By Press Times Staff ASHWAUBENON – The only contested race April 6 for the Ashwaubenon school board will feature board president Jay VanLaanen against Heidi Murphy. VanLaanen first won a seat in 2003. He is a senior financial services officer at GreenStone Farm Credit Services. Murphy is a part-time court clerk for the City of …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – One in three 10th-graders at De Pere High School reported feeling some form of anxiety or depression. That’s up from 29 percent in the 2019-20 school year, but down from 36 percent in the year prior to that. The De Pere school board heard an update from mental …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – The school board voted Wednesday, Feb. 10, to approve the district’s 2021-22 technology budget of $662,000 as presented by Instructional Technology Coordinator Jamie Averbeck and Information Technology Coordinator Scott Truskowski. The budget includes $20,000 for infrastructure, $37,000 for internet, $373,000 for hardware and $232,000 for services/support. Truskowski said …
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By Rich Palzewic Staff Writer DE PERE – Student enrollment numbers are down slightly in the West De Pere school district, compared to a year ago. The membership count for January 2021 was 3,816 compared to 3,847 the previous January, which equates to 31 fewer students. At the Monday, Feb. 15, school board meeting, West …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer SUAMICO – To have enough money this year to pay for the Riverside Drive reconstruction project, the village board approved a resolution Monday, Feb. 15, to authorize borrowing not to exceed $677,000 from trust funds of the State of Wisconsin. Finance Director Jessica Legois said the 2021 budget includes $786,700 …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The De Pere Common Council voted 6-1, Wednesday, Feb. 17, in favor of an incentive for city employees who receive the coronavirus and flu vaccines. The incentive will be $250 per covered person ($500 for the employee and a spouse) deposited into the employee’s health reimbursement arrangement (HRA) …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – The school board decided Wednesday, Feb. 10, to award the low base bid of $2,664,380 to Mike Koenig Construction for addition and renovation work at Pioneer Elementary School and the Cormier School and Early Learning Center. Koenig’s bid was the lowest among eight firms seeking the office build …
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By Patrick J. Wood Publisher Dear Reader, They are at it again. Last week the Wisconsin State Senate voted to pass Senate Bill 55 by a vote of 20 to 12. They should have called it “The Pull The Wool Over The Taxpayer’s Eyes Act,” because if SB 55 is passed by the Assembly and …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – The school board received an update Wednesday, Feb. 10, from Superintendent Kurt Weyers on the districtwide return to in-person instruction. “We said all year-long, our goal is to have our students in-person, where they belong,” he said. “That continues to be our goal… To have 2,800-2,900 students in …
By John McCracken Correspondent BELLEVUE – As a part of the village’s capital improvement plan, Guns Street is headed for major reconstruction later this year. The Bellevue village board learned, Wednesday, Feb. 10, the project received a $450,000 grant from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s Local Road Improvement Program to assist with the road reconstruction, …
