By Heather Graves Staff Writer WISCONSIN – Wisconsin leads the nation in infant mortality rates for Black babies. According to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the rate of infant deaths for Black babies in Wisconsin is nearly three times higher than white babies. In a similar report from the …
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By Heather Graves Staff Writer BROWN COUNTY – Brown County Supervisors unanimously approved an amendment to its contract with the City of Green Bay to allow the refinancing of bonds for the KI Convention Center expansion (KI-2) at its Sept. 15 board meeting. Chad Weininger, director of administration, said the amendment was needed because the …
By Heather Graves Staff Writer GREEN BAY – A plan to equip four Green Bay parks with high-speed broadband internet using federal pandemic relief dollars received final approval by the City Council at its meeting Sept. 21. The project will utilize $253,062 in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act community development block grant …
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By Heather Graves Staff Writer BROWN COUNTY – The mask debate took center stage at the Sept. 15 Brown County Board meeting. Seven supervisors, a handful of county staff and a few members of the public were masked as a motion to draft a resolution mandating masks inside all county-owned buildings was voted down 6-20. …
By Heather Graves Staff Writer GREEN BAY – A lot has changed in the last two-and-a-half decades for the Green Bay Botanical Garden. What was once undeveloped, is now home to 47 acres of more than 60,000 Wisconsin plants and flowers. This year, the Garden celebrates its 25th birthday. Its history, however, spans much further …
By Heather Graves Staff Writer BROWN COUNTY – Nearly five years ago, Green Bay resident Jolene Uelmen welcomed her son, Tommy, into the world. The joy and happiness everyone told her she’d feel was abundant. However, she said no one told her those blissful feelings could be accompanied by despair, isolation, depression, hopelessness and suicidal …
By Heather Graves Correspondent SEYMOUR – The Seymour school district held its annual meeting late last month, as required by state statutes, in the middle school auditorium. More than a dozen community members attended the meeting to share thoughts on the district’s preliminary budget. “This is a meeting of the electors in the districts, in …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – Whether or not Green Bay will continue to rebroadcast its city council meetings on Spectrum TV channel 4 remains unclear as alders delayed a decision on the matter at its meeting earlier this month. Green Bay Information Technology Director Mike Hronek asked the council to discontinue the use …
By Press Times Staff GREEN BAY – The Press Times recently won five awards from the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation as part of the 2020 Better Newspaper Contest. “We are humbled by these five awards from the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation,” said Patrick J. Wood, Press Times publisher. “This mix of news and sports awards …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor On Monday, Sept. 16, the Green Bay school board made a major decision that no media outlet mentioned. It decided to award some of its legal notices to The Press Times. Those legal notices in the back of the paper hold massive amounts of important information, and being entrusted with them …
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