigue because of his personal life.

He said only part of that was breaking up with Lindsey Vonn.

Woods and the Olympic ski champion jointly announced on Sunday they were splitting up after more than two years because of their hectic schedules as athletes.

“Obviously, it does affect me,” Woods said after a nine-hole practice round at TPC Sawgrass. “It’s tough. There’s no doubt. I’m not going to lie about that. And on top of that, this time of the year is really, really hard on me.”

Sunday was the anniversary of his father’s death. Tuesday was nine years to the day that a memorial service for Earl Woods was held at the Tiger Woods Learning Center.

This Oct. 3, 2013 file photo shows Tiger Woods watching with his girlfriend Lindsey Vonn at the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. Vonn announced on Sunday, May 3, 2015, that she and Woods have decided to end their three-year relationship. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, file)

“I haven’t slept,” he said. “These three days, May 3rd and through the 5th, today, is just brutal on me. And then with obviously what happened on Sunday, it just adds to it.”

His time on the golf course hasn’t been terribly easy, though Woods believes he is making progress.

Woods turned in a remarkable performance at the Masters – not so much by previous standards but by recent play.

His chipping was shockingly bad when he shot 82 in the Phoenix Open to miss the cut by 12 shots, and at Torrey Pines when he withdrew after 11 holes on a cool day because of tightness in his back. Woods stepped away until he could fix his game.

At Augusta National, it was as if that was never an issue. He never had a chance to win – not many did the way Jordan Spieth played – and tied for 17th.

Woods did not qualify for the Match Play Championship last week because he has dropped out of the top 100 in the world for the first time since he first came on tour in 1996. And he didn’t sound entirely optimistic about carrying any momentum from the Masters onto a course that has been feast or famine for him through the years.

“I’d like to say yes,” he said. “I’ve had some pretty good practice sessions. My short game still feels really good. We made a couple little swing tweaks since then to keep improving, to keep working on it, to keep getting it better, so that part is still a little bit fresh. I’m going to start playing a little bit more now.”

Woods won The Players the last time he played in 2013. He missed last year while recovering from back surgery. It was his second victory at TPC Sawgrass. He was a runner-up to Hal Sutton in 2000. But he also has withdrawn twice and has finished out of the top 20 on six other occasions.

He has never been a big fan of this Pete Dye design, though he has shown over his career that he can win anywhere if he’s playing well.

“I’m telling you, when you’re on, this golf course doesn’t seem that hard,” Woods said. “You can really go low. You feel like every round you shoot 67 or lower. And then you get days where, ‘God, I feel like I can’t break 75 here.’ It’s one of those places. It’s very polarizing. You either have it or you don’t.”

Woods will have three weeks off after The Players and then plans a regular summer schedule. He will play every other week starting with the Memorial through the PGA Championship. He was at Sawgrass with swing consultant Chris Como. As he has said before, it is a work in progress.

“It’s certainly coming,” he said. “I’ve made some huge, huge strides since what I was at Torrey and what I was at Phoenix. Huge. … I’m on the right road. Eventually, it’ll click in and I’ll have a little run here.”

If it’s the right road, it’s a long one.

Woods hasn’t won since the Bridgestone Invitational in August 2013. He hasn’t played much since because of back problems that led to surgery, after which he released another swing coach. He is No. 125 in the world. He is No. 196 in the FedEx Cup, two spots below John Daly.

Rory McIlroy, meanwhile, is not expected to arrive until Wednesday. He has taken over in golf by winning four of the last 16 majors, and he is coming off another World Golf Championship title at the Match Play.

Spieth was playing an 18-hole match with best buddy Justin Thomas, another 21-year-old in Daniel Berger and Jimmy Walker.

Woods played nine holes, spoke to the media and then retreated to the practice area. There is still work to do.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Gov. Scott Walker’s administration has determined that complying with Wisconsin’s phosphorus limits would cause substantial social and economic impacts.

Wastewater plants, paper mills and food processers contend they’ll have to spend millions of dollars on upgrades to meet the limits, driving up rates.

They need an impact determination to trigger a law that Walker signed last year. The provision allows them 20 years to come into compliance with the limits by meeting progressively tougher limits. They also would have to choose whether to pay their county to reduce phosphorus, invest in their own reduction project or help fund someone else’s reduction process in the same watershed.

The impact determination is preliminary. The Natural Resources and Administration departments have set a public hearing on the determination for May 12 in Wausau.

Kimberly sophomore shortstop talks about Monday’s 2-1 win over Appleton East in a Fox Valley Association baseball game.