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Green Bay council approves agreement with Oneida Nation

By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The Green Bay city council approved a 10-year cooperative governance agreement with the Oneida Nation at its meeting Tuesday, March 2 – ending a nearly five-year lapse. Alders Barbara Dorff, Bill Galvin, Brian Johnson, Craig Stevens, Mark Steuer, Randy Scannell, Veronica Corpus-Dax, Kathy Lefebvre and Lynn Gerlach voted …

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Hobart mulling options after federal reversal in Oneida case

By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – What started over a permit for an apple festival and turned into the Oneida Nation losing most of its reservation has been reversed by three federal judges. Now, the defendant, the Village of Hobart, is mulling options on whether or not to appeal the decision from the United States …

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Lower Fox River

Historic cleanup of Lower Fox River completed after 17 years

BROWN COUNTY – A successful 17 year-long cleanup in the Lower Fox River is complete through collaboration between Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), tribal groups and private organizations. “This legendary accomplishment will fundamentally improve the way Wisconsinites live, work and play …

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Hobart questions interchange project change

By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – Brown County Public Works is sticking to a change in the Wisconsin Highway 29/County VV interchange project that will cost an additional $432,216. Village Administrator Aaron Kramer, in a June 4 letter to the Brown County Board of Supervisors and Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach, called into question a …

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Dispute over event permits lands in Seventh Circuit

By Lisa Klein Courthouse News Service CHICAGO – The Seventh Circuit heard oral arguments via telephone Monday, April 13, in a dispute over whether the Village of Hobart can force the Oneida Nation to get a permit for an annual festival on the tribe’s reservation. Although the original lawsuit centered on a special events permit …

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Possible meeting with county officials on County VV interchange discussed

By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOBART – Though Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach did not show up to speak Tuesday, Feb. 4, after being invited to a village board meeting, county officials expressed an interest in speaking with Hobart officials about more than the planned County Trunk VV interchange at State Highway 29. In a …

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One turbulent road: Agreement keeps interchange alive, but questions linger

By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – A potential snag has been avoided, and the State Highway 29/County Trunk VV Interchange project will continue as planned, but not everyone is happy. The villages of Hobart and Howard had been working on securing an interchange there for nearly a decade because of safety concerns. In December 2018, …

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Hobart board halts easement purchase for interchange

By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – The Hobart village board used a resolution to specify the means for land acquisition for an upcoming interchange project at its Tuesday, Nov. 19, meeting. The resolution, which required unanimous board approval, essentially states the village shall only contribute to land costs if the land is acquired outright and …

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School board supports resolution to retire Native American mascots

By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – More than a dozen districts across the state have thrown support behind a resolution to retire Native American mascots, and the Green Bay Area Public School District is now among them. The resolution, which was brought forward by the Wausau School District, calls for the Wisconsin Association of …

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