By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – The Green Bay Chamber is extending its entrepreneurial reach with the launch of Urban Hub – a co-working space for entrepreneurs, small businesses and remote workers located in the heart of a growing downtown district. “The Urban Hub gives people a home base in the urban core and …
By Lauren Waters Correspondent BELLEVUE – Community collaboration was the theme of the STEM Innovation Center press conference on Wednesday, July 24, held at the Einstein Project in Bellevue. “In order for us to get things done, we need to come together as partners and to work together for the common good,” said Brown County …
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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 Lee Reinsch Correspondent ASHWAUBENON – Just short of 62 years after leaders broke ground for the Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena (Sept. 22, 1957) and just shy of 33 years after the opening of the Brown County Exposition Hall, later Shopko Hall (Sept. 27, 1986), groups came together to break ground again, this time …
By Ben Rodgers Editor DE PERE – Disappointed and confused are two of the words local officials used after funding for a southern De Pere bridge was vetoed from Gov. Tony Evers’ budget. “My first reaction was disappointment,” said De Pere Mayor Mike Walsh. “I was very disappointed. We worked so very hard to get …
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By Lauren Waters Correspondent GREEN BAY – It’s the duty of Brown County Child Protective Services to look out for the best interests of the children and families in the community. Part of the job is to provide court-ordered supervised visits for children in out-of-home care with their non-custodial parents. When the current visitation facility …
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 Lauren Waters Correspondent GREEN BAY – The Brown County Library’s Bookmobile is expanding its services to the community this summer by partnering with other county departments to form Brown County on the Go. Representatives from The Brown County Library, The Neville Public Museum, Aging Disability and Resource Center (ADRC), and Extension Brown County held …
By Kevin Boneske Staff Writer ASHWAUBENON – After having hosted a variety of events for the past 60-plus years, a farewell ceremony was held Monday, April 29, for the Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena. The arena, along with Shopko Hall and the former Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame building, will be torn down starting …
By Press Times Staff BROWN COUNTY – Incumbent Troy Streckenbach has retained the office of Brown County executive after defeating Mark Berndt in the April 2 general election. Unofficial results show Streckenbach garnered 34,941 votes, or 74.82 percent and Berndt earned 11,637 votes, or 24.92 percent. Streckenbach is a lifelong resident of Brown County and …
