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From dinner table to board room

GREEN BAY – If you’ve heard of the self-fulfilling prophecy, you may start to believe that the Packers are heading into some successful seasons. Incoming Green Bay Packers CEO Ed …

Green Bay’s Golden Girl: Turned the baton over

Continued from previous week In July 1966, Van Duyse announced her retirement as the Packers drum majorette. “I guess I’m the only girl in history who has been with a pro …

Green Bay’s Golden Girl: Everyone’s a star

Continued from previous week Around the time that Mary Jane opened her dance and baton studio in Green Bay — appropriately named “Golden Girl Studio” — Carla Vandertie …

Green Bay’s Golden Girl: The golden era

Continued from previous week In the late 1950s, Purdue’s Adelaide Darling was firing up crowds and causing controversy as the college’s chief majorette performed for football …

First Draft: A focus on parity

GREEN BAY – In May 1935, NFL team owners approved a plan from Eagles owner, Bert Bell, that called for a Draft were the lower performing teams would have the top choice of college prospects …

Lambeau Field, second oldest and second biggest

GREEN BAY – Though the Green Bay Packers have a long-standing reputation for being the oldest team in the NFL, their stadium is close to holding a similar status. New City Stadium …

De Pere studio looks to relinquish Packers history

GREEN BAY – Over the last century, Green Bay Packers photography has grown synonymous with names like Stiller, Biever and Harmann, but one of those names is looking to relinquish that history …

Green Bay’s Golden Girl: A rising star

Continued from previous week After announcing her retirement from competition, Mary Jane continued to serve as a majorette for the Green Bay Packers Lumberjack Band. She also continued to …

The bidding war behind the NFL Draft

GREEN BAY – On May 19, 1935, the NFL club owners approved a plan for a college player selection process, now known as the NFL Draft. “The players were free to sign with any team …

Game day weekend for the entire country

GREEN BAY – With just days to go until the 2025 NFL Draft kicks off in Green Bay, the final preparations are underway, transforming Lambeau Field and the Titletown district into a national …

Green Bay’s Golden Girl: An early start

Part I in a series GREEN BAY/STURGEON BAY – “She was a very gregarious person. Everyone knew Mary Jane, and Mary Jane knew everyone else, especially in the Green Bay area,” …

Packer drafts by the numbers

GREEN BAY – “With the twenty-third pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Green Bay Packers select….” The individual whose name gets called in that spot from the stage in Green …

Lumberjack Band: Sidelined

Continued from last week “Before the 1963 season, the Packers’ famous Lumberjack Band changed its name to the Green Bay Packer Band and members abandoned their old outfits for green …

Downtown to Titletown

GREEN BAY – As the City of Green Bay prepares to host the NFL Draft on April 24-26, Green Bay Metro Transit has announced special Draft days scheduling. Downtown to Titletown Route To …

Lumberjack Band: The majorettes

Continued from last week Carol Jean Collard wasn’t quite three when she started with the Lumberjack Band and is noted as the band’s first majorette. “Within the next …

Lumberjack Band: The makeup of a band

Continued from last week “Those intimately concerned with the destinies of the Green Bay Packers have seen for some time that a football game, even a bang-up battle, is not quite enough …

The Lumberjack Band: The Leader of the Band

Continued from previous week In 1939, the Lumberjack Band “swing band” was performing at all of the Green Bay Packers home games, as well as concert dates at the Columbus Club with …

The Lumberjack Band: ‘Go! You Packers Go!’

Continued from previous week Back in 1931, the Lumberjack Band had been leading the crowd with the fight song, “Go! You Packers Go!” — composed and written by Erich Karll. …

The Lumberjack Band: Return of the razzle-dazzle

Continued from the February edition of the Press Times In 1929, 1930 and 1931 the Lumberjack Band continued to back the Green Bay Packers during contentious Chicago games, financed by a …

Packers of the Past: Ahman Green

GREEN BAY – From the time he joined the Packers in 2000 through the end of the 2004 season, no one in the NFL gained more yards from scrimmage or rushed for more yards than Green Bay’s …

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