By Lea Kopke Staff Writer GREEN BAY – During the 2019-20 school year, Oral Health Partnership (OHP) hit record numbers and served almost 4,000 Brown County children before the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to shut down programs last March. The organization provides free dental services to Brown County children who are on Medicaid, BadgerCare or …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor HOBART – Harry Boyce, a 2004 Green Bay East High School graduate, said he always wanted to give back to the community when he got older. Now, he’s getting a chance to do that in the growing Village of Hobart. Boyce recently celebrated the grand opening of The Workshop, a …
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GREEN BAY – Josh Moon was named the 10th Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Chancellor Michael Alexander announced Tuesday, July 6. Moon, an athletic administrator with more than 18 years in collegiate athletics, has spent the last nine years as the Director of Athletics at Northern State University (NSU) in …
ASHWAUBENON – The Green Bay Packers recently announced the schedule for the 2021 Packers Training Camp, presented by Bellin Health. This marks Green Bay’s 76th training camp, a tradition that began in 1946 under Curly Lambeau. As in the past, practices are scheduled to take place at Ray Nitschke Field. Packers Family Night will be at Lambeau …
By Heather Graves Correspondent DE PERE – De Pere Business Manager Dawn Foeller updated the school board on the 2021-22 preliminary budget at its meeting last month. Foeller said the budget shows the district’s anticipated revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year beginning July 1 and ending June 30 the following year. The preliminary tax …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – “The one thing I took away from it, and I told this to my kids, nothing opens your eyes more than facing death. You go through that and you become an altogether different person.” It’s passages like this from Korean War Marine veteran Bill Koch that fill the …
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By Lea Kopke Staff Writer SEYMOUR – The Seymour city council voted to begin the bidding process for the Lake Park bridge project, which will include a new footbridge and shelter, at its meeting June 28. The project will replace the existing footbridge with a wider one and will sit north of the old one, …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – A Green Bay city employee’s vacation turned into a rescue mission when he swam through dangerous riptide conditions to save a young man from drowning without any concern for himself. “I think I nearly gave my wife a heart attack during the incident,” electrical foreperson Jerry Bruley said. …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor ASHWAUBENON – The only thing hotter than the weather July 5 was the Green Bay Booyah offense. Fueled by 12 hits and 10 bases on balls, the Booyah used four-run fourth and fifth innings to post a 10-8 victory over Wisconsin Rapids in Northwoods League action at Capital Credit Union …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor BROWN COUNTY – With the recent completion of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association softball season, the Bay Conference released its softball awards. Locally, Green Bay East/West, Seymour and West De Pere participate in the conference. First team Leah Kocken, WDP, outfield; Rebekah Buboltz, WDP, infield; Sophie Wery, SEY, catcher. Second …
