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After 30 years at WBAY-TV, Jeff Alexander is leaving the anchor desk but not his 'Small Towns' stories
GREEN BAY - After 30 years at WBAY-TV, Jeff Alexander is leaving his anchor duties at the station but not his popular weekly "Small Towns" profiles. Alexander announced on his Facebook page earlier this week that Friday will be his last day anchoring "Action 2 News at 4," a position he's held since...
Northeastern Wisconsin business leaders, mayors urge civility, voting over partisanship, anger
DE PERE - Kurt Voss and Sachin Shivaram disagree politically on many things — Voss hosted Donald Trump Jr. in De Pere; Shivaram hosted President Joe Biden in Manitowoc — but they still meet monthly for breakfast to talk politics and business. Voss, CEO of AmeriLux, and Shivaram, CEO of Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry,...
Point-in-time count: Number of people unhoused in Brown County surges from last year
GREEN BAY- Overnight on Wednesday, Newcap, a local nonprofit in Green Bay that addresses homelessness, partnered with the Brown County Homeless and Housing Coalition to lead its point-in-time count — a count of the number people who are unhoused in Green Bay. The count is conducted twice a year — once in...
Winners and losers from the first week of Packers training camp
The Green Bay Packers have only been at it for about a week, but there are clearly some early winners and losers from training camp in 2024 so far. The Packers have a chance to be one of the top contenders in the NFC this season, and training camp is all about finding the best 53 players possible to make a run in the NFC North and the playoffs in January.
HEATING UP INTO THE WEEKEND...
Starting today, we head into a gradual warming trend which takes us into the weekend. With a light south breeze, and still plenty of sunshine, today’s inland high temperatures will rise into the lower 80s. Highs will be in the 70s near Lake Michigan. It’s going to be a warm day, but for now, the humidity stays low.
Blizzard open playoffs at home vs. Steamwheelers
The Green Bay Blizzard start their playoff march on Friday night when they host the Quad Cities Steamwheelers at the Resch Center. The Blizzard overcame a slow start to score at least two touchdowns in each of the final three quarters to beat the Sioux Falls Storm 51-30. Max Meylor scored seven total touchdowns, including five through the air as he went 23-28 for 265 yards. While the Storm bottled up the Blizzard's rushing game, EJ Burgess and Jalyn Cagle broke out with two receiving touchdowns a piece.
Beyond the score: Coaches and players discuss the benefit of 'contact days'
GREEN BAY — Contact days are pivotal for high school coaches so that they can interact with their players during the offseason, but how much interaction can they have? NBC 26 caught up with Preble high school football head coach Brad Boockmeier, who is navigating contact days in just his first month at the helm of Hornets.
Kevin Holden on Yelich Injury Updates, Packers Training Camp
Mitch “Thunder” Nelles invites CBS Milwaukee’s Kevin Holden to join Wisconsin Sports Daily and didscuss Christian Yelich’s back injury and what that means for his career. Kevin and Thunder also discuss Packers training camp updates and the Olympics.
HIGHLIGHTS: Woodchucks return from All-Star break with 9-4 win over the Rockers
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Four days removed from their last game, the Woodchucks returned to regular season play with a 9-4 home win over the Rockers. The first two innings remained scoreless, till a Rockers attempt to catch Edian Espinal stealing at third went past the bag. That allowed Smith-Johnson to cruise on home and score the game’s first run. Wausau scored one run in each of their next two innings before Green Bay padded on three runs in the sixth inning to tie the game back up.
‘One of the most difficult jobs in America today’: How the role of superintendents has shifted in Wisconsin
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Several large school districts in Wisconsin are either looking for a superintendent or recently appointed a new one. That includes school districts in Milwaukee, Green Bay and Madison. The challenge of finding a superintendent who matches the community is crucial to a district’s success.
Former Pro Bowler, $118 Million QB Floated as Packers’ Prospect Amid Love Holdout
Jordan Love is, and will be, the Green Bay Packers‘ long-term answer at quarterback, but his absence to begin training camp has exposed a potentially fatal flaw in the roster. Green Bay is a Super Bowl hopeful and one of the trendy picks to make a deep playoff run...
Alex Kotowske will attempt to swim across the bay in honor of his friend
PESHTIGO — Alex Kotowske loves to swim. He also loved his lifelong friend, Keith Shaha, who died three years ago from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. In honor of his skateboarding buddy from their days growing up in Peshtigo, Kotowske is going to attempt to swim across the bay of Green Bay Friday morning (today). He’s raising money for ALS in his friend’s name. Kotowske,...
Green Bay Packers’ GM: “This Isn’t Good For Our Football Team”
The Green Bay Packers are suddenly finding themselves at the center of attention early on in training camp. Their off-season was relatively quiet compared to recent years. Trading away Davante Adams and Aaron Rodgers in back-to-back off-seasons had Green Bay the talk of the league. This off-season releasing David Bakhtiari...
Recent Packers draft pick is already in danger of losing a roster spot
With Jordan Love not practicing, the Green Bay Packers' offense has been heavily outperformed in the opening week of training camp. It's an encouraging sign for Jeff Hafley's defense, which is attacking the football, getting into the backfield, and playing with energy, just as advertised. But until Love returns, they have yet to face a real challenge.
Wisconsin swing voters express concern over Harris’s intelligence and hiding Biden’s cognitive decline
Wisconsin swing voters shared concerns about Vice President Kamala Harris’s honesty and intelligence. During a segment airing Wednesday on MSNBC‘s Morning Joe, NBC political analyst Elise Jordan asked a panel of Wisconsin swing voters how they perceived the vice president “in terms of competency and experience” in comparison to President Joe Biden. “She’s worse,” one […]
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