By Rick Cohler Contributing Writer GREEN BAY – NEW Water, a wholesale provider of wastewater treatment and conveyance services to 15 municipal customers serving approximately 238,000 residents throughout a 285-square-mile area in the Green Bay area, is in the second year of a 20-year effort to meet Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) phosphorus and …
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Change in the weather changed the biteWhile the numbers of walleyes in the Fox River and Green Bay were plentiful, the catching was a bit tougher over the last week. Night fishing up near the dam on the Fox was still accounting for good numbers of fish, as anglers were casting swim baits or crankbaits …
Walleye fishing on the Fox River and the bay of Green Bay has been very good, with several different bites that are going to please both the dedicated troller and the jig fisherman. Jigging lures like the Wapsie Ripper Minnow and Tyrant Jiggin Raz have dominated our catch in the Fox River. Casting deep holes …
A few kids may have been late for school Friday morning as they waited for the tug Molly M I to tow the disabled freighter through the Bart Starr Memorial (Walnut Street) Bridge in downtown Green Bay. At sunrise on Friday, Sept. 23, the S.T. Crapo was pulled from her slip with the help of …
GREEN BAY. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Friday announced that fish collected during the recent die-off in the Fox River and lower Green Bay waters were diagnosed with severe cases of the bacterial disease columnaris. Reports of dead fish began June 18, leading DNR staff to conduct a two-week investigation into the …
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Tug boat Capt. Dale Wiegand has been working on the water for nearly 40 years, the last 13 for The Great Lakes Towing Company helping ships maneuver into and out of the Port of Green Bay. Wiegand took over from legendary tug boat Capt. Lyle Osell, who worked on the boats into his 90s. The …
BY NICK WOODACTING EDITOR GREEN BAY– Next time you cross the Mason Street Bridge, take note of the landscape either side of the bridge on the west bank of the Fox River – because it’s about to change. The infamous black coal piles on the south side of the bridge are gradually disappearing, and the …
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GREEN BAY – When Amy Wolf and Bob Howe with the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay bring new research partners or students out to the restored Cat Island chain in lower Green Bay, their reactions are memorable. “To see people’s expressions when they enter the midst of thousands of loud, often smelly and sometimes defecating birds …
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By Kevin Naze Correspondent There’s something special about the season’s first trip on the frozen waters of Packerland. More than a dozen anglers were scattered on the iced-over surface of the Fox River off Voyageur Park at sunset Jan. 28, hoping to score some gold. “There’s one now,” said Michael Moder of Howard, glancing at …
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By John McCracken Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – From conception to estimated completion, the South Bridge Connector project in De Pere will take upwards of 64 years to finish, and at this point in time there are questions still to be answered. A bridge in south De Pere was recommended in the 1968 Brown County Comprehensive …
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