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Free fishing weekend

WISCONSIN – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is hosting Free Fishing Weekend Jan. 15-16.

Anglers can fish state waters where there is an open season, and no fishing license or trout and salmon stamps are required.

All other fishing regulations apply.

More details can be found on the DNR events website.

The next Free Fishing Weekend is set for June 4-5.

2022 Citizen’s Academy

BELLEVUE – Registration for the village’s 2022 Citizen’s Academy is open, running through Friday, Feb. 25.

The annual program offers an opportunity for village residents (16+ or any age with an adult) and representatives from area businesses to learn about local government and its various operations – law enforcement, fire protection, public works, budget/finance, community development and parks, recreation and forestry.

Participants attend one evening per night from 6-7:30 p.m. over a period of six weeks – March 3, 17 and 31 and April 7 and 14.

More information can be found on the village’s website.

Participation is free.

Rezoning, permit approved for Camping World

HOWARD – Rezoning and a conditional use permit for Camping World to have onsite recreational vehicle (RV) sales and service and retail sales at the former Gander Outdoors property was approved by the Village Board.

Community Development Director Dave Wiese said the company’s plans for the property changed since first proposed in August, to include RV sales and service, which required the property to be rezoned from B-1 Business to B-2 Highway Commercial and have a conditional use permit.

Historical society photo show

DE PERE – The De Pere Historical Society will present its first Photo Show of 2022 at West De Pere High, 655 Grant St.

The slide show will take place from 7-8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 26.

The show, presented by Joe Seroogy and McKim Boyd on behalf of the De Pere Historical Society, will feature a history of the West De Pere School District, as well as many other old photos of the west side.

In addition, prior to the show, from 6-7 p.m., attendees can tour the recently remodeled West De Pere High School.

The De Pere Historical Society has one of the state’s largest collections of old photos, and holds shows quarterly.

Tommy Thompson resigns

WISCONSIN – Tommy Thompson submitted his resignation as interim University of Wisconsin System president late last week.

The 80-year-old former governor started as interim president on July 1, 2020. 

Thompson’s resignation is effective March 18.

A process to find the next UW System president is already underway.

Give BIG Green Bay

GREEN BAY – Save the date.

The Green Bay Packers Foundation and Greater Green Bay Community Foundation will host the fifth annual Give BIG Green Bay community-wide day of giving from noon Feb. 23 until noon Feb. 24,  2022.

Give BIG Green Bay 2022 will highlight the work of 45 local nonprofit organizations working to improve lives in our community.

The Green Bay Packers Foundation will offer $250,000 in matching funds and incentives.

The 2022 Give BIG Green Bay Nonprofit Partners, are:

 

Animal Welfare

• Happily Ever After Animal Sanctuary

• N.E.W. Zoological Society  

Arts & Culture 

• Brown County Historical Society  

• Woodland Indian Art 

• Neville Public Museum Foundation

Community Improvement 

• Green Bay Neighborhood Leadership Council

• NeighborWorks Green Bay  

• New Leaf Foods

Education 

• Bridge the Gap For Autism 

• Encompass Early Education and Care

• Howe Community Resource Center

• NWTC Educational Foundation 

• Syble Hopp School  

Environment & Conservation 

• Friends of the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary

• Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance  

• Friends of Neshota Park  

Health & Wellness 

• Altrusa House 

• Center for Childhood Safety  

• Foundations Health & Wholeness 

• Hope and Olive 

• Jackie Nitschke Center 

• Make-A-Wish Foundation of Wisconsin

Human Services 

• Casa ALBA Melanie Hispanic Community Resource Center

• CASA of Brown County 

• COMSA (Community Services Agency) 

• Curative Connections 

• Sexual Assault Center of Family Services of Northeast WI

• Friends of Pals, Youth and Families 

• JOSHUA (Wisdom)  

• Journey to Adult Success 

• Options for Independent Living 

• Wise Women Gathering Place 

• YWCA Greater Green Bay

Hunger & Homelessness 

• Denmark Community Cupboard 

• Ecumenical Partnership for Housing 

• New Community Shelter

Military & Law Enforcement

• NAMI Brown County

Recreation & Sports

• Bay Nordic

• Green Bay Bicycle Collective

Youth Development

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Wisconsin

• Foster The Village

• Greater Green Bay YMCA

• Lovin’ The Skin I’m In

• We All Rise: African American Resource Center

Sidewalk requirement for subdivisions

ASHWAUBENON – A change to the village’s code related to pedestrian accommodations within new subdivisions is being recommended by the Plan Commission.

Community Development Director Aaron Schuette said the proposed changes would apply to new subdivision preliminary plats and not affect plats previously approved, such as Highland Ridge Estates.

Schuette said the amendment requires pedestrian accommodations upfront, though the Village Board, with input from the Plan Commission, would have the discretion to not require them for various reasons.

He said the proposed code revision will be up for final approval by the board at its Jan. 25 meeting.

Youth Art Month exhibit

GREEN BAY – More than 120 works of art by students in grades K-12 from 19 counties in Northeast Wisconsin will be on display at the Neville Public Museum’s Youth Art Month, a national celebration sponsored by The Council for Art Education.

Selected works from this exhibit will move on to the state exhibit in Madison.

The exhibit will be on display through March 6.  

Habitual parking violators

HOWARD – Habitual parking violators in Howard could have their vehicles towed, impounded or immobilized for not paying citations after the board approved an ordinance to that effect.

Village Administrator Paul Evert said state law was changed a few years ago to authorize municipalities to do that for habitual parking violations.

Evert said hopefully the village won’t have to resort to it, which was requested by the municipal court clerk, but said it will be helpful to have the option to do so if needed.

“Probably in the last year or two or three, there would have been one person who may have qualified for this,” he said.

Evert said hopefully the village won’t have to resort to this option, which was requested by the municipal court clerk.

Snowman building contest

ASHWAUBENON – The Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department is sponsoring a snowman building contest through Feb. 28.

Residents can submit a photo along with a name, address and phone number to [email protected], or in-person at the Ashwaubenon Community Center at 900 Anderson Dr.

Winners will receive a free program registration to any village program up to $35, or an individual lake season pass.

Winners will be announced March 1.

Diversity teaching fellow

DE PERE – Choua Xiong, who recently completed her Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will join St. Norbert College (SNC) beginning in the spring semester as a postdoctoral diversity teaching fellow – the first position of its kind at SNC.

Xiong will teach courses in the teacher-education discipline and first-year seminar program.

She will also work with the Cassandra Voss Center on equity, diversity, inclusion and justice research.

Candlelit hikes

SUAMICO – Barkhausen Waterfowl Preserve is hosting a handful of self-guided candlelit 1.25-mile hikes.

Hikes are $5 per person, those aged 2 and under are free. Snowshoes are available for rent, depending on weather and availability – $3 for children, $5 for adults. 

Participants may arrive anytime between 5-8 p.m.

Remaining hike dates are planned for Jan. 21, Feb. 10-11.

Pre-registration is required, and can be done online at browncountyparks.org. 

Show Choir Sh’Bango

GREEN BAY – The Show Choir Sh’Bango is set for 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 14 at the East High School Auditorium.

The show will feature the show choirs from five area schools – Webster, Leonardo da Vinci, Bayview Middle School, Ashwaubenon High School and Green Bay East.

Tickets are $6 general admission at the door.

Masks are required for attendance.

Building permit activity high

BELLEVUE – The Village of Bellevue issued 57 building permits for December for a total permitted value of $21,971,292.

Andrew Vissers, AICP, interim village administrator/community development director, said this amount added to the yearly total brings the number of permits issued for 2021 to 644 with a total permitted value of $64,109,456.

That compares to 650 permits issued worth $28,954,784 for all of 2020 – and the most since 2006.

The total number of single-family permits issued wa 61 for the year, compared to 60 single-family permits for 2020.

Vissers said the more than $64.1 million in permitted value is the most in the history of the village.

The previous record was in 2003 at $57,243,639.

Vissers said 2021’s permitted value is a 121.4% increase from 2020.

“It is very truly a team effort, and one that I am proud to be a part of,” he said.

Intra-district transfers

GREEN BAY – The intra-district transfer window – which allows students to attend a school outside their attendance area boundary –  is open for Green Bay district families through 4 p.m. Jan. 31.

Applications submitted during this window will be considered prior to those submitted through open enrollment (requests from outside the GBAPS District). 

Notification of acceptance, denial or waitlist placement will be emailed by the end of April.

Another window runs 8 a.m., Feb. 1 through 5 p.m., April 29.

Applications submitted during this window will be considered at the same time as applications submitted through open enrollment.

Final decision notification of acceptance or denial will be emailed by June 10th.

New meat senior director

GREEN BAY – Skogen’s Festival Foods announced the appointment of Jeff Bruce as the grocer’s meat senior director.

Bruce has more than 20 years of retail experience, primarily in fresh food leadership with Safeway Foods, where he led multiple meat and seafood departments in Idaho and Washington.

Vendor applications

GREEN BAY – Vendor applications for the 19th annual Farmers’ Market on Broadway are officially being accepted for 2022.

Vendors within a 100-mile radius of Green Bay are encouraged to apply.

The application deadline is Feb. 27.

The Farmers’ Market on Broadway is one of Wisconsin’s largest farmers’ markets with more than 150 vendors selling produce, prepared and packaged food and handmade goods.

This year’s first market is set for 3-8 p.m., Wednesday, May 25.

Nursing room

BROWN COUNTY – The Brown County Library Weyers-Hilliard branch in Howard officially opened its Nursing Room.

Funded by a donation from the R. and H. Herlache family, the nursing room is open during library hours, and offers breastfeeding parents a place to feed their children while at the library.

Wildlife poster contest

WISCONSIN – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is hosting its fourth annual Keep Wildlife Wild poster contest.

The poster design contest is open to any students grades 4-6 in Wisconsin, and should only include wild, native Wisconsin wildlife.

More information on contest rules and admission details can be found online, at dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/WildlifeHabitat/orphan.

The deadline for submitting poster designs is 5 p.m. on Feb. 18.

Poster judging will take place in March, with winners notified by email during the first week of April.

Caution urged

GREEN BAY – The U.S. Coast Guard is urging snowmobilers and ice fishermen to use extreme caution on the Bay of Green Bay, following a 27-person ice rescue last weekend.

Port officials said while the recent incident was a direct result of high winds, they want people to be aware that shipping on the Great Lakes, including the bay, continues and additional boat/barge activity is expected for the next couple weeks.

Coast Guard officials recommend all recreational ice users plan their activities carefully, dress appropriately, use caution on the ice and stay away from shipping channels. 

ERs not for COVID-19 tests

WISCONSIN – The Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) is joining hospitals across the state in urging members of the public not to seek COVID-19 tests at hospital emergency rooms.

The WHA said patients seeking COVID-19 tests at hospitals not only delay the provision of urgent care in emergency rooms, but also raise the risk of virus spread among medically-vulnerable patients.

More on where to get a COVID-19 test in Wisconsin can be found on the DHS website, dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/testing.htm, or by calling 2-1-1.

Emergency sick leave approved

SEYMOUR – The Committee of the Whole made a recommendation at its Monday, Jan. 10 meeting to forward to the city council a motion to approve a COVID-19 emergency sick leave policy, which is essentially a continuation of the federal program that was established in 2020.

It provides for up to 80 hours of additional sick leave in addition to whatever sick leave policy an employer currently offers.

“Employees that are infected would be afforded that additional time to stay home and not potentially affect others.” City Administrator Sean Hutchison said.

With Mayor Ryan Kraft and Council President Roger Behnke absent from the meeting, several items were tabled until the Jan. 24 session, including discussion on a levy limit referendum and The Outagamie Mutual Aid pact, a program which provides additional safeguards for emergency personnel providing aid to another jurisdiction.

“As that particular department is en route, as they transfer into another jurisdictional area, that jurisdiction takes responsibility for that particular firefighter, for example,” Hutchison said. “It’s just providing some additional safeguards.”

Letters to Lambeau

GREEN BAY – The Green Bay Packers invite fans to join in postseason excitement through the “Letters to Lambeau” program.

Fans can submit notes, drawings and letters to show their support as the Packers get ready for the Divisional playoff game at Lambeau Field, at pckrs.com/letters, sent through email to [email protected] or mailed directly to the Packers at Letters to Lambeau, PO Box 13092, Green Bay, WI 54307.

Selected submissions may be featured on packers.com and on the Packers’ social media platforms, and 32 lucky fans will receive Packers prizes, including autographed footballs, Packers Pro Shop gift cards and knit sideline hats.


4-H Foundation scholarship

WISCONSIN – 2022 Wisconsin 4-H Foundation scholarship applications are now being accepted.

To be eligible, students must have been a Wisconsin 4-H member for at least three years, have a grade-point average of at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale and be enrolled or plan to be enrolled at a university, college or technical school during the 2022-23 academic school year. 

More than $15,000 in scholarships will be awarded.

Applications must be received via email by March 15.

Scholarship winners from previous years are not eligible.

For detailed information, visit Wis4HFoundation.org/scholarships.

Applicants who are awarded scholarships will be notified by mail and email in May. 


Alice in Dairyland applications

WISCONSIN – The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is looking for the 75th Alice in Dairyland.

Alice in Dairyland travels throughout the state promoting Wisconsin’s agriculture industry and its impact on the state economy.

Applicants should have an interest in Wisconsin agriculture, at least three years of experience, education or training in communications, marketing, education or public relations and public speaking experience.

Applicants must also be female, Wisconsin residents and at least 21 years old.

This one-year, full-time contractual position starts July 5.

To apply, submit an application form, cover letter, resume and three professional references to [email protected] or PO Box 8911, Madison, WI 53708-8911 by 4:30 p.m. on Feb. 4.


Spring Break program

BELLEVUE – New for 2022, the Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department will be running an all-day spring break program for children ages 6-12.

The program will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at DeBroux Park during Green Bay School District’s Spring Break – March 21-25.

Each day will feature a variety of activities, crafts and games.

A field trip and/or special event will be held on Wednesday and Friday. 

Morning and afternoon snacks will be provided, students are responsible for bringing lunch.

The program is $110 for residents and $137.50 for non-residents.

Visit the village’s website for more information.


Genealogy 101

BROWN COUNTY – The Genealogy 101 series at the Brown County Library is back for its 19th year.

The program aims to help make researching, recording and preserving family history a reality by providing information to assist with any family history project. 

Each program will be held in the Brown County Central Library auditorium on Saturday mornings starting Jan. 22 from 9:10-10:45 a.m., with a bonus program each week from 10:50 a.m. to noon.

The series continues weekly through April 2.

All programs and parking are free to the public. 

Register by calling (920) 448-5815. 


‘The Bias Inside Us’

GREEN BAY – “The Bias Inside Us,” an exhibit organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, opens to the public at 9 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 15 in the Grand Foyer of the Weidner Center on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus.

Through images, hands-on interactives and testimonials and videos, the traveling exhibition explores the concept of bias.

The exhibition features six sections, including:

• Introduction

• The Science of Bias

• Bias in Real Life

• Serious Consequences—Bias is All Around Us, 

• #RetrainYourBrain 

• Personal Reflection

Admission is free and no registration required.

The exhibit runs through Feb. 13.


Polling locations

HOWARD – The VIllage Board approved an ordinance amendment designating four polling locations for Howard’s 20 wards.

• Wards 1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 will vote at Green Bay Community Church, 609 Cardinal Lane.

• Wards 3, 4, 5 and 6 will cast ballots at Village Hall, 2456 Glendale Ave.

• Wards 7, 8, 18 and 19 will go to the polls at Meadowbrook Church, 701 Hillcrest Heights.

• Wards 15, 16, 17 and 20 will vote at Fire Station No. 2, 4165 Shawano Ave.

Touchdowns for Hunger

GREEN BAY – The Green Bay Packers and Sargento Foods Inc. announced it will continue donating $2,000 per Packers touchdown through the playoffs with Touchdowns for Hunger.

The Packers ended the regular season with 54 touchdowns, which resulted in a donation of $108,000.

Touchdowns for Hunger, now in its 19th season, has raised more than $1.6 million to help alleviate hunger in Wisconsin.

The funds are shared by Paul’s Pantry in Green Bay and Hunger Task Force in Milwaukee.

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