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The Class of '24
The 89th NFL Draft, conducted in Detroit, drew an estimated record crowd of more than 700,000 fans this weekend. It was an amazing sight in the middle of the Motor City. For Green Bay Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst, it was the seventh draft he's overseen as the man in charge, hoping to continue a rapid re-build fr...
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Final round promise
The NFL draft exploded with quarterbacks Thursday night with a record six taken in the first 12 picks. The Green Bay Packers wisely avoided being a part of that desperate run by taking Jordan Love three years before he became the starter. Still, General Manager Brian Gutekunst wanted to add a passer before the weekend was...
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A "Big" collection grows
For the first time since Thursday night when Arizona's Jordan Morgan became the Pack's number one draft pick, Green Bay had only a single choice in a round. They used their only pick in the sixth to take another offensive tackle, a very large one at that in Travis Glover out of Georgia State. Glover is just a shade unde...
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Round 5 brings 2 more
Saddled with back to back picks at the end of the NFL's 5th round of the draft, Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst got antsy again and made another trade up, just like he did in the 4th to select safety Evan Williams of Oregon. This time, holding the 168th and 169th picks, Gutekunst made a move with the Buffalo Bills...
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Local News
Sheboygan Area Remains Under Threat of Severe Weather This Evening
National Weather Service forecasters have kept a wary eye on the several ingredients required to fuel a weekend severe weather outbreak across Wisconsin for several days now, and little variation has evolved from original forecast models. High winds had already prompted an advisory through 4 p.m. on Saturday, but the focus ...
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Plymouth Dirt Track Racing Preps to Launch Diverse 2024 Season
By Jeff Pederson Pedal Down Promotions (PEDAL DOWN PROMOTIONS) April 26, 2024 - If Plymouth Dirt Track Racing fans thought last season's schedule was packed plenty of variety, the upcoming 2024 campaign is poised to up ante with an even more heaping helping of divisions slated to take to the historic third-mile dirt oval pe...
Apr 26, 2024
Katsma Announces He Will Not Seek Reelection to State Assembly in November
Terry Katsma, who is completing his 5th 2-year term as the Representative to Wisconsin's 26th Assembly District, announced that he will not run for a 6th term in November. The announcement comes amid significant changes in Wisconsin's political landscape after Wisconsin's Supreme Court selected a redistricting map that was...
Apr 26, 2024
Forecasters Eye Late Saturday Through Sunday As Prime-Time for Possible Severe Weather
Heavy rains and maybe some severe thunderstorm activity is possible over the Sheboygan area and most of Wisconsin this weekend. The National Weather Service has maintained essentially the same threat map for several days as the needed ingredients come together as expected. Whether or not they succeed in producing dangerou...
Apr 26, 2024
Port Washington Granted Half Million to Restore Valley Creek Corridor
A modest creek that wanders through parklands in the city of Port Washington is getting a not-so-modest sum of money towards its restoration. The $500,000 investment comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Coastal Management fund, and is part of a total $4.6 million influx of cash announced on Thur...
Apr 26, 2024
Entertainment News
New film captures Afghan women's courage in failed peace talks with Taliban
By Jenna Zucker TORONTO - The new documentary "The Sharp Edge of Peace" begins with a harrowing scene: Fawzia Koofi, a former member of Afghanistan's parliament and a women's rights activist, recovering in a hospital bed after surviving an assassin...
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Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler wins dismissal for good of sexual assault lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed for good a lawsuit accusing Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler of sexually assaulting a former teenage model twice in one day in the mid-1970s. U.S. District Judge Lewi...
Apr 26, 2024
K-pop giant HYBE shares take another hit as dispute with NewJeans label drags on
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean music executive credited with creating popular K-pop group NewJeans denied allegations that she was trying to break her label away from HYBE, home to global sensation BTS, sending the K-pop giant's sha...
Apr 26, 2024
Streaming device maker Roku beats quarterly revenue estimates
(Reuters) -Roku beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue and forecast second-quarter sales above estimates on Thursday, buoyed by strong ad sales and the ongoing shift to streaming from cable TV . Shares of the company were flitting between gai...
Apr 25, 2024
Amazon Prime Video to exclusively stream two NHL seasons in Canada
(Reuters) - National Hockey League (NHL) and its digital broadcast rights owner Rogers Communications on Thursday signed a deal to stream the hockey tournament's next two seasons exclusively on Amazon.com's Prime Video for Canadian audiences. Amazo...
Apr 25, 2024