By Heather Graves Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – The area has seen its fair share of supper club closures over the decades. Town and Country Supper Club, Stratosphere Supper Club, Zuider Zee Supper Club, The Mariner Supper Club, Eve’s Supper Club – and the recent announcement of the closure of Wally’s Spot at the end of …
By Jeff Bollier and Nusaiba Mizan Green Bay Press Gazettte GREEN BAY – The search for affordable housing can stall lives, keep families apart, sting with rejection and add stress to the lives of even the most determined housing hunters. In interviews, local residents told reporters their months searching for an affordable place consumed time, …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – It’s easy to see the heightened scrutiny in recent years of social media usage by local elected officials – at all levels of government. Locally, there’s been a state representative, county supervisor and city alderperson who’ve found themselves in hot water for their social media usage. The state …
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By John McCracken Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – A Northeast Wisconsin economic development organization received federal funds to help ease broadband access gaps and make sure business can still get done. New North, Inc., a regional economic development non-profit working in 18 counties throughout Northeast Wisconsin including Brown County, recently received a $500,000 U.S. Economic Development …
By John McCracken Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – An effort to bring food producers, growers, educators and advocates together in Northeast Wisconsin has been stewing for years. Now, the NEW Food Forum is ready to present its findings and take steps toward developing the region’s first food action plan. NEW Food Forum, an initiative of local …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – Brown County supervisors resumed conversations on courthouse safety at their June 16 board meeting. With multiple unsecured entries, county courthouse security has been a concern for years. The pandemic forced the county to utilize a single point of entry for health reasons. Supervisors fully support the idea but …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – The Brown County board shot down a request to amend county ordinances to allow supervisors to appear in a virtual format and be considered present for voting purposes at a recent meeting. After holding meetings fully virtual for a few months last spring because of the COVID-19 pandemic, …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer SUAMICO – Following lengthy discussion April 5 the village board held off taking action on how to handle first installment property tax collections for the 2021 tax year. Board members discussed whether the village should collect the first installment tax collections or enter into an agreement with the Brown County …
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By John McCracken Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – In November, Pieter deHart and his family moved a couple of miles south from New Franken to a home on Bellevue’s far-east side. The only thing they didn’t bring with them was high-speed broadband. “I talked to major providers and they said I’m too rural,” said deHart, the …
By Heather Graves Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – A long-term plan to expand port operations, along with the possibility of relocating the coal piles from downtown Green Bay, took a leap forward following a unanimous vote by the county board to purchase the former Pulliam Power Plant property at its meeting Wednesday, Feb. 17. The county …
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