BY LEE REINSCHCORRESPONDENT DE PERE — People in the helping professions give of themselves day after day. It’s what they do.But who helps them when they need help? It’s an issue that mom of three Tammy Gossen has given a good deal of thought. In her time of need last year, De Pere Fire Rescue …
By Heather GravesEditor HOWARD-SUAMICO – Recently retired Bay Port High School math teacher – Joe Van Erem – is not your “average Joe.” De Pere native Van Erem dedicated his entire working career to helping shape the next generation as a middle and high school math teacher. The passion to help others, he said, was …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor DE PERE – Three De Pere firefighters can add “owl handler” to their resumes after an unusual call April 1. After nesting in an old red-tailed hawk nest, an eight-week-old juvenile great horned owl plunged roughly three stories to the street in a residential neighborhood when the firefighters were dispatched to …
By Heather Graves Correspondent BELLEVUE – The Village of Bellevue is in need of a new fire chief after the Fire Commission officially accepted the resignation of Jack Mlnarik Monday, Feb. 17. The move was made known last week when the Fire Commission agenda was released to the public, which included Mlnarik’s resignation letter. “After …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – It might sound like an oxymoron, but dry fire hydrants may just be the next arrow the De Pere Fire Department adds to its firefighting quiver. On Sept. 17, the De Pere Common Council gave the fire department the OK to apply for a forest fire protection grant …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – South Broadway in De Pere lost one historic building in the April 24 OGAN restaurant fire and now it’s losing another. Jerry Turba, owner of 100 S. Broadway, the building that housed OGAN restaurant and which burned to the ground, said he has decided to raze the building …
By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – The area has a new group of firefighting heroes in its midst. Well, sort of. At its meeting Tuesday night, the De Pere Common Council unanimously voted to adopt an agreement for automatic aid between the communities of De Pere, Ledgeview, Bellevue, Lawrence, Ashwaubenon and Hobart, under the …
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