By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The De Pere Common Council voted unanimously Aug. 17 to spend $3.8 million as the city’s share of the South Bridge Connector interchange project, a 50/50 cost split with Brown County. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT) is including the interchange in its widening project of Interstate 41 …
By Lee Reinch Correspondent DE PERE – If the City of De Pere relocates its yard waste collection site, it won’t be to Allouez. A move to explore that option not only died at the city committee level, but the other party involved – the Village of Allouez – also dismissed the idea. De Pere …
By Ben Rodgers Editor Last week, the City of De Pere awarded The Press Times the bid to print legal notices, making our weekly newspaper the official newspaper of the city. We are grateful for the trust placed in our publication by the De Pere Common Council. Legal notices are required to be published under …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – If you’ve not mown your lawn yet this spring, or if you have but don’t feel like repeating the process anytime soon, now you’ve got a good excuse to relax. It’s called No Mow May, and it’s just like it sounds: It’s May. Don’t mow. Residents of municipalities …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – On Tuesday, April 20, the De Pere Common Council voted to end the city’s mask mandate, as of 11:59 p.m. May 5. The debate of mask-continuance pros and cons overlapped multiple meetings over the past few months. Alderperson Dean Raasch, who brought the motion forward, and Alderperson Dan …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Closures and canceled programs due to the coronavirus pandemic cost the De Pere Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry more than $225,000 last year. Paula Rahn, recreation superintendent for the parks department, spoke at the April 15 meeting of the board of park commissioners and thanked her staff …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The De Pere Common Council approved the design for a multi-use facility at Voyageur Park and voted to go forward with the $1.2 million construction project at its April 7 meeting. Council members also gave Mayor James Boyd the authority to create an ad hoc fundraising committee to …
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By Press Times Staff DE PERE – The race for District 2 on the De Pere city council April 6 will feature incumbent Jonathon Hansen against challenger Susan Netzel. Hansen drew the most votes in the February primary (394 votes, 55.18 percent), outpolling Netzel (225 votes, 31.51 percent) and Dan Gaumer (95 votes, 13.31 percent). …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – An anonymous donor has expressed interest in donating up to $500,000 toward the construction of a $1 million multi-use facility at Voyageur Park, the De Pere park board learned at its March 18 meeting. Previously, the city asked architects to rework and downsize the original design of $1 …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – De Pere has good news for young athletes: The city’s athletic fields and ball diamonds will be opening next month. The De Pere Common Council paved the way Tuesday, March 16, for the opening by modifying some public-health emergency limits. Starting April 15, fields and diamonds will open …
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