By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – To help the Howard-Suamico School District recover costs in preventing the spread of COVID-19, the Howard village board unanimously passed a motion Monday, Sept. 28, to donate more than $73,000 worth of items to the district for reimbursement by the State of Wisconsin with Coronavirus Aid, Relief and …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – The village board denied a request from Green Bay Community Church to rezone property it owns next to a roundabout along Cardinal Lane from R-2 Residential Single-Family Duplex by Subdivision to B-1 Business. Board members agreed Monday, Sept. 28, with a recommendation made a week earlier by the …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – The village plans to spend more than $1 million to purchase four new dump/snow plow trucks. The Howard village board approved a motion Monday, Sept. 28, to purchase two tandem axle and two single axle dump/snow plow trucks from Packerland International and Monroe Truck for $1,079,644. Director of …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – When the village board goes through the 2021 budget over the next two months, it will be following policies that include limiting the assessed tax rate growth to the extent possible to maintain a steadily decreasing tax mill rate. Decreasing the mill rate is part of the village’s …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – Because village officials don’t expect to use their entire Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act allocation, the remaining funds could be donated to the Howard-Suamico School District. The Howard village board voted unanimously Monday, Sept. 14, to direct staff to work with the school district and …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – Calls for service in 2020 consumed about one-tenth the time of last year at Duck Creek Quarry Park, Public Safety Director Ed Janke reported Monday, Sept. 14, to the Howard village board. “I think the numbers are quite revealing,” he said. “And I hope we take those statistics …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – Emotions flared during the village board’s public comment period Monday, Sept. 14, when the board spent about a half hour hearing from supporters of Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters who held a July 28 march in Howard. They objected to the protest march organizer being issued an invoice …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – After discussing the possibility of making changes to the village code as it relates to off-street private parking in residential areas, the village board voted 8-1 Aug. 24 in favor of removing crushed stone or gravel as an equivalent hard surface. Trustee Craig McAllister cast the lone dissenting …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – Three parcels with 73 acres along Shawano Avenue will become a single-family home subdivision under a development agreement approved Monday, Aug. 24, by the village board. The agreement passed 7-1 with Trustee Craig McAllister opposed and Trustee Maria Lasecki abstaining. It includes having developer Wade Micoley purchase the …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – Slightly more than a week remains for village residents and their guests to swim at Duck Creek Quarry Park. The Howard village board voted unanimously Monday, Aug. 24, to close the park’s beach for the season Sept. 8, the day after Labor Day. Village Administrator Paul Evert said …
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