By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – Park impact fees collected for residential building permits the village issues are being designated next year for various park projects estimated at more than $500,000. “This year we collected a lot of fees with all the apartment buildings that were approved and the permits that were taken out, …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer HOWARD – A motion to award fencing projects to Fortress Fence for $105,478 for the pickleball courts at Meadowbrook Park and for two mini ball diamonds at the Nouryon Sports Complex was approved April 26 by the village board. Public Works Director Geoff Farr said the board budgeted $90,000 in …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor BROWN COUNTY – Now is the time for outdoor pickleball. Following my victory last December in the Frosty Pickle Pickleball Tournament, I was again recently victorious in an impromptu tournament, the 2021 April Cup Pickleball Challenge, set up by friend Jesse at Meadowbrook Park. This past summer, the Village of …
By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor HOWARD ─ I couldn’t think of a better way to enjoy last Saturday morning than to join the first Frosty Pickle Pickleball Tournament at Meadowbrook Park in Howard. This past summer, the Village of Howard installed three courts south of Meadowbrook Elementary School down the hill where the basketball courts …
By Lea Kopke Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – Fifteen years ago a group of five people met to play pickleball using portable nets at the Edison Park tennis courts. Now Bob Fry, head of Packerland Pickleball Players and ambassador for the American Pickleball Association, said 50 to 60 people are likely to be playing pickleball at …
