Wisconsin legislators ask state to give Green Bay $2 million to help host NFL draft in 2025
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two lawmakers have asked the Wisconsin Legislature’s budget-writing committee to give tourism officials $2 million to help stage the 2025 NFL draft in Green Bay. The league announced Monday that the draft will take place in and around Lambeau Field, home to the Green Bay Packers. Sen. Rob Cowles of Green Bay and Rep. David Steffen of Howard, a Green Bay suburb, submitted a motion to the Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee that same day seeking a $2 million grant for Experience Greater Green Bay, a group that promotes tourism in the Green Bay area. Cowles ...
Flag placing Thursday
ISHPEMING — Area veterans are organizing the placing of flags on the fallen veterans’ graves starting at 3 p.m. on Thursday at the Ishpeming Cemetery. Organizers state: “Placing the flags is a special time to reflect and pay homage to our departed brothers and sisters.” Any one or any organization that would like to volunteer to place flags are encouraged to attend. The cemetery will be divided into sections and bundles of flags will be available for each section.
Supporting science for half a century
By Bothwell Middle School Staff BIG BAY —Bothwell’s Bay Cliff Science Camp is marking 50 years of outdoor learning in one of the most beautiful places in the Upper Peninsula. In 1973 Bill Laurich, Larry Ruffato, Stu Bennett, and a great team of Bothwell Middle School teachers ...
Honoring the fallen
Law enforcement officers from around the region gather for The Fallen Officer Memorial at Kingsford High School Thursday. The ceremony honored officers from the Upper Peninsula, northern Wisconsin and nearby areas of Canada who have fallen in the line of duty. Michigan 41st Circuit Court ...
Board reaffirms prayer at meetings
ESCANABA — Despite being a feature of Delta County Board of Commissioners meetings for as long as anyone can remember, public prayer before meetings has been met with pushback recently, prompting the commission to reaffirm its commitment to the practice. “For those who wish to pray, they can pray. For those (that) don’t, they can stay seated. It would also be the same thing with the Pledge of Allegiance, it is not county policy that you must get up any more than it is that you must pray,” said Commissioner Chair Dave Moyle. While there has been some public comment against the ...