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COMBINED LOCKS, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Fox Valley paper mill has been sold. McKinley Paper Company, a U.S. subsidiary of Mexico-based Bio PAPPEL, announc...

Tom Nelson is running for U.S. Senate with a scrappy, underdog campaign in a high-profile, big-money election targeting Sen. Ron Johnson.

Outagamie County Exec and Democratic challenger to Ron Johnson is strongly pro-labor. //end headline wrapper ?> Tom Nelson. Photo courtesy of Nelson for Wisconsin. Thomas Nelson teamed up with union leaders and management to help wrest a paper mill threatened with closure from the scrap heap. They won, and the former Appleton Coated plant in Combined Locks continues to operate under new ownership. It’s a story that shows “sometimes the little guy, sometimes the underdog wins,” says Nels...

How Labor Saved a Paper Mill From the Scrap Heap Wisconsin county official and U.S. Senate candidate Tom Nelson writes a fascinating book about revitalizing manufacturing in a small town. The Appleton Coated plant in Combined Locks, Wisconsin, pictured in February 2018 There is usually no reason for the campaign book. It’s a bundle of homespun biographical sketches, vague descriptions of policy platforms, and poll-tested appeals to American values, often written by a mid-level speechwriter...