By Press Times Staff DE PERE – After completing her first two-year term representing District 1 on the De Pere Common Council, Amy Chandik Kundinger faces a challenge for her seat from Nathan Cummings. Chandik Kundinger works as the director of business engagement for St. Norbert College and Cummings works as a chiropractor. District 1 …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The De Pere Common Council voted 6-1, Wednesday, Feb. 17, in favor of an incentive for city employees who receive the coronavirus and flu vaccines. The incentive will be $250 per covered person ($500 for the employee and a spouse) deposited into the employee’s health reimbursement arrangement (HRA) …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Jimmy the Groundhog in Sun Prairie prognosticated an early spring, and De Pere is making sure it’s going to be ready for it. The De Pere Common Council passed a slew of warmer weather-related motions touching on topics ranging from pools to boat launches at its Tuesday, Feb. …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The year 2020 may be in the rearview mirror, but objects are still larger than they appear. At the annual State of De Pere program last month city leaders painted a positive portrait of the community’s road to pandemic recovery, but they didn’t try to wallpaper over the …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The De Pere Common Council may add in-person back to its menu of meeting options. The board voted 6-2 to change the in-person meeting resumption guidelines from Phase II, which was to be when Brown County is designated a low-risk community for the spread of COVID-19, to Phase …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The West Business Park in De Pere will soon be laying the groundwork for an expansion. On Tuesday, Jan. 5, after a brief public hearing where one resident spoke, the De Pere Common Council voted unanimously to rezone 10 lots near American Boulevard, totaling just over 105 acres, …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – For a little while longer, De Pere residents who have bulky waste/trash items too large to fit in a bin will not have to purchase special tags in order for their garbage to be collected by city crews outside of scheduled overflow trash weeks. Earlier this year, in …
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By John McCracken Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – From conception to estimated completion, the South Bridge Connector project in De Pere will take upwards of 64 years to finish, and at this point in time there are questions still to be answered. A bridge in south De Pere was recommended in the 1968 Brown County Comprehensive …
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By Rich Palzewic Staff Writer DE PERE – At its Tuesday, Dec. 1, virtual meeting, the De Pere Common Council unanimously passed a resolution authorizing and approving a redevelopment agreement between the city, the redevelopment authority and the De Pere Cultural Foundation (DPCF). The agreement calls for the city to spend approximately $700,000 for improvements …
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By Rich Palzewic Staff Writer DE PERE – At its Tuesday, Nov. 17, city council meeting, the City of De Pere held a virtual public hearing on its proposed 2021 budget, and no one spoke. The budget – with total expenditures/revenues totaling slightly more than $25 million each – passed with a 5-2 vote. Alders …
