By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Green Bay police officers will be equipped with body cameras following an unanimous vote by city council Tuesday, Dec. 15. “It’s certainly not the end-all, be-all with regard to public safety or policing, but I think this is a really important step forward for us,” said Mayor Eric …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – A local author’s new book is more than just a feel-good read or a coffee table ornament. “Home at Last: True Lost Dog Stories,” by Bette Anunson Anderson of De Pere is practical, too. Along with its 10 happy canine reunion tales, the 107-page book contains common sense …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Students in the De Pere school district will continue with the status quo of learning virtually until after the new year. On Monday, Dec. 14, the school board approved the plan to reopen. The plan is for grades 4K-6 to start school full-time, in-person five days a week …
By John McCracken Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – From conception to estimated completion, the South Bridge Connector project in De Pere will take upwards of 64 years to finish, and at this point in time there are questions still to be answered. A bridge in south De Pere was recommended in the 1968 Brown County Comprehensive …
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By Rich Palzewic Staff Writer BELLEVUE – At its Dec. 9 meeting, the Bellevue village board held a public hearing to discuss a request by Lexington Homes for a preliminary planned development district (PDD) for a multi-family complex. The PDD covers 35.12 acres and includes 208 units of multi-family apartments and intensive business uses. The …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – A recent decline in the COVID-19 burden rate in Brown County prompted the Green Bay school board to modify its reopening criteria Monday, Dec. 14, which could bring some students back to the classroom as early as Dec. 17. The change comes after dozens of parents, students and …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer GREEN BAY – An attorney representing Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters filed a federal class action suit Dec. 9 against the City of Green Bay related to his clients being arrested in early June for violating the city’s emergency curfew. Attorney David Hassel alleges the city selectively enforced the curfew …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer SUAMICO – The village was reimbursed almost $1,800 more than its original allocation from the State of Wisconsin to pay for unbudgeted expenditures incurred this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Village Administrator Alex Kaker reported Monday, Dec. 7, to the Suamico village board. Kaker said Suamico was allocated $207,040 …
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By Press Times Staff BROWN COUNTY – The process to run this spring for various local municipal offices has begun. As of Dec. 1, candidates running for non-partisan municipal offices this spring were allowed to begin circulating nomination papers, which are due back to their respective municipal clerks by 5 p.m. Jan. 5. The spring …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – To clarify background information required to disclose on a license or permit application, the village’s Public Works and Protection Committee recommended a wording revision Dec. 1. The committee previously discussed problems with applicants not disclosing information and subsequently being denied a bartender’s license, for instance, in response to …
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