By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – A full-capacity crowd will again fill Lambeau Field to cheer on the green and gold. Two things that won’t accompany them this NFL season – paper tickets and cash. “The Packers have been working on the game day experience, enhancing it, over the course of several seasons,” Green …
ASHWAUBENON – With football returning to Lambeau Field for the regular season Monday, Sept. 20, fans are invited to celebrate the new season with “Kickoff Weekend.” Before game day, the weekend will be highlighted by a free concert featuring country artist Jake Owen, beginning at 5 p.m. outside Lambeau Field in the stadium’s east side …
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ASHWAUBENON – The Green Bay Booyah fell to the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters at Capital Credit Union Park Wednesday, 13-4. The Booyah fell behind 7-0 after the Rafters plated seven runs before Green Bay took a swing. In the second, after a booming triple by Brett Blair (Stanford), Nathan Blasick (West Virginia) hit a sacrifice fly …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – A proposed total tax levy of $16,987,466 – an increased hike of about 2% from the previous year – was backed last month at the school district’s annual meeting. As currently proposed, the general fund portion of the tax levy includes about a $410,000 decrease to $14,283,466. A …
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By Lea Kopke Staff Writer SUAMICO – At age 14, Emilee Rysticken tried her first donut ice cream cone during a school trip to Prague. Rysticken said she came home and jokingly told her parents she would one day open a shop with the special cones. Six years later, on July 27, she found herself …
By Heather Graves Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – The county board unanimously approved a reorganization of its Department of Technology Services (DOTS) and replacing it with a new IT department at its meeting last month. Supervisors approved the change following a near-hour closed session discussion. Brown County Deputy Executive Jeff Flynt said the reorganization and renaming …
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MADISON – The Green Bay Booyah fell in Madison Tuesday night to the Mallards, 9-1, in Northwoods League action. The game started after a rain delay of more than two and a half hours. Green Bay fell behind 3-0 after the first inning. The Booyah cut their deficit to two in the third inning when …
De Pere – De Pere High School recently announced the hiring of Martin Valenzuela as head coach of the varsity boys’ soccer team. Valenzuela replaces Dusty Rhodes, who resigned after eight seasons with the Redbirds. Valenzuela has been a head coach/trainer for Wisconsin United FC, De Pere, since July 2019. He also spent one season …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor DE PERE – Despite De Pere Legion Baseball manager Dan Lukes and his team living out of a hotel room for the last two weeks, the veteran leader said he would have gladly stayed on the road for another week. “We were pretty tired,” Lukes said. “We pulled into West …
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By Lea Kopke Staff Writer GREEN BAY – A new Brown County Library East Branch facility is one step closer to reality after the county board approved the purchase of property next to its current location last month. For Kathy Blaney, a library patron of many years, this has been a long-awaited project. Blaney is …
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