By Ben Rodgers Editor GREEN BAY – Local healthcare systems want people to know facilities are safe and patients are welcome to resume receiving routine services. “We’re open for everyone,” said Chris Woleske, president and CEO of Bellin. “We’re doing surgical procedures based upon need and the patient’s desire to have it done now, and …
By Rich Palzewic Staff Writer SUAMICO – At its Monday, May 18, meeting, the Howard-Suamico school board discussed whether now is a good time to plan for a referendum question in April 2021. “We are doing our best to be clear, concise and consistent in our communications,” said Superintendent Damian LaCroix. “The last time we …
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MADISON – Gov. Tony Evers announced a $1 billion statewide effort to support COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, acquisition of needed supplies, emergency operations, and resources for local communities throughout Wisconsin. The effort is funded by $1.17 billion in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act dollars. Recognizing that testing and contact tracing are …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – Village residents having trouble paying their utility bills in full because of serious financial stress resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, such as the loss of a job or a layoff, have the option of paying in installments, Hobart Administrator Aaron Kramer informed the village board at its Tuesday, …
By Ben Rodgers Editor GREEN BAY – Since Gov. Tony Evers’ original Safer at Home order has gone into place, people’s lives have changed and that change affects everyone differently. With the COVID-19 pandemic, people are meeting online, wearing masks to the grocery store and adapting to a changing world that deprives humans of the …
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By Patrick Wood Publisher Dear Reader, Our governmental leaders seem to be confused. Some are emphasizing that we should take precautions against infection with the coronavirus — stay home, keep businesses closed, observe social distancing, use personal protective equipment, etc. Others are emphasizing that nothing is more important than our civil liberties, and the right to go …
By Press Times Staff GREEN BAY – Two local grants to help area businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic have benefited from sales of a special beer brewed by Badger State Brewing Company. The Greater Green Bay Chamber’s Greater Green Bay Back to Business Grant and a new grant started by the Greater Green Bay Convention …
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By Rich Palzewic Staff Writer SUAMICO – To help lift the spirits of 476 graduating seniors, more than 50 Bay Port High School teachers, coaches and Howard-Suamico School District office staff hand-delivered graduation signs on Saturday, May 9. The signs, donated by Elevate97, showed the school’s mascot and said, “Congrats Seniors.” “It was a small …
By Ben Rodgers Editor GREEN BAY – Nearly two months into the COVID-19 pandemic, nonprofit groups are still seeking support in Brown County and beyond. With the Wednesday, May 13, Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling lifting Gov. Tony Evers’ Safer at Home order, groups that support the community’s most vulnerable are still at work to get …
By Press Times Staff BROWN COUNTY – Brown County will retain a Safer at Home order until at least Wednesday, May 20. This comes after a 4-3 ruling in the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Wednesday, May 13, which found Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Andrea Palm broke state law when she issued an April …
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