Local news briefs News-Chronicle Green Bay UWGB to honor Public Service Wisconsin Public Service Corp. is scheduled to receive the first University of Wisconsin-Green Bay "Regents Partnership Award" during a special ceremony Thursday in Madison. The Board of Regents created the new award to mark the 30th anniversary of the UW System. Each campus nominates a recipient that has made an extraordinary contribution to the institution and the university system. WPS was named for its partnership in the environmentally friendly building-integrated photovoltaic technology in the new Mary Ann Cofrin Hall, as well as the Solar Olympics sponsored by the Green Bay-based utility at UWGB for the past 10 years. In port The U.S.-flagged ship Kaye Barker was due to arrive in the Port of Green Bay from Toledo, Ohio, at 7 p.m. Monday, carrying 15,500 tons of coal to the C. Reiss Coal Co., 111 W. Mason St. Ashwaubenon Bowling event benefits ECFA The Ashwaubenon Bowling Alley, 2929 Allied St., will host a bowling event April 27 to benefit the Evangelical Child and Family Agency, which helps provide free services to women in unplanned pregnancies and their babies. With pledges, participants obtain three games of bowling, shoe rental and a T-shirt. All bowlers with $25 or more in pledges will be eligible for prize drawings, including a $100 Circuit City gift card and an autographed Packer football. Those interested can call 430-1050 and register by April 13 to receive pledge sheets. De Pere St. Norbert to host geographic bee St. Norbert College expects about 100 contestants Friday for the state finals of the 14th annual National Geographic Bee. The event is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Walter Theatre on campus, 100 Grant St., De Pere. The winner of the bee and that person's teacher will move on to nationals.