By Kris Leonhardt Editor-in-chief GREEN BAY/DE PERE – While Green Bay’s WBAY marks its 70th anniversary of coming into Green Bay area homes, its roots go much deeper than televised broadcasting. “So WBAY actually started at St. Norbert College with an interest in crystal radios. This was around 1922,” explained Ted Miller, WBAY web manager/digital …
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By Rick Cohler Contributing Writer GREEN BAY – In 1933, about four years into the Great Depression, a number of Green Bay women looked at the poverty around them and decided to try to help where they could. Helen Joannes, wife of Leland Joannes, one of the Green Bay Packers founders, and Florence Parmentier, wife …
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By Kris Leonhardt Editor-in-chief Continued from previous edition: click here In July 1979, the reformatory was renamed the “Green Bay Correctional Institution” in keeping with the “more modern, rehabilitative” approach of prison reformation. In 1981, the facility was still dealing with overcrowding issues and an expansion plan to accommodate an additional 75 inmates was developed. …
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By Kris Leonhardt Editor-in-Chief Continued from the previous edition, click here for previous segment A Nov. 12, 1971, riot brought up serious issues with the facility’s current design. State Department of Health and Social Services Division of Corrections Head Sanger Powers said that the existing location of the power plant posed a threat in such …
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By Kris Leonhardt Editor-in-Chief Continued from the previous edition: https://gopresstimes.com/2023/02/19/green-bay-correctional-institution-chronic-overcrowding/ In October 1915, excavation began on a new cell wing, only to be put on hold as inmates were allocated for work on the Green Bay-De Pere concrete road. Hampered by weather and other projects, work on the wing lasted for six years. In 1916, …
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By Kris Leonhardt Editor-in-chief Continued from previous edition: Click here In April 1902, the reformatory was preparing for another addition, which was in dire need. “The new cell house will accommodate, when completed, 192 prisoners, making cell room for a total of 296 inmates. The institution now has nearly 150 inmates and cell room for …
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By Josephine Hinderman Contributing Writer GREEN BAY – This year, HSHS St. Vincent Hospital celebrates 135 years of serving the Green Bay community. Those 135 years are rooted deeply in a history of community, compassion and dedication to providing holistic care. This history starts back in 1888 when four sisters from the Third Order of …
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By Kris Leonhardt Editor-in-Chief Continued from the previous edition: https://gopresstimes.com/2023/02/05/green-bay-correctional-institution-further-delays/ By April 10, 1899, the reformatory was home to 38 inmates, but appropriations were still held up as state legislators argued over funding and how much was truly needed to house the incoming residents. The inmates’ days were divided between laboring for the state, learning …
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By Kris Leonhardt Editor-in-Chief Continued from the previous edition By early October 1898, work on the reformatory had reached the fourth floor. A small delay in brick production slowed progress, but by the end of the month the fourth tier looked to be finished soon; however, a delay in the arrival of the roof iron …
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By Kris Leonhardt Editor-in-Chief Part III in a series For Part I, click here. For Part II, click here. On June 23, 1898, the cornerstone for the first wing of the Wisconsin State Reformatory in Green Bay was laid. From there, work progressed on the outer walls, windows, and granite, but installation of the cell …
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