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2 weeks ago | 
greenbaypressgazette.com | Christopher Kuhagen |Rashad Alexander
If you watched any part of the NFL Draft this week, you wouldn't know that Green Bay is the NFL’s smallest market. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said it best at the start of the draft. "Green Bay may be small but it's mighty," he said. Indeed. Green Bay shattered all attendance projections as the host of the 2025 draft with over 600,000 people attending the historic event across the last three days. NFL DRAFT HUB: Live NFL Draft news, live picks, grades, analysis and more.
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2 weeks ago | 
greenbaypressgazette.com | Vivian Barrett |Rashad Alexander |Christopher Clough |Benita Mathew |Jeff Bollier |Ariel Perez | +4 more
11:40 am CTDraft Theater is slowly filling upNadia ScharfFifteen minutes into draft picks starting on April 26, the lot in front of the Daft Theater stage was already a quarter full, with hundreds more filling the sidewalk on their way over. Fans cheered as the announcer told the crowd how many people had watched the draft on TV: over 13 million.
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2 weeks ago | 
fdlreporter.com | Richard Ryman |Kendra Meinert |Vivian Barrett |Jeff Bollier |Rashad Alexander |Christopher Clough | +12 more
5:43 pm CTSuper fans show up in all their gear for NFL draft festivitiesHope KarnoppNear the back of the crowd gathered near the draft theater, fans took pictures with Jeff Kahlow, also known as Frozen Tundra Man. The weather isn’t quite as wintry as his icicle-lined hat. The temperature feels like 50 degrees and the rain is still holding off an hour and a half before the draft picks start. Elsewhere, super fans repping other teams lined up to get their prime spots in the theater.
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2 weeks ago | 
greenbaypressgazette.com | Richard Ryman |Kendra Meinert |Vivian Barrett |Jeff Bollier |Rashad Alexander |Christopher Clough | +10 more
3:55 pm CTNo line for downtown draft shuttle, but riders filtering inNadia ScharfAs of 3:45 p.m., there's no line for downtown Green Bay's shuttle bus to the draft. Around ten riders had been on their way to the stop, and they ran to the bus, hopping on before it closed. Within two minutes, another shuttle drove by. With no line, it didn't even stop. A minute later, a third shuttle came by, this one picking up eight passengers that had come up just behind bus two.
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3 weeks ago | 
postcrescent.com | Claire Reid |Rashad Alexander
Despite initially saying they wouldn't be in Green Bay due to a conflict with the NFL, Pat McAfee and his crew will broadcast ESPN's "The Pat McAfee Show" from Green Bay during the 2025 NFL draft after all. And former Packers head coach Mike McCarthy will be joining him on Thursday night's broadcast. McAfee will also be joined by cohost and former Green Bay Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk.
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3 weeks ago | 
htrnews.com | Claire Reid |Rashad Alexander
Despite initially saying they wouldn't be in Green Bay due to a conflict with the NFL, Pat McAfee and his crew will broadcast ESPN's "The Pat McAfee Show" from Green Bay during the 2025 NFL draft after all. And former Packers head coach Mike McCarthy will be joining him on Thursday night's broadcast. McAfee will also be joined by cohost and former Green Bay Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk.
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3 weeks ago | 
postcrescent.com | Vivian Barrett |Rashad Alexander |Christopher Clough |Chris Mueller |Claire Reid |Alex Groth
11:00 am CTTakeaways from Wednesday's 'The Dan Patrick Show' featuring Packers coach Matt LaFleurAlex GrothOpening the show, host Dan Patrick remarked on how welcoming Green Bay and Wisconsin residents were to him and his crew. "We had people who got in line at 3 a.m. in the morning. It's an extremely polite crowd today, but they haven't had their first beer yet," Patrick said.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
greenbaypressgazette.com | Rashad Alexander
GREEN BAY - Weather conditions from Saturday through Wednesday are expected to be "dangerously cold," according to the National Weather Service Green Bay. With this, multiple organizations in Green Bay are using their spaces as warming centers throughout the stretch of cold weather.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
postcrescent.com | Rashad Alexander
The coldest stretch of the year in the Appleton area will begin on Saturday and continue through Wednesday, with wind chill temperatures being considered “dangerously cold” by the National Weather Service Green Bay. While a high of 38 degrees is forecasted for Friday, a significant drop is expected going into Saturday, with minus 5 wind chills on the way. Saturday through Wednesday will see extremely low wind chills, mainly in the double-digit negatives throughout the week.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
greenbaypressgazette.com | Rashad Alexander
OCONTO - Officials have identified the 49-year-old man from Lena who died Sunday in a UTV crash in the Oconto County town of Lena. Thomas Slatky was killed at around 2:50 p.m. Sunday when his UTV left the road and overturned in a ditch, causing him to be ejected from the vehicle. The damaged vehicle was found east of Midway Road in a ditch on the north side of Goatsville Road, according to the Oconto County Sheriff's Office. Slatky was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.
