The Post-Crescent from Appleton, Wisconsin (2024)

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TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2024 POSTCRESCENT.COM PART OF THE USA TODAY NETWORK Volume 105 No. 110 Subscribe 877-424-4924 $3.50 XEAJAB-51575s Subscriber-only eNewspaper The eNewspaper is an electronic copy of your print newspaper. Enjoy every page by going to postcrescent.com/enewspaper or scan this code on your mobile device. You will also find late news and sports in the bonus sections. Check it out today! Kallmann: Long day shows magic of Indy as Newgarden wins big SPORTS, 1B FILE A CLAIM BEFORE TIME RUNS OUT! 920-268-1033 ATTENTION ROUNDUP USERS If you or a loved one ever used ROUNDUP WEEDKILLER and then were diagnosed with: Lymphoma Leukemia Other serious blood cancers YOU COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR COMPENSATION! KAUKAUNA Over two years past its original expected completion date, the development site of the $38 million downtown apartment complex is still empty with no construction start date in sight.

The Dreamville Kaukauna Apart- ments are expected to bring two story, 90-unit complexes to Lawe Street, but are delayed as developers struggle to get funding for the project. waiting to hear back from the developer on going on and what their next steps are going to Kaukauna planning director David Kit- tel told The Post-Crescent. thing is just in a holding pattern for the Mayor Tony Penterman told The Post-Crescent in January that Future site of a housing project in downtown Kaukauna at the intersection of Lawe Street and E. Wisconsin Avenue. The development site of the apartment complex is still empty with no construction start date in sight.

WM. USA TODAY NETWORK-WISCONSIN Construction start for Kaukauna apartments delayed again Sophia Voight Appleton Post-Crescent USA TODAY NETWORK WISCONSIN See APARTMENTS, Page 6A GREEN BAY The Port of Green Bay on Thursday welcomed a new work- force to Renard Island to chew through a tough job. The work on the 55-acre Renard Is- land will take awhile but fortunately the sheep brought in by Wooly Green Graz- ers, an Appleton-area vegetation man- agement company, have an appetite for this kind of work. The Port of Green Bay has managed and maintained Renard Island since Brown County took ownership of the kidney-shaped island just the Green Bay shoreline and visible from Bay Beach Amusem*nt Park. The task in- cludes cutting back the vegetation growing all over the human-made is- land.

For years, the port hired crews to me- chanically mow the unruly vegetation and invasive species, but the terrain is and tended to break equip- ment. Port decided to try a dif- ferent approach this year: They put out bids for goats or sheep to tackle the task and hired Wooly Green Grazers for a lit- tle more than $10,000, said Mark Wal- ter, the Port of Green business de- velopment manager. addition to being a and environmentally friendly mainte- nance method, looking forward to Sheep grazing on island just Bay Beach Amusem*nt Park Animals help combat invasive plant species, prepare area for future recreational use Jeff Bollier Green Bay Press-Gazette USA TODAY NETWORK WISCONSIN Sheep from Wooly Green Grazers of Appleton are being used for vegetation management at Renard Island in Green Bay. SARAH TODAY NETWORK-WISCONSIN See SHEEP, Page 10A Summer is littered with federal holi- days Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Fourth of July meaning plenty of time to enjoy all the state has to compiled seven activities to engage the whole family for these glori- ous breaks. Explore Northeastern Wis- consin with this list! Note hours are subject to change, and they may be closed on holidays.

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers fans try to catch a free shirt on May 1 at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute. DAN TODAY NETWORK-WISCONSIN EXPLORE AND ENJOY 7 activities in northeastern Wisconsin the whole family can take joy in this summer See ACTIVITIES, Page 6A Madison Lammert Appleton Post-Crescent USA TODAY NETWORK WISCONSIN Bay Beach Amusem*nt Park goers ride the Zippin Pippin in 2021 in Green Bay. SARAH TODAY NETWORK-WISCONSIN.

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