By Press Times Staff BROWN COUNTY – On Friday, March 13, Gov. Tony Evers directed DHS Secretary-designee Andrea Palm to issue an agency order mandating the statewide closure of all K-12 schools, public and private, as part of the state’s efforts to respond to and contain the spread of COVID-19. The mandated closure will begin …
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today directed Department of Health Services (DHS) Secretary-designee Andrea Palm to issue an agency order mandating the statewide closure of all K-12 schools, public and private, as part of the state’s efforts to respond to and contain the spread of COVID-19 in Wisconsin. A copy of DHS Secretary-designee Palm’s order …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – Providing a state loan to help finance the construction of the Experience Greater Green Bay Visitor Center moved forward Thursday, Feb. 20, when the Assembly approved a bill to authorize a $2 million, interest-free loan for the project. The legislation, known as Senate Bill 721/Assembly Bill 787, would …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – State lawmakers held public hearings last week before both a Senate and Assembly committee to consider a bill the Greater Green Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) hopes will make it possible to proceed with constructing a new visitor center. “The hearings went well,” said CVB President/CEO Brad …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – In the final months before state lawmakers adjourn for this legislative session, the prospects aren’t looking good for providing a $2 million grant to build a new visitor center in the Green Bay area. After the money wasn’t included in the biennial budget Gov. Tony Evers approved last …
By Heather Graves Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – The Honorable William Atkinson, one of Brown County’s long-serving circuit court judges, will be hanging up his robe this August – and the hunt is on for his replacement. Atkinson has been a Brown County judge since 1991. Before that, he served as Green Bay’s municipal judge for …
By Lauren Waters Correspondent ALLOUEZ – The Allouez Village Board was discouraged upon hearing Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a measure to put $5 million into the state budget to move and/or improve the Green Bay Correctional Institution. But after discussion at the Allouez board meeting on Tuesday, July 16, the board decided to stay the …
By Ed Byrne The Brillion News LAWRENCE – It looks like the perfect wedding, and now Republican lawmakers are hoping Gov. Tony Evers doesn’t veto it when the preacher asks if anyone present knows of any reason why the couple should not be married. In a show of backing for the project to expand Interstate …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent ALLOUEZ – Board members are doing whatever they can to stop costs incurred at Green Bay Correctional Institution (GBCI), a state-owned maximum security prison located in the village, from falling on the shoulders of Allouez taxpayers. Last month, the village reluctantly renewed a contract with the Brown County Sheriff’s Office for …
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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer GREEN Bay – Gov. Tony Evers made a stop Tuesday, June 11, at Bay Beach Amusement Park to announce a $100,000 Wisconsin Coastal Management Program grant awarded to the City of Green Bay to help improve the shoreline with the hope the beach will reopen. “One-hundred years ago, Bay Beach …
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