Grand Chute restaurant tries to recover after rat extortion plot

By Maureen Wallenfang • Gannett Wisconsin Media • July 23, 2008 GRAND CHUTE — It's safe to say Bob and Jessica Doller won't be renting the movie "Ratatouille" anytime soon. Probably never. They even cringe when they get a glimpse of a mouse or a rat in a TV show. The couple, owners of The Seasons at 213 S. Nicolet Drive, endured a three-month ordeal that started when their fine dining restaurant was falsely accused of serving a rat in a lunch dish April 17. "We're glad it's over," Bob Doller said. "Now we can go back to business." Debbie R. Miller of Appleton, the woman accused of planting the rat, was arrested July 11 and charged with extortion. According to the criminal complaint, she wanted the restaurant to pay her $500,000 or she would alert the media that she had found a rat in her lunch. She is in jail on a $1,500 cash... [read full story]