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David Haack installs the orginal flooring.

New Heritage Hill exhibit tells story of American Dream

BY KRIS LEONHARDT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALLOUEZ/OCONTO – This summer, Heritage Hill State Historical Park will open their first new building in nearly a decade, which will serve as an educational tool highlighting the area’s migrant workers in the 20th century. “The beauty of this structure is not necessarily that it’s big, it’s not necessarily that it’s …

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Vincent and Marie Lombardi House

Sunset Circle district joins state historic register

By Press Times staff ALLOUEZ – The Wisconsin Historical Society recently announced that the Sunset Circle Residential Historic District in the village of Allouez has been listed on the Wisconsin Register of Historic Places. The district nomination was reviewed by the State Historic Preservation Review Board on Nov. 17 and the announcement was made on …

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Allouez, Glenmore are Project VOTE Voter Challenge winners

For the Press Times GREEN BAY – The town of Glenmore and the village of Allouez were awarded the Project VOTE of Brown County, WI Voter Challenge trophies on April 14. The two municipalities had the highest voter turnout percentages in their respective categories for the April 4, 2023 election. Glenmore’s turnout of 62.3% of …

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Green Bay Correctional Institution: An uncertain future

By Kris Leonhardt Editor-in-chief Continued from previous edition: click here In July 1979, the reformatory was renamed the “Green Bay Correctional Institution” in keeping with the “more modern, rehabilitative” approach of prison reformation. In 1981, the facility was still dealing with overcrowding issues and an expansion plan to accommodate an additional 75 inmates was developed. …

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Green Bay Correctional Institution: An age of uncertainty

By Kris Leonhardt Editor-in-Chief Continued from the previous edition, click here for previous segment A Nov. 12, 1971, riot brought up serious issues with the facility’s current design. State Department of Health and Social Services Division of Corrections Head Sanger Powers said that the existing location of the power plant posed a threat in such …

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Green Bay Correctional Institution: Growing pains

By Kris Leonhardt Editor-in-Chief Continued from the previous edition: https://gopresstimes.com/2023/02/19/green-bay-correctional-institution-chronic-overcrowding/ In October 1915, excavation began on a new cell wing, only to be put on hold as inmates were allocated for work on the Green Bay-De Pere concrete road. Hampered by weather and other projects, work on the wing lasted for six years. In 1916, …

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