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Green Bay In port The U.S.-flagged American Republic will arrive at the Georgia-Pacific terminal at 2:30 p.m. today carrying 13,500 tons of low-fusion coal. Fox Valley Doyle will announce Fox River cleanup agreement A cleanup agreement for a section of the Fox River near Little Lake Butte des Mortes in Winnebago County will be announced today. Governor Jim Doyle, along with officials from the state Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Agency, WTM 1 (formerly Wisconsin Tissue Mills) and the P.H. Glatfelter Co. will appear at the announcement. The agreement involves the cleanup of PCB-contaminated sediment from the Little Lake Butte des Morts segment of the Fox River. Seven companies, including several in Brown County, contaminated the river with PCBs from 1954 to 1971. The announcement will be held in the town of Menasha. Brown County Nov. 12 set for budget hearing Brown County's all-day budget hearing has been set for Nov. 12 in Room 203 of City Hall, 100 N. Jefferson St. The board will meet at 9 a.m. to handle its regular agenda and a public hearing will start at 10 a.m. Deliberations will begin after the public hearing. If the final budget has not been determined, the board will meet again at 9 a.m. Nov. 13.
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