Green Bay WI

Green Bay is home to a wide range of small businesses that shape daily life in the city—from places to grab lunch or coffee to shops and services people return to again and again. Black-owned businesses are part of this mix, offering a variety of experiences and services across the community.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Green Bay Police are reminding drivers to slow down. A special task force will be deployed across Brown County to monitor for speeding violations on Tuesday. The task force spans multiple jurisdictions across the county and multiple police departments will be involved, including Ashwaubenon,...

MISHICOT, Wis. (WFRV) – After decades of carving massive sculptures around the world, Mishicot artist Mike Sponholtz says his latest appearance at the Olympic Arts Festival will be his last time competing in snow sculpting. Sponholtz recently returned from Italy, where his team earned a bronze finish during cultural...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - The vast majority of polling places across northeast Wisconsin will remain closed Tuesday for the state’s February primary due to insufficient number of candidates running in local municipal, judicial and school board races. Without enough candidates to require voters to narrow down options...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Steeped in Polish tradition, the paczki is a treat many Wisconsinites look forward to on Fat Tuesday. Last year, Smurawa’s Country Bakery alone went through 35,000 of these beloved pastries. “Lots and lots of paczki. Oh, so many flavors. So many paczki,” said Samantha...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - A Brown County judge found probable cause for a trial in the case of a man accused in a deadly crash last month in Ashwaubenon. Prosecutors allege Douglas Proehl, 69, ran a red light when his pickup truck hit a car that was turning at Lombardi Ave. and Holmgren Way on Jan. 30.

Winemakers are well known for cellar work in many different parts of the world. Its not unusual to meet a winemaker that has made wine in the southern hemisphere, Sonoma or Germany. In fact our guest for this podcast has done just that, and now Bennett Ewald makes wine in both Door County and Kewaunee, Wisconsin. The...

“Although local high school stars had little national recognition in the 1920s, the coaches at West Point had heard about Herber’s high school records,” Norman L. Macht wrote about 1928 graduate Arnold Herber. “They wanted him to play for Army. But right after graduating, he had eloped with...

On Friday, February 6, twenty members of Notre Dame Academy’s Jazz Band traveled to UW–Stevens Point for a day filled with music and mentorship. The jazz band, an extracurricular ensemble, includes 22 students, but the group for the festival was slightly smaller due to illness and obligations. They meet twice a week,...

ALLOUEZ (WLUK) -- Driving along Highway 172 east of the Fox River, you may have noticed a lot of trees missing around Green Isle Park in Allouez. The invasive emerald ash borer has led to the clearing of the once-heavily vegetated area. "It's kind of sad, you know? Because these...