By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – Hobart Village Administrator Aaron Kramer won’t face discipline from the Village Board following his September conviction in Brown County Circuit Court of a misdemeanor count of being party to the crime of forgery. The board met Oct. 5 in closed session to consider employment, promotion, compensation or performance …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – An overflow crowd at the village hall Sept. 7 went away happy after the Hobart Village Board voted 3-2 to continue its combined police department with the Town of Lawrence. The audience broke out in cheers and applause when Village President Rich Heidel and trustees Tim Carpenter and …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – The possibility of the Brown County Sheriff’s Office providing police services, instead of the village and the Town of Lawrence having a combined police department, generated about three hours of discussion at the Aug. 3 Hobart village board meeting. Sheriff Todd Delain appeared before the board at the …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – The village board voted Oct. 6 in support of promoting an existing Hobart-Lawrence police officer to sergeant, but will decide when it puts together the 2021 budget whether to add a captain. Chief Randy Bani proposed a reorganization of the department to include supervision with a captain’s position, …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – The Village of Hobart has no immediate plans to start using taxpayer money to fund village events where private businesses can profit. At the Tuesday, Jan. 7, village board meeting, Trustee Debbie Schumacher asked the board about paying for a band for an event so the Green Bay Food …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – The village board decided at its meeting Tuesday, Dec. 17, to follow suit of neighboring communities in terms of maternity leave for employees. The change came during the first major update to the village employee handbook since 2014. Trustee Debbie Schumacher said she was not in agreement with the …
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Oneida Nation pays for land slated to be used in interchange project By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – A piece of land critical to Hobart’s plans to connect Centennial Centre to a new diamond interchange has been sold to the Oneida Nation for an astronomical price. Two parcels of land totaling 79 acres at the …
By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – Drugs, crime, noise and garbage were some of the concerns residents expressed Tuesday, March 19, at the Hobart village board meeting. These grievances were aired during a public hearing for rezoning a parcel of land along the 3500 block of West Mason Street to allow for the construction of …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – A change in the village code to comply with state law for the issuing of conditional use permits is prompting a review of where certain types of uses may or may not want to be allowed in certain types of districts. Village board members have approved a language …
By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – If any community has had an eventful 2018 it’s Hobart, one of the fastest growing municipalities in Wisconsin. To close out the year, Hobart was in the news for the successful State Highway 29 federal grant application. The project was awarded a $20 million federal grant from the U.S. …
