Here's your local news at a glance for Friday, the 16th of October.
Good morning, Green Bay.
Local scouts distributed collection bags during the Oct.
9-11 weekend as part of the annual Scouting for Food Drive. Residents should fill bags with nonperishable items and leave them on their porch by 8 a.m. tomorrow, Oct. 17, or drop them off at local pantries + Festival Foods before Tuesday, Oct. 20.
Green Bay Packers will host country singer Zach Bryan's concert at Lambeau Field on May 4 with opening acts John Fogerty and Fey Fili.
The non-football event marks a flexible scheduling shift aimed at boosting local tourism (and small business support).
Green Bay local Jeopardy! champion Ben Chan hosted the first official Jeopardy!
Bar League trivia game at Sideline Sports and Social on Tony Canadeo Run on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Competitors will join the 10-week series to answer pop culture questions for prizes and national rankings.
UW-Green Bay's AI Think Tank will host a free screening of The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (directed by Academy Award winner Daniel Roher) at Christie Theatre on Wednesday, Oct.
28 with post-screening discussions in the Student Engagement Center to explore AI's role in work and learning.
Brown County will fund a $60,000 project in its 2027 budget proposal to build two sediment basins along a farm in the lower Fox River watershed to reduce farmland runoff impacting water quality.
The basins, scheduled for construction within the next year, will trap phosphorus and help mitigate flood risks.
FOXY secured a $34 million federal grant to repair the aging Luxemburg Swing Bridge on the Fox River near downtown, with construction beginning in spring and lasting two years—FOXY will cover 20% of the cost while the grant funds modernize the rail route carrying 25,000 carloads annually.
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