Residents were invited to an open house Monday, March 18, to view and provide feedback on the design options for new pools at Legion and VFW parks.

DE PERE—The school board presented renderings by Bray Architects and Miron Construction of what the new 5-6 intermediate school could look like, March 11, at the West De Pere District Office.Teacher feedback was at nearly 60 percent on what would be kept the same and potentially be changed for the curriculum involving fifth through eighth graders.

Weary shoppers and happy dawdlers could soon rest in public benches and chairs shaped like hands, typewriter keys, animals or abstract squigglies.

The West De Pere school district will hold an open house so the community can learn about the status of the district’s upcoming building projects.

De Pere city parks could benefit from a future beer garden, if the De Pere Common Council okays a special parks fund from beer garden proceeds.

Projected growth to areas surrounding one elementary school have prompted the De Pere school board to look at options for redrawing the boundary lines.

The two candidates advancing to the April 2 general election for a city council seat in District 1 were only a vote apart in the Tuesday, Feb. 19, primary.

Residents in the District 1 of De Pere will have a new person representing them on the Common Council for the first time in eight years.

The Medical College of Wisconsin-Green Bay and St. Norbert College are partnering to offer high school students two Summer Academy of Medicine experiences.

A long-time anchor in the De Pere shopping community, De Pere Shopko will be closing its doors on May 5, the company recently announced.