By Greg Bates Correspondent GRAND CHUTE – With his eyes swollen from tears, Eli Frank lingered outside the Bay Port dugout. The senior gazed into the outfield and slowly panned Fox Cities Stadium; he took in the scene one last time. His high school baseball career was over. Frank said he was sad it came …
By Heather Graves Correspondent DE PERE – “An old lady at heart” – that’s how De Pere High School junior Edie Neuville, 15, describes herself. “My grandma showed me how (to crochet) a few years ago, but it had been a while,” Neuville said. “But when COVID hit, I was bored and wanted a new …
By Greg Bates Correspondent OSHKOSH – Hunter Staniske has always been a good hitter and worked on his craft. But what he did this past season – his last on the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (UWO) baseball team – was off the charts. The De Pere native finished second in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) …
By Lea Kopke Staff Writer HOWARD – The Giving Tree is seeking donations for its 13th annual Back-to-School event, which gifts fully-stocked backpacks to Howard-Suamico students. Kourtney Feldhausen, district student and family engagement coordinator, said in a normal year parents take their children inside the food pantry to pick out school supplies to fill a …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – After conducting a hearing in open session for more than 40 minutes June 22, the village board went into closed session and voted to deny a grievance from the Ashwaubenon Public Safety Officers’ Association (APSOA) involving an officer’s traffic pursuit. The board’s action is the third step in …
Ashwaubenon board denies grievance involving traffic pursuit Read More »
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – A proposed grocery store and apartment building development downtown was approved by the city council at its Tuesday, June 29, meeting. “I think we have in front of us a pretty exciting project,” Mayor Eric Genrich said. “It checks a lot of boxes for Alder (Randy) Scannell’s district, …
By Heather Graves Correspondent SEYMOUR – Trustees approved the preliminary budget for the 2021-22 school year at their June 22 school board meeting. Though the amount of state aid the district will receive remains unclear, approving the preliminary budget now allows for spending to begin July 1, the start of the fiscal year. The preliminary …
Seymour school board approves preliminary budget Read More »
By Lea Kopke Staff Writer DE PERE – The West De Pere school board listened to the 2020-21 report from the finance committee at its meeting last month. Board treasurer Scott Borley said the district has a surplus of about $800,000 for the 2020-21 school year. The board has to decide if it wants to …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – Improvements planned next year for another section of Evergreen Avenue are drawing opposition from property owners who could face paying special assessments. Some of them were on hand last month when the Howard village board voted 7-2 to approve a resolution declaring the village’s intent to levy special …
Howard planning more special assessments for Evergreen Read More »
ASHWAUBENON – The University of Notre Dame and the University of Wisconsin-Madison agreed to reschedule their neutral-site matchup at Lambeau Field to Sept. 5, 2026. The Irish and Badgers were originally scheduled to play Oct. 3, 2020, at Lambeau in Green Bay, the first of a two-year, neutral-site series that would also see the teams …
Badgers versus Notre Dame game rescheduled at Lambeau Read More »
