GREEN BAY – A new homeless shelter operating in a former Newcap Inc. facility since January has received the Green Bay Common Council’s approval for a conditional-use permit that will allow it to keep its doors open and people off the street. “They were o... See more
GREEN BAY – City-county relations were tested at the May 5 Green Bay Common Council meeting when community leaders talked up a proposed resolution urging Brown County to prioritize its hiring of a new Neville Public Museum executive director, but politics... See more
NORTHEAST WIS. – Dead ash trees are coming down in Marinette County by the dozen and threatening to reshape the landscape. The cost to municipalities from emerald ash borer damage often is tens of thousands of dollars in removal expenses per year — not to... See more
For about a decade, clean-water advocates have sounded an alarm about PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” in drinking water, fish and wildlife in Wisconsin. Johnson Controls’ acknowledgement in 2017 of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, detected in g... See more
WALWORTH COUNTY, MINN. – Robert Alan Chilcote, 29, of Porterfield remained in jail as of Feb. 23 in Wright County, Minn., on felony charges of 2nd degree assault with a motor vehicle, fleeing a peace officer and being a fugitive from justice from another ... See more
