By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The League of Women Voters of Greater Green Bay celebrated the fact Wisconsin was the first state to ratify the 19th Amendment 100 years ago. The league – which is also celebrating a century of existence – was created to educate women on voting issues and their rights. …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The Southern Bridge project now is “really a project,” said Mayor Mike Walsh shortly before the De Pere Common Council voted for an official resolution Tuesday, Feb. 4. The resolution says De Pere will help Brown County pay for an environmental impact study that’s needed before the Southern …
By Press Times Staff DE PERE – Three names are on the Feb. 18 ballot for District 2 on the city council in De Pere, and the top two vote-getters will advance to the April 7 general election. Alder Ryan Jennings filed a declaration of non-candidacy after holding the seat since April 2016. Running for …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The city is eyeing security cameras for the city hall/public safety complex this year. At the Tuesday, Jan. 21, meeting, the De Pere Common Council approved moving $50,000 out of the city’s unassigned reserve fund into the capital improvements fund for the cameras, as the item did not …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The De Pere board of park commissioners is recommending the Common Council give the green light to roof work at the De Pere Community Center. The building has been plagued by large icicles believed to be caused by heat loss in some spots of the roof that were …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Two boat launches in De Pere could get updates this year if the city receives two Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources recreation grants. The odds of it happening increased when the De Pere Common Council gave the OK Jan. 7 to the Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry …
By Press Times Staff DE PERE – A city alderman wants to be De Pere’s next mayor with Mike Walsh not seeking re-election this spring after 24 years in office. James Boyd, who is not seeking another two-year term in Aldermanic District 1, has filed nomination papers for mayor. Boyd’s name will be the only …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The City of De Pere approved ordinances Dec. 17 that repeal parts of old ordinances addressing a host of issues, including panhandling, adults hosting underage drinking parties and drivers using compression brakes to cause a disturbance. At its most recent meeting, the De Pere Common Council voted unanimously …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Celebrate De Pere wants to come back home. Event co-president Bob Tease made the case for the return to Voyageur Park at the Dec. 19 meeting of the De Pere park board. Celebrate De Pere moved to the Brown County Fairgrounds in 2019 with the aim of attracting …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – UnitedHealth Group is a few paving stones closer to moving to De Pere from Howard, after the De Pere Common Council’s unanimous approval of a developers’ site plan Tuesday, Dec. 17. With a few caveats, the council voted in favor of a site plan for the project in …
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