By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – County officials Feb. 13 released details for naming rights potentially worth $10 million for what will be known as the Resch Expo and joined on the east to the Resch Center. “I think people will appreciate the fact that they can go from the Resch Center to the …
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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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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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By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer GREEN BAY – The snow and cold weather Thursday, Oct. 31, didn’t stop the unveiling of a granite memorial in Admiral Flatley Park along the Fox River Trail to honor the Rotary Club of Green Bay’s Free Enterprise Award recipients. Rotary Club of Green Bay President Steve Mastalir, along with …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – The county board put their unanimous support behind the southern De Pere bridge plan, which is once again gaining momentum. At their meeting Wednesday, Oct. 16, supervisors voted to reallocate $600,000 from the Highway ZZ account to fund half of the environmental impact study for the southern bridge …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent DE PERE – Brown County asked for $377,000 from the City of De Pere to cover a share of the cost to hire a team of consultants to complete a study to get the southern bridge corridor project underway. It’s a sudden thing, and already the city and county are on …
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By Press Times Staff BROWN COUNTY – Model rockets were used Thursday, Oct. 10, to officially “launch” the opening of the STEM Innovation Center on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus. Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach said the ceremonial opening of the 63,730-square-foot facility represents the realization of his long-term vision to secure the region’s …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – For the second year in a row, Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach has announced the lowest tax rate in more than a decade. “(My 2020 budget proposal) reduces our tax rate to levels not seen since the 1980s,” Streckenbach said. “My 2020 budget proposal is filled with historic …
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GREEN BAY – On Friday, Sept. 20, Brown County Executive Troy Streckenbach issued a proclamation declaring the week of Sept. 23-29 as Diaper Need Awareness Week in Brown County. “I want to bring attention and mobilize efforts to diminish diaper need,” said Streckenbach. “Diaper need is defined as the lack of a sufficient supply of …
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Oneida Nation pays for land slated to be used in interchange project By Ben Rodgers Editor HOBART – A piece of land critical to Hobart’s plans to connect Centennial Centre to a new diamond interchange has been sold to the Oneida Nation for an astronomical price. Two parcels of land totaling 79 acres at the …
