By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer SUAMICO – With the new Fire Station No. 1 “99.99% complete,” Village Administrator Alex Kaker provided the Suamico Village Board with a project cost summary Oct. 18. Kaker said the final project budget of around $6.559 million had actual expenses of approximately $6.467 million. However, when factoring in cash donations, …
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By Brad Spakowitz Correspondent The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released the official forecast for the coming winter, defined as the months of December, January and February. These seasonal outlooks are created by some of the government’s best climatologists and forecasters, using sophisticated computer models incorporating knowledge of how the atmosphere behaves, sea surface …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – A Village Board trustee is resigning next month. Allison Williams, who represents Wards 1 and 2, announced Tuesday, Oct. 26, her last day in office will be Nov. 22. “I have decided to sell my house, and although I will continue be an Ashwaubenon resident, I will no …
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By Heather Graves Staff Writer SUAMICO – Howard-Suamico Superintendent Damian LaCroix again called for the community to “stay the course” with the district’s current COVID-19 mitigation strategies, including mandatory masks for K-6. “We have a plan that I think is working,” LaCroix said at the Oct. 25 School Board meeting. “It’s not a perfect plan, …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – An indoor commercial recreational facility will be a permitted use in areas of the village zoned I-2 Heavy Industry under a recommendation approved Tuesday, Oct. 26, by the Ashwaubenon Village Board. Community Development Director Aaron Schuette said the request to add “Commercial Recreation, Indoor” to the allowed uses …
By Donna Schuld Correspondent GREEN BAY – Forty works of art, out of nearly 90 submissions, were chosen for the 76th Art Annual Exhibition at the Neville Public Museum. The artists from Northeast Wisconsin and Upper Michigan represent a wide variety of media. This juried art exhibition began in 1942 during the height of World …
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By Heather Graves Staff Writer SEYMOUR – A move by the Seymour School District to combat a double-digit increase in positive COVID-19 cases at the high school met heavy resistance at the Tuesday, Oct. 26, School Board meeting. When the high school reached more than 20 confirmed student COVID-19 cases, the School Board decided at …
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By Josh Staloch Staff Writer LAWRENCE – Hobart/Lawrence Police Chief Randy Bani is one step closer to having a second-in-command following the two community boards agreeing to look into funding a captain position as well as another officer in 2022. The Lawrence Town Board and the Hobart Village Board discussed a police department study on …
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By Heather Graves Staff Writer SEYMOUR – Industrial Technology Teacher Staci Sievert entered Seymour High School’s Library Media Center Oct. 21 just like any other recent faculty meeting, ready for Principal Tom Mueller’s COVID-19 update. Little did the near 30-year teaching veteran know she was in for a serious surprise. Mueller and dozens of district …
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By Charlie Frisk Correspondent Sandhill cranes are one of those species that entertains us with beauty, and a magnificent overture of calls. They were also clearly one of the great conservationist Aldo Leopold’s favorite birds. Marshland Elegy, a chapter in “A Sand County Almanac” from 1949 sums up the conservationist’s ardor. “High horns, low horns, …
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