Local Menasha Headlines

MENASHA — Police officers pulled a 15-year-old boy to safety before he could jump off the Racine Street bridge on Saturday. Around 9:30 p.m., a 911 call sent officers to the bridge... Full Story: Post Crescent

Have some free time this summer? Or a teenager looking to make some extra dough? Appleton has listed 19 season job offerings on its website at Appleton.org. The jobs range from $7.25 per hour (water slide attendant) to $11.83 (dance instructor). Full Story: Post Crescent

Bridget Lauderdale remembers the broad green sea -- in the parking lot. The Lockheed Martin executive was two years out of her internship when then-Defense secretary Dick Cheney killed the A-12 bomber. On Jan. 7, 1991, a unit of General Dynamics (the division is now part of Lockheed) responded by firing 4,000 workers here, in a one-day swoop as devastating as a bomber run. Full Story: Post Crescent

A former St. Norbert College basketball player has lost his bid to punish his coaches for treatment that he says was too tough and eventually drove him out of school. Full Story: Post Crescent

Appleton police briefly shut down traffic on the College Avenue bridge Thursday evening after stopping a pickup truck with stolen license plates. Lt. Pat Matuszewski said officers performed what police call a “high-risk” or “felony” traffic stop in which they draw guns, give commands to those inside the vehicle and take each person into custody one at a time. Full Story: Post Crescent

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a conviction against a Menasha man who claimed police violated his constitutional rights by entering his bedroom without a warrant or permission after a drunken, hit-and-run crash in 2010. Full Story: Post Crescent

GRAND CHUTE — A section of the Super 8 hotel was evacuated Thursday morning because of a small fire. An electrical box started a fire inside one of the walls of the W. College Avenue hotel and filled the hallway with smoke... Full Story: Post Crescent

APPLETON — As he sat behind the wheel of the 2009 Smart car in the early morning of Dec. 2, Ralph Bush bowed his head and buried his face in his hands. The 24-year-old had just been involved in a fight — fueled by alcohol and bravado — at a downtown bar. Full Story: Post Crescent

NEENAH — Police arrested a 14-year-old Neenah boy last week after he used a lighter and Axe body spray to create a flamethrower that burned a fellow student at school. The victim, a 14-year-old classmate, suffered burns to the right side of his head and face... Full Story: Post Crescent

CRANDON — Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources officials say an Appleton man died after he left a snowmobile trail and hit a tree Monday afternoon. William Donker, 70, was riding on a trail east of Blackwell when the crash occurred, causing fatal head trauma. Full Story: Post Crescent

CRANDON — An Appleton man died Monday after he lost control of his snowmobile on a trail system east of Blackwell. William Donker, 70, was on the trail Monday afternoon. Full Story: Post Crescent

APPLETON — Six Appleton elementary schools and almost all special education services will be closed to open enrollment for the 2013-14 school year. Berry, Ferber, Highlands, Houdini, Huntley and Johnston elementary schools will not accept open-enrolled students. Full Story: Post Crescent

NEW LONDON — Counselors and grief specialists were available for students in the School District of New London on Monday after Friday’s fatal school bus crash that killed two teenagers. “We’re trying to coordinate counseling and grief services at the high school and also at the middle school to deal with just the fallout of the traumatic experience,” said Bill Fitzpatrick, district administrator. Full Story: Post Crescent

A new retail concept coming to Appleton on Friday is a little like a rummage sale on wheels. Imagine Walmart on Black Friday — with people descending like locusts on piles of goods — only in this case the goods are used, constantly changing and priced by the pound. Full Story: Post Crescent