By Heather Graves Staff Writer BROWN COUNTY – Since July 2020, the Brown County Corporation Counsel’s office has dealt with an open records suit filed by the Green Bay Press-Gazette and reporter Doug Schneider. “It’s difficult to estimate the number of hours that I and other county staff needed to put into responding to the …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – It’s easy to see the heightened scrutiny in recent years of social media usage by local elected officials – at all levels of government. Locally, there’s been a state representative, county supervisor and city alderperson who’ve found themselves in hot water for their social media usage. The state …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – A long-term plan to expand port operations, along with the possibility of relocating the coal piles from downtown Green Bay, took a leap forward following a unanimous vote by the county board to purchase the former Pulliam Power Plant property at its meeting Wednesday, Feb. 17. The county …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – A potential snag has been avoided, and the State Highway 29/County Trunk VV Interchange project will continue as planned, but not everyone is happy. The villages of Hobart and Howard had been working on securing an interchange there for nearly a decade because of safety concerns. In December 2018, …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – Supervisors voted Wednesday, Sept. 18 to place six parcels of Brown County Golf Course land for sale, in addition to the four parcels they previously voted to place on the market back in April. The county will entertain offers to purchase all 10 under-utilized golf course parcels on …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – A proposed ordinance requiring lobbyists to register with the county before engaging in any lobbying of Brown County elected officials, committees or boards is headed back to committee after many supervisors had unanswered questions. A majority vote at the board’s Wednesday, July 17, meeting sent the proposal back …
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