Boil water advisory — Menasha & Fox Crossing Menasha · Fox Crossing
Do not drink tap water without boiling it first. Low water pressure after the storm may have allowed contamination.
Bring water to a rolling boil for one full minute, then let it cool. Store it covered in a clean container.
Bottled water is safe and needs no treatment.
Boil or use bottled water for: drinking, ice, brushing teeth, washing produce, cooking, baby formula, and pet water.
Tap water is fine for showering, bathing (avoid swallowing), handwashing with soap, and laundry.
Please use less water overall — both communities are drawing from Neenah's system while local plants are down.
Keep boiling until officials announce the advisory is lifted publicly. No one will call you or hang a notice on your door.
Full guidance · Winnebago County Executive / City of Menasha briefing · updated Jul 27, 7:30 PM
10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew in Menasha & Fox Crossing Menasha · Fox Crossing
Stay off the streets overnight. Streetlights are out and downed lines, gas leaks and debris make being outside after dark genuinely dangerous.
Be indoors between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. unless you have an emergency.
If you must go out for a medical emergency, call 911 first — do not simply drive into a dark damage zone.
Do not walk or drive through damaged blocks after dark. Streetlights are out and downed conductors are invisible at night.
The curfew also gives utility and rescue crews room to work without traffic.
If you are displaced and have nowhere to be by 10 p.m., go to the shelter at Christ the Rock Community Church, W6254 US-10.
Full guidance · Winnebago County Executive Gordon Hintz / Menasha Mayor Austin Hammond · updated Jul 27, 7:30 PM
Treat every downed wire as live All communities
Assume any fallen line is energized, even if it is not sparking, humming or moving.
Stay at least 35 feet away and keep children and pets back.
Never drive over a downed line, and never try to move one with a stick, rope or anything else.
If a line falls on your car while you are inside, stay in the car and call 911. Only get out if it catches fire — and if you must, jump clear with both feet together, never touching car and ground at once, then shuffle away.
Treat every intersection with a dark traffic signal as a four-way stop.
Report downed lines to We Energies at 800-662-4797, or 911 if someone is in immediate danger.
Full guidance · Grand Chute Police Department · updated Jul 27, 4:00 PM
Immediate need
Shelter & Housing
Emergency shelters, discounted hotel rooms, and temporary places to sleep tonight if your home is not safe.
19 resources·12 open now·17 you can call·
Christ the Rock Community Church — Emergency Shelter
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County-run emergency shelter for anyone displaced by the storm. Open 24 hours, pets welcome.
Opened 2:30 p.m. July 27 by the Winnebago County Office of Emergency Management.
Bring the four P's if you can: Pets, Pills, Purses (ID and documents) and Phones plus chargers. Only minimal necessities are stocked on site, so bring what you need for a night if it is safe to gather it.
Free transportation to the shelter is running from the former Shopko parking lot, provided by Kobussen Buses.
Discounted hotel rates for displaced residents
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Area hotels are holding discounted emergency rates. Say you are a resident of an evacuated area when you call.
The Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau arranged reduced rates at hotels across the Fox Valley and Oshkosh for residents displaced by the July 27 storms.
When you call, identify yourself as a resident of an evacuated area. That is what unlocks the emergency rate and priority assistance — it is not applied automatically and it is usually not bookable online.
Individual hotels, rates and current availability are listed separately below. Availability changes quickly; call before you drive.
Best Western Plus Paper Valley
Open
$99/night emergency rate in Appleton. Pets allowed.