By Heather Graves Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – Brown County supervisors resumed conversations on courthouse safety at their June 16 board meeting. With multiple unsecured entries, county courthouse security has been a concern for years. The pandemic forced the county to utilize a single point of entry for health reasons. Supervisors fully support the idea but …
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GREEN BAY – The Greater Green Bay Community Foundation and Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region announced the formation of the NEW News Lab (Northeast Wisconsin News Lab), a new collaborative effort providing technology support, capacity building and additional funding to boost local journalism and newsrooms. It includes six news organizations: The Press Times, …
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By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – It’s hard to miss the David A. Cofrin Library, the heart of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay which towers over campus, but that could soon change. A plan working its way through Madison calls for the demolition of the eight-story building, and a new, innovative $96.3 million library …
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By Greg Bates Correspondent Hailey Oskey has always been a good shooter, but she’s trying to regain her touch. After winning Wisconsin’s Gatorade Player of the Year honors as a senior at Seymour, Oskey had a successful first two seasons on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay women’s basketball team. But her junior season hasn’t gone …
By Greg Bates Correspondent GREEN BAY – In high school, Lucas Stieber did it all on the basketball court. As a senior at Green Bay Southwest, he averaged 13.7 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game. This season, as a redshirt freshman on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay men’s basketball team, Stieber hasn’t needed …
By John McCracken Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – A pandemic might not seem like the best time to launch a new business endeavor, but for some local entrepreneurs, there’s no stopping a great idea. “We opened in the middle of August,” said local beer connoisseur Nick Calaway with a slight laugh. “The whole project had been …
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By Rich Palzewic Sports Editor SEYMOUR – Lauren Klawiter, a Seymour High School senior, never lost a Bay Conference breaststroke swimming event during her four-year career for the Thunder. Now she’s hoping her success in high school carries over to Division I University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (UWGB). In a small ceremony in the Seymour auditorium, …
By John McCracken Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – From conception to estimated completion, the South Bridge Connector project in De Pere will take upwards of 64 years to finish, and at this point in time there are questions still to be answered. A bridge in south De Pere was recommended in the 1968 Brown County Comprehensive …
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By John McCracken Correspondent GREEN BAY – Green Bay is approximately 6 percent below the national average for undergraduate degrees produced, according to the most recent Census data. Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, leaders in the field are hopeful to bridge that higher education gap. An indicator of this effort is an increase in enrollment …
By GreenBayPhoenix.com GREEN BAY— University of Wisconsin-Green Bay recent graduate and women’s basketball player, Madison Wolf, has inked a contract to play professionally in Germany. She’ll play the 2020-21 season with the Towers Basketball Club in Speyer. Towers plays in one of Germany’s most competitive professional leagues. Wolf averaged 7.2 points and 6.8 rebounds per game …
