By Donna Schuld Correspondent GREEN BAY – Giant animal sculptures crafted from discarded flip-flops and other plastic junk will give visitors at the Green Bay Botanical Garden something to ponder this summer. The critical element in all eight pieces in the exhibit, “Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea,” involves plastic junk washed up from …
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By Josh Staloch Correspondent The De Pere softball team picked up a Fox River Classic Conference win May 6, battling visiting Bay Port into the ninth inning before closing it out with a bases-loaded, sacrifice fly by Lexi Lipsh in a 5-4 victory. “We like to use the term ‘resiliency’ lots,” said De Pere head …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor PULASKI – Behind the pitching of Ally Eden and the hitting of Eleanor Hoge, the Green Bay Preble softball team showed why it’s undefeated. With the help of three Red Raiders’ errors in the first three innings, the Hornets (8-0 overall, 5-0 Fox River Classic Conference) clubbed their way to …
By Frank Hermans Correspondent Welcome to my newest venture… (drum roll) as a columnist for The Press Times. Most of you know me from Let Me Be Frank Productions or from my Local 5 Live Segment, “Frankly Green Bay,” but I now get to talk about other things rather than my businesses. In my column, …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Most of the municipal emergency mandates for the City of De Pere are now history. The De Pere Common Council voted 7-1 Tuesday, May 4 to repeal what remained of the order, about 24 hours before the local mask mandate ended. The vote came despite the De Pere …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The city council narrowly passed a resolution expressing confidence in Green Bay’s handling of the August and November 2020 elections, amid outside allegations of wrongdoing, at its meeting Tuesday, May 4. “Based on the information I have now, I support this resolution,” said District 4 Alderperson Bill Galvin. …
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By Greg Bates Correspondent DE PERE – When it was announced Green Bay would be hosting the 2021 USA Hockey-Chipotle Tier II 18U National Championships, that was good news for the local youth team, the Green Bay Bobcats. That meant the hosts would get an automatic bid into the 16-team tournament. The Bobcats came into …
By Murray Gleffe Correspondent Name: Luke Schroeder School: Ashwaubenon Parents: Bill and Shelly Schroeder Activity: Football Twitter: @LukeSchroeder15 Luke Schroeder is a wide receiver on the Ashwaubenon football team. He has more than 350 receiving yards and has been the main go-to guy during the alternate fall season being conducted this spring. Talk about playing football …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent HOBART – Ground has finally been broken on a major project decades in the making. Construction started this week on the State Highway 29/County Highway VV interchange between Green Bay and Shawano. It’s a two-year project touching Hobart, Howard and the Oneida Nation Reservation. A new diamond-shaped interchange at County VV …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent GREEN BAY – 2020: It was the best of times, and it was the worst of times. Best of times because in times of crisis, entrepreneurship and creativity flourish. Worst of times, because businesses of all sizes struggled to keep their doors open. Best of times, because the Broadway District in …
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