Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 29th of October.
Good morning, Green Bay.
The Give a Kid a Book campaign kicked off Wednesday with Friends of the Brown County Library and honorary literacy ambassador Bre LaFleur collecting new, unwrapped books to give local children in need in December; donation details and drop-box locations are available online and at library locations.
De Pere High School Key Club gave 80 care packages Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the school to veterans in assisted living and hospice across the state; packages included winter clothing, personal care items, and handwritten cards from K–12 students.
UW–Green Bay received 11 new Clavinova digital pianos on Oct.
27 (delivered to the Studio Arts building) — the first new instruments since 2000 and part of a $2.3 million donation from the late Robert J. Bauer that also funds the Weidner Center and music programs.
UW-Green Bay researchers are studying round goby levels in the Winnebago system in a three-year project that could prompt the DNR and FRNSA to reopen the Menasha Lock, closed 11 years ago to block goby spread, while few gobies found would likely keep the lock closed.
In Green Bay, Dr. Staci Whitman says during Dental Hygiene Month that chocolate is safer than sticky gummies and parents should let kids eat candy in one sitting, drink water while trick-or-treating, and have them floss and brush that night (her book SPIT will be released in March).
The long-vacant 1920s Schauer and Schumacher building at 109 N.
Adams St. in downtown Green Bay has reopened as offices for The Everson Law Firm and will include Reverly, a concert venue that will hold more than 400, after a restoration led by Neenah-based Investment Creations.
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