By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – With enrollment numbers projected to jump over the next several years, the De Pere school board looked at the feasibility of expanding Foxview Intermediate School and De Pere Middle School. At a committee meeting Monday, May 6, representatives from Berners-Schober Associates showed conceptual drawings and results of studies …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – With the village deemed “generally infested” with the emerald ash borer (EAB), ash trees have become an endangered species of sorts in Ashwaubenon. As a result, those types of trees are also on their way out on public land. Ashwaubenon’s forester, Tim Bauknecht, who provided the village board …
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By Patrick Wood Publisher Dear Reader, Yesterday afternoon I visited the widow and three adult children of my friend, Uncle Bill. The children had flown in for his funeral. I shared with them the words I had written about him, which are printed below, and then we gathered together to hug, with a tear or two as we felt …
By Heather Graves Correspondent ALLOUEZ – The village board adopted four resolutions supporting certain components of Gov. Tony Evers’ state budget at its May 7 meeting. The governor’s proposed state budget includes initiatives that impact local municipalities. Specifically, those that impact levy limits, shared revenue, transportation aid and closing the dark store and Walgreen’s property …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor SUAMICO – The first seeds for a new way to assess students in the Howard-Suamico School District were planted Monday, May 6, but it will take a few years to reap the harvest entirely. The school board learned on May 6 the first group of students to undergo a new assessment …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer AHSWAUBENON – A Planned Unit Development to construct a new expo center on the site where the Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena is being torn down received the preliminary backing Tuesday, May 7, from both the village’s Site Plan Review Committee and Plan Commission. However, concerns were also voiced for …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer SUAMICO – After meeting in closed session Monday, May 6, the Suamico village board approved hiring an interim township manager from Pennsylvania as the next village administrator. Alex Kaker, who has ties to Wisconsin and is originally from Verona, will take over as Suamico’s village administrator effective June 10 with …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The Green Bay school board plans to conduct interviews next Monday with four outside facilitators as it continues to seek guidance on how to work more effective as a board. “We as a board have to collectively get our act together,” Trustee Katie Mahoney said. “We need a …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Alcohol vendors and food truck operators, listen up. If you want to peddle consumables in city parks in De Pere, there are some new things you’ll need to know. Earlier this year, in an effort to pave the way for a beer garden concept to go forward, the …
Baseball, soccer only part of the annual mix for new stadium By Dan Flannery Correspondent ASHWAUBENON – More than a baseball game will be at stake when the Green Bay Booyah opens its Northwoods League home schedule at Capital Credit Union Park. The Booyah will face the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters at 7:05 p.m. on Saturday, …
