By Lea Kopke Press Times News Intern SUAMICO – Figuring out how to safely return to schools in the fall is like trying to put together a million-piece puzzle, said Howard-Suamico school board vice president Garry Sievert. An update from the COVID-19 Comeback Planning Task Force team was presented at the Monday, June 22, school …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – Public Safety Director Ed Janke said he had “cautious optimism” while reporting Monday, June 22, to the Howard village board on the reopening of Duck Creek Quarry Park. The quarry, which is a popular summertime swimming area, had been closed until June 18 over concern about the spread …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – Brown County Public Works is sticking to a change in the Wisconsin Highway 29/County VV interchange project that will cost an additional $432,216. Village Administrator Aaron Kramer, in a June 4 letter to the Brown County Board of Supervisors and Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach, called into question a …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – Site plans to construct two buildings with around 40,000 square feet each were approved Tuesday, June 16, by the village’s Site Plan Review Committee. After more than a half hour of discussion, the committee approved a 39,017-square-foot manufacturing building for Trinks, Inc. on a vacant lot at 3411 …
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By Rich Palzewic Staff Writer DE PERE – The De Pere Common Council approved several items at its Tuesday, June 16, virtual meeting, including road work. The council approved awarding a contract for curb repair and street resurfacing to MCC for $1,360,837. Several streets were removed from the contract to remain within budget. The work …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer SUAMICO – The village is seeking a buyer for the current Fire Station No. 1 site, where the Suamico Fire Department will be moving out of once a new station is built. The Suamico village board gave the go-ahead Monday, June 15, for Village Administrator Alex Kaker to post and …
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By Matthew Adelman Publisher, Douglas (Wyoming) Budget and President, National Newspaper Association The coronavirus pandemic has laid much of the American economy on its back – but a bright spot has made the disaster less crippling than it might have been. That is the Paycheck Protection Program, which funneled money back to workers through small …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – The final plat for a 31-lot subdivision along Copilot Way was approved Tuesday, June 16, by the village board. Lexington Homes proposed the new subdivision known as Southwind Estates, for which the final plat includes 30 single-family lots and a larger lot for the construction of a multi-family …
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By Rich Palzewic Staff Writer BROWN COUNTY – Despite the COVID-19 pandemic closing schools, businesses and slowing donations, several area school districts are proceeding with planned projects. Bay Port, De Pere and West De Pere high schools are ahead of schedule with planned projects, while Preble has seen slower progress with its synthetic turf donation …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – The Ashwaubenon school board voted unanimously Wednesday, June 10, to approve more than 200 new open enrollment requests from non-residents with less than 40 students living in the district granted permission to attend school elsewhere in 2020-21. Business Director Keith Lucius said 209 of the 271 applications seeking …
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