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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 Nelson. And, he adds, it shows the importance of workers and unions in the broader economy. “We really...

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 and dashed off quickly as a peg for media appearances. The number of buyers is low and the number o...