By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – The village board wants to give the person elected village president next year a nearly $4,000 pay hike. The board voted unanimously Monday, June 24, in favor of increasing the village president’s annual salary from the current $12,050 to $16,000, effective following next April’s election when village voters …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – The village board voted Monday, June 10, in favor of an agreement with Brown County for constructing the State Highway 29/County VV interchange. Village President Burt McIntyre and five trustees backed the agreement. It calls for Howard to commit around $3.2 million over four years for its share …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – Similar to how the village board filled two trustee vacancies last year, Howard will be seeking to fill an opening for municipal judge. The board agreed Monday, June 10, to have Village President Burt McIntyre lead the interview process for filling the opening the village will be advertising. …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – The village’s Plan Commission gave its unanimous support Monday, May 20, to revising the village code to allow residences as a conditional use in business districts zoned B-1 or B-2. Commission members held a public hearing on the issue after having discussed at their previous meetings the past …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor SUAMICO – The message on Friday, May 10, to state lawmakers was simple – $7 million. That’s how short the Howard-Suamico School District falls when compared to other districts in Wisconsin related to district funding, said Matt Spets, assistant superintendent of operations. “Year over year, the high school and our board …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – Despite the opposition from several Howard residents along Shawano Avenue who are unhappy about facing thousands of dollars in special assessments, those charges were approved Monday, April 22, on a majority vote by the village board. Approximately 2,400 feet of water main is being extended on Shawano Avenue …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – The village’s Plan Commission has decided to hold a public hearing next month to consider revising the village code to allow homes damaged by more than 50 percent of their current local assessed value to be rebuilt in non-conforming districts. At their meeting April 15, commission members spent …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – A site plan to construct an 80,000-square-foot building for manufacturing and converting paper products at 1480 Brookfield Ave. in Howard was approved Monday, April 15, by the village’s Plan Commission. The plan conditions approved for Soar Manufacturing/KSR Holdings LLC include having additional masonry on the full front of …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – The possibility of revising the village code to allow homes damaged by more than 50 percent of their current local assessed value to be rebuilt in non-conforming districts is under consideration by the Howard Plan Commission. Commission members agreed at their March meeting to table the issue for …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – A proposal on how to develop the public space of the Village Center, modeled after an existing facility in Valparaiso, Indiana, was presented Monday, Feb. 25, to the Howard village board. Village Administrator Paul Evert noted staff began working with architects in 2016 on a facility in the …
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