By Press Staff HOBART – State, county and Oneida Nation staff responded to a large manure spill causing a fish kill in Silver Creek on the Oneida reservation about four miles west of Ashwaubenon Tuesday, Sept. 11. The spill occurred on the Phil Robertson farm on County Road E, immediately west of the Outagamie-Brown county …
By Ben Rodgers Editor BROWN COUNTY – The Brown County Planning Commission recently learned about what appears to be roughly $3.5 million less in federal funds to complete previously scheduled projects. The Surface Transportation Block Grant program (STBG or STP) is a source of federal funding that can cover up to 80 percent of the …
By Ben Rodgers Editor SUAMICO – After days intensive work, loads of fundraising and thousands of miles traveled, three students from Bay Port High School returned from the trip of a life time. Emma Fry, Greta Schwandt and Abigal Sawyer, as part of the Wisconsin Ambassadors of Music, sang their way through Europe for three …
By Ben Rodgers Editor ASHWAUBENON – A month after completing a total remodel, Stadium View Sports Bar & Banquet Hall is set to welcome fans from across the country to its new digs. “The biggest draw for us would be our TV package. There’s not a bad seat in the house,” said Bob Watson, Stadium …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor Last month a slew of volunteers with area fire departments showed who the real heroes are in our local communities. A barn fire on Aug. 7, in southern Hobart, left Mike Ambrosius reeling from a heart attack. He was found by his brother Jim, assistant chief for the Hobart Volunteer Fire …
By Rich Palzewic Staff Writer DE PERE – Two curriculum reports highlighted the Sept. 4 school board meeting for the Unified School District of De Pere. Jeff Byczek, the activities director at the high school, presented information to the board on the procedures and fees for facility rentals. “There are set fees that have been …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – The Hobart village board learned of a spike in population at the Sept. 4 meeting to go along with the the boom in taxable value reported Aug. 21. The most recent estimate of the village’s population from the Wisconsin Department of Administration shows Hobart has an estimated population of …
By Melinda Anne Roberts Hobby historian and “Little Wisconsin” author Editor’s note: History is all around us. Over the centuries, important people in our backyard visited significant places in pursuit of noble endeavors. Most of these people are now forgotten, and most of these places glanced over with nary a thought. The Wisconsin History Spot …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor SUAMICO – The newest Animals of the Month at the NEW Zoo & Adventure Park are a top draw and kings of their domain. Ajia and Loiwatwa, or Loid for short, are two African lions that are among the most popular animals at the zoo. “They are always the iconic zoo …
By Ben Rodgers Editor Manawa is a quaint city in Waupaca County with roughly 1,300 people who found out the hard way the damage the dark store loophole can do in communities. Last year, TreeHouse Foods successfully argued in mitigation that the value of a food processing facility should be about $10 million less than …
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