SEYMOUR SCHOOL BOARD Outgoing board members School Board President Greg Leisgang and board member Kurt Peterson were recognized by Superintendent Laurie Asher at the Tuesday, March 22, meeting, as neither have seeked reelection in April and attended their last meeting. Asher said Leisgang served on the board for four years, the last two as board …
By Janelle Fisher Intern GREEN BAY – For the past 50 years, the Aging & Disability Resource Center (ADRC) of Brown County has offered delivery and dine-in meals to seniors throughout Brown County through its Homebound Meals and Community Cafe programs. Launched after the Older American Act (OAA) Nutrition Program was passed, which required that …
By Heather Graves Editor NORTHEAST WISCONSIN — For the past month, Ukrainian immigrant Olga Wakker has held onto her phone as if it were glued to her hand – anxiously waiting for daily updates from her friends, family and neighbors. “We call or text almost every day,” Wakker said. “I ask them to write me …
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By Donna Schuld Correspondent DE PERE – As more and more white steel beams settle into place in the structure that will soon be the Mulva Cultural Center in De Pere, those behind the project carefully monitor their progress with an eye on completion in late summer 2023. Funded by James and Miriam Mulva, designed …
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By Josh Staloch Staff Writer GREEN BAY – Try to imagine being seven years old and surviving a major earthquake – feeling the very ground you’re standing on shake violently underneath you and the walls caving in around you. Now, imagine what it would be like to find yourself alone and trapped underneath the rubble …
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By Heather Graves Editor GREEN BAY – The Neighborhood Response Team (NRT) – Kevin Warych, operations commander for the Green Bay Police Department, said the name says it all. “Enforcement is what (the police department does),” Warych said. “We’ll always do. But we want the community to view the NRT as partners, as people in …
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By Heather Graves Editor DE PERE – When 16-year-old Poland native Wiktoria Ratajczyk received a scholarship to become an exchange student in the United States, she had no idea she would wind up in chilly Wisconsin, let alone De Pere. “Don’t take this the wrong way… but most exchange students, when they think of the …
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By Kat Halfman Intern GREEN BAY – Coming from a long line of military service, Sergeant Chris Lauerman said he knew from an early age that he wanted to serve. With a grandfather who served in World War II and a Marine father who served in Vietnam, Lauerman joined the Wisconsin Army Cadets, a military …
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By Katie Leach Correspondent SUAMICO – Ten years ago, local business owners Katie and Joe Witthuhn had a dream. “It had been a dream of mine for a long time to open a restaurant,” Rustique Pizzeria co-owner Katie Witthuhn said. The couple made that dream a reality when they opened Rustique in Suamico in February …
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By Jen Hirthe Correspondent GREEN BAY – Armed with her grandmother’s recipes as inspiration, Amanda Lor opened TaisTais Kitchen in Green Bay to not only honor her Hmong heritage, but to share that proud heritage with the community through home-cooked, traditional Hmong dishes. “My dream is to share my grandma’s cooking with the community so …
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