After a long hiatus from your business, we know you are eager to open your doors and get back to serving your customers. However, once businesses in your state have been given the okay to open from the safer-at-home order, you still need to remain vigilant when it comes to security, employees, transporting jewelry stock, and more.

That’s where burglar alarms for jewelry businesses come into play — but not all are created equal. Underwriter’s Laboratories (UL), an authority in the security industry, certifies alarms and may apply two terms related to how they function. In these systems, the terms line supervision and line security may often be confused with one another.

As the NFL Draft kicks off on April 27 and names start to come off of the draft board, hundreds of anxious players will sit and wait with friends and family for their special moment. Although many athletes will get to celebrate their name being called during the three day event, the majority won’t be so lucky and will work to get signed by a team as an undrafted free agent later in the offseason.

GRAND CHUTE - As expected, the Milwaukee Brewers announced Thursday that Appleton native Matt Erickson will return in 2019 for his ninth season as manager of the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. Erickson, a graduate of Appleton West, led the Timber Rattlers to a 68-71 record in the Midwest League last season, including 37-33 in the second half.

Appleton has been ranked No. 56 on a list of "2019 Top 100 Best Places to Live" by livability.com.

GRAND CHUTE - The construction site of the future Fox Cities Champion Center has been closed until further notice as authorities continue to investigate an act of vandalism early Wednesday morning. Initial estimates by officers at the scene put the total damages at more than $1 million. A worker at the site, 2200 N.

For customers of Kwik Trip, it's a familiar phrase, and one those customers are apparently taking to heart. They are coming back for bananas, bread, potatoes, hot sandwiches, coffee, doughnuts, milk, take-and-bake pizza and, yes, gas. You name it and the Midwest convenience store chain probably has it.

As Christian Yelich slid safely into third base with a bases-clearing triple during the Milwaukee Brewers' 12-4 rout of the St. Louis Cardinals Tuesday night, Brewers fans were losing their minds. Beloved Brewers radio broadcaster Bob Uecker just happened to be in the television booth at the time and put the excitement into words.

Kherington Brownell died 13 days before she was due to start fourth grade. She died, trapped in the backseat of her father’s yellow Mustang convertible as it rolled multiple times on U.S. 45 and came to rest upside down in a Winneconne cornfield. Steven Brownell was drunk — prosecutors say his blood-alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit — as he weaved in and out of traffic, hitting speeds of more than 100 miles per hour, his two children in the car.

GRAND CHUTE - Junior Achievement and Fox Valley Technical College are partnering to create an opportunity for young students to learn about career options and financial responsibility. The two organizations, along with major gift-provider Community First Credit Union, announced Wednesday they will create the Community First Credit Union Career Exploration and Financial Literacy Education Center.

The Reebok JJ II has finally arrived. Want the inside scoop on the new trainer? Who better to tell you about it than J.J. Watt himself. We took some time to sit down with Watt to chat about what the colorways will look like, what sort of an influence he has on what goes into the shoe, and how the technical features of the shoe have improved.

“I can remember back in middle school when a new Eastbay catalog would come out and everybody would bring their catalogs to school, and in the cafeteria we would all poke through it and circle things we wanted.”. Watt said. “That was a huge talking point for weeks.”. Now, over a decade later, Watt has grown into one of the most feared playmakers in all of football, but he still finds it crazy that he and his younger brothers Derek and T.J. have been able to journey so far into the sport they’ve always loved.