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A look at the county’s top landowners reveals complex development battles against a still largely agricultural backdrop
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Here are The NEWcomer’s Noticeables from June 7 to June 13
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A look back at May stories shows a variety of topics and a look into future events feels slightly jarring
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An industry breakdown of the types of businesses that received federal loan dollars and where they are located in the Greater Green Bay area
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Here are The NEWcomer’s Noticeables from May 31 to June 6
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The NEWcomer’s pesky-question asking column gets lost in long grass complaints
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The NEWcomer is launching a subscriber-only weekly round-up of events, local stories, insights, and regional happenings.
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The Two Rivers Republican used his official government social media page to circulate a video poking fun at the LGBTQ community
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Green Bay Grackle: a pesky question asking column
Have the Illuminati come to Green Bay?Our pesky-question asking column pokes around an odd and inaccurate online listing for a local storefront
Is live music safe right now? One year into a pandemic, live music barrels ahead in Green Bay area
Where did Mike Gallagher’s “thousands of Wisconsin jobs” come from?Gallagher continues Keystone Pipeline fight
Do you have a pesky question about something going on in Northeast Wisconsin you want asked? Ask it here!Submit your question for our Green Bay Grackle column
Art of Northeast Wisconsin
Trout Museum of Art makes radical and political art available through virtual displaysThe “Unraveled. Restructured. Revealed” exhibition features artists from across the country and is open for visitors (in-person or online) through May 23
A collage artist captures the turmoil of pandemic schoolingGreen Bay crafter Tania Nelson's "The Kids Aren't Alright" project confronts silenced youth and the lasting impacts of COVID-19 on students
Here’s what local musicians are up to on this April’s Bandcamp FridayA range of releases from Green Bay, Appleton, and Oshkosh area bands spanning space-metal to alt-country
Culture of Northeast Wisconsin
Finding Green Bay's best chili is a meaty, spicy, and sweet featFood writer Josh Koerner scores and explores a variety of offerings, but would prefer the Midwest staple sans noodles
Black Mother’s Day celebration met with lifesaving vaccine and smoked ribs in Green BayAfrican Heritage Inc combines Mother’s Day festivities with COVID-19 vaccine distribution to educate and inform marginalized communities.
Inoculated under the lights of LambeauA first-person account and retrospective of the Bellin Health, Brown County Public Health, and Green Bay Packers’ vaccine distribution
Politics of Northeast Wisconsin
"Took the legs out from under me": A Green Bay barber’s struggle to find pandemic assistance takes its tollThe second installment of the Protecting Who? series takes a look at the logistical hurdles and application fatigue a small, minority-owned business has experienced in the past year.
Protecting Who?: Paycheck Protection Program does little for Green Bay’s Black business ownersThe federal relief program also lacks complete data on the demographics of those who received loans.
Northeast Wisconsin municipal clerks said “NO NO NO” to voter suppression bills From the local government staff that opposed new voting bills to the legislators pushing for voting reforms, election fraud has become a major talking point in the region
Guest commentators
After one year and 100,000 words, documenting Prince’s discography barely scratches the surfaceGuest commentator and Green Bay music blogger Charlie Brawner recounts his Daily Prince project born out of pandemic necessity
Oneida Nation takes action towards food securityGuest commentator Xavier Horkman details how Oneida Nation community members and leaders are combatting issues of food insecurity exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic
Governor Evers, invest in rural Wisconsin to repair the legislative divideGuest commentator Jillian Marie Jacklin dissects the state budget proposal and its impact on rural communities and industries
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