As expected, a major carrier has beefed up its GRB and ATW schedules in anticipation of NFL Draft traffic.
@Delta adds nonstop flights from New York, Los Angeles to Green Bay, for NFL draft https://t.co/hjOdBwO372 via @Gbpressgazette
Fun story from food & drink reporter Jelissa Burns this week on the specialty cocktails served tableside at Tipsy Taco. If you've got a fun food or drink thing you think deserves a shout out in Green Bay or the Fox Cities, let us know!
https://t.co/6LQpjaItBc
We recently added Zhen Wang to our crew up here in Appleton -- here's one of her first stories, about community pushback on a quarry expansion near New London.
https://t.co/vwQ6sO1uHz
This year, reporters across the state crystalized countless moments in time. Like a gentle exhale on a minus-10 degree day, it's easy for these moments to dissipate when the next headwind — or headline — rushes by. We captured some interesting ones here:
https://t.co/MBcR2fVpPE
In our ongoing coverage of the greater Green Bay area's LGBTQ+ community, @JeffBollier and I dive into the difficulties NEW Pride organizers endured from a small but loud minority of outside agitators. It impacts LGBTQ+ families deeply.
https://t.co/l8FBEOb9Pm
This is USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin's 14th Stock the Shelves campaign, and since 2010, it's raised enough money for more than 15 million meals to help neighbors in need across Wisconsin thanks to donations from readers and support from local credit unions.
https://t.co/ulJep8rFxq
In a follow-up to last month's story about preschool expulsions, @MadisonLammert0 and @natalie_eilbert took a closer look at which programs are working, and what it takes to keep kids in class.
https://t.co/e0nfF0b849
A really important, really well done story by @BursiekKloehn & @daphlemke. I have so many thoughts about this issue that they can't fit in a single tweet, but I hope that business owners and shoppers alike read this and learn something. https://t.co/7oYYp2bpge
As this busy week wraps up, I figured I'd share some wise, yet funny, journalism advice from my editor @TaimaKern
"Be the related link you want to see in the universe."
😂
And finally, EAA's AirVenture has returned. Here's what to know before you go, or what to know if you're just in the area and want to know why there's so many planes in the air. https://t.co/2UXZcSyf2X
There's a variety of interesting news stories across Wisconsin this morning, so here's a Monday 🧵to get you started:
Up first, @Ariel_Perez85 spoke to a former trainer from Xperience Fitness about the chain's sudden closure of its Wisconsin locations: https://t.co/Gmv59TzNP6
Normally history stories are pretty straightforward (libraries and historical societies are great), but this one found @hilton_annmarie community-sourcing much of her research to find out more about this two-room school house before tonight's meeting.
https://t.co/9Wv5GhP6Za
Painting going on on College Avenue in downtown Appleton. If you’ve not been downtown in a while, be aware that the lanes have changed.
https://t.co/yo3xqpYn73