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GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers will play nine home games at Lambeau Field in 2024, one more than their usual eight-game home schedule, and it has area businesses preparing for increased business. What you need to know Kroll’s restaurant prepares about 600 burgers and 250 sausages for each home game. It’s estimated that each home game brings in $15 million to Brown County. Julia Bernard has worked for Croll’s for more than 23 years and said a lot of work goes into preparing for a match. The Packers will play nine home games in the 2024 regular…

Illinois (6-0) will be in action again Friday and Saturday at the Hyatt Place Invitational at the Western Kentucky campus in Bowling Green, Ky. Beat reporter Scott Ritchie has the following predictions for a big weekend of non-conference play:Who did you defeat?Last weekend in Ames, Iowa, Illinois faced its toughest matches yet: two five-set matches played in completely different environments. Illinois came from behind to beat host Iowa State in front of a rapt crowd of 1,079, then beat Wake Forest in five sets in front of a crowd of 80. Illinois head coach Chris Tamas called the two wins…

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on Thursday launched an effort to build on her strong debate performance, with her campaign pledging to step up efforts to woo voters in battleground states deemed crucial to winning the White House.Meanwhile, Harris’ opponent, Donald Trump, whose performance in the debate has been criticized even by some of his supporters, said he would refuse to debate Harris again. “There will be no third debate,” Trump wrote in an angry post on his social media platform, Truth Social.Celebrating his debate victory, the US Vice President visited the key battleground state of North Carolina, holding rallies…

Elon Musk’s X-Post is seen in this illustrated photo taken in Warsaw, Poland on September 12, 2024. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Taylor Swift Recommendation Kamala Harris’ comments after Tuesday night’s ABC presidential debate infuriated many conservatives who were already upset by Donald Trump’s poor performance.The pop superstar’s closing line, “Taylor Swift, childfree cat lady,” alluded to Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance’s frustration with childfree people holding political power, and her provocation became a powerful magnet for right-wing indignation.One of the replies to Swift’s post was particularly creepy: “I get it Taylor… you win… I will give you…

Coupeville City Council may consider a proposed law change to allow short-term rentals on the streets in the town’s historic/limited commercial districts, if possible. On Tuesday night, Barbara Summers and Von Summers, owners of Salty Von’s Waterfront Inn, asked the council to approve a policy change that would allow them to host guests on the main floor of the mixed-use development they own at 12 Front Street NW. According to town rules, the district covers the area of ​​Front Street between Coveland Avenue and Ninth Street north, Alexander Street and Haller Street, including Coupeville Pier. According to the Shoreline Master…

CNN — At a leadership retreat for senior aides in Wilmington last week, Jen O’Malley Dillon, the campaign chair hired by Joe Biden and retained by Kamala Harris, cited battleground states in order and warned that the vice president still does not have a sure path to winning the 270 electoral votes. Internal data from before the debate shows Pennsylvania is tough but very likely. North Carolina, which has disappointed Democrats in every election for the past 15 years, feels better for Democrats this time around than Arizona, which Biden narrowly won four years ago. Nevada and Georgia are both…

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Kauri Cliffs golf The course that arguably changed the way the world viewed golf in New Zealand is celebrating 25 years since it first opened in 1999. Before 1999, New Zealand and golf meant two things: Sir Bob Charles and the beautiful golf course at Paraparaumu Beach. American investor Julian Robertson brought a new standard and identity to golf in New Zealand with the construction of a new cliff-top golf course and then the elegant lodges at Rosewood Kauri Cliffs. Now, 25 years later, this resort formula has been replicated across the archipelago and today it is considered by…

The history of BYU football’s 100 seasons wouldn’t be complete without Wyoming.Outside of Utah and Utah State, the Cougars have shared four different conferences over a combined 88 years, but have never faced a tougher opponent than the Cowboys.Though the two teams don’t meet on the field as often as they once did (this weekend’s trip to Laramie marks BYU’s first game since 2009), the rivalry is full of tradition and intrigue, and it’s nearly impossible to forget the intense hatred between Wyoming and the Cougars back in the day.”At the end of the day, this is a special game…

The Indian businessman behind a clothing empire has bought a house in London’s Notting Hill district for 21 million pounds (US$27 million), one of Britain’s biggest home transactions this year despite a general slump in luxury home sales.Harish Ahuja, who owns and runs Shahi Exports, bought the eight-story convent-style home in July, according to British documents. His son Anand Ahuja and daughter-in-law, Bollywood star Sonam Kapoor, plan to use part of the sprawling site as a marital residence after redevelopment and convert another section of the building into an apartment, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing…