By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – School board members took time at their June 17 meeting to recognize a small group of Somali teenagers, who are current and former district students, for the publication of their book “The First Winter: Stories of Survival by Experienced Hearts.” These 12 girls call themselves the United ReSisters. …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Say goodbye to the signup sheets, the pseudo-contest forms, the customer surveys. Forget the random sampling, the head counting, the eyeballing, the turnstiles and the clicker counters. There’s an alternative out there to crowd estimation, and De Pere could soon be using it. It’s called geo-fencing visitor data …
By Ben Rodgers Editor GREEN BAY – With ink still drying on the diplomas for the latest crop of high school graduates, now is the time for parents and students to start thinking about life after graduation, and more importantly, how to pay for it. The average annual in-state college tuition in Wisconsin was $15,572 …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – The idea of providing a school resource officer with a facility therapy dog in the Ashwaubenon School District received backing Wednesday, June 12, from the school board. The board voted in favor of applying for a dog through a program that trains the animals after hearing from School …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – It started as a vision – make the streets safer for people of all ages to walk and ride their bikes throughout the city. That vision is now becoming reality with the approval of the Safe Walk and Bike Green Bay plan, a joint effort of the Green …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Nine-year-old Elianna Manders received recognition Monday, June 17, from the West De Pere school board for earning an award for her work raising money for children with pediatric cancer. Manders recently received the Big Heart Award from the Children’s Cancer Family Foundation of Northeast Wisconsin. School board president …
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By Patrick Wood Publisher Dear Reader, Something interesting has happened in the world of online shopping: On some large commercial websites there no longer is just one price. There are some very big players in the marketplace that now use computer algorithms to estimate what you might be willing to pay for something based on …
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By Lauren Waters Correspondent ALLOUEZ – Whether or not to update certain animal control ordinances was the hot topic Tuesday, June 18, at the Allouez village board meeting. Allouez Animal Control/Humane Officer, Monica Hoff, proposed to make changes pertaining to animals suspected of biting people, the keeping of animals, dangerous dogs and other issues. Regarding …
By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – The Hobart village board denied a rezoning request at its Tuesday, June 18, meeting, essentially putting the brakes on a proposed residential development. Prior to the vote, the board held a public hearing that lasted an hour when residents voiced concerns that were ultimately echoed by village trustees. The …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – A non-profit organization committed to providing a safe and supportive place where young women can learn to become independent, successful parents, can now help even more families thanks to a $3.6 million reconstruction project. House of Hope of Green Bay hosted an open house, June 13, capping off …
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