Local news briefs News-Chronicle Green Bay Disc golf closed The Disc golf course at the Triangle Sports Area will close for the season Sunday. Ashwaubenon Donations sought for decorations The village of Ashwaubenon will begin installing its Christmas donations Monday from Potts Avenue to Cormier Road on Oneida Street, but is needs more donations to expand the decorations. If $24,000 is raised, the decorations could continue on Oneida Street to U.S. 41. If a total of $50,000 is raised (including the $8,000 already raised), Holmgren Way from Lombardi Avenue to VanderPerren Way would be decorated. Contributions can be sent to Christmas decorations, Village of Ashwaubenon, c/o Rosemary Hermes, treasurer, 2155 Holmgren Way, Green Bay, WI 54304. Brown County Crime Prevention month nets thousands October was Crime Prevention Month is Brown County, and fund-raising efforts raise thousands of dollars for the first crime prevention foundation in the country. Festival Foods collected $4,000, the Merrill Lynch Grand Gala raised more than 444,000 and other stores and schools helped raise money and awareness. As the foundation grows, the earnings will provide funds for crime prevention programs. Madison Montgomery asks why identical bill was introduced State Rep. Phil Montgomery, R-Green Bay, sent a letter to state Rep. Mark Miller and state Sen. Robert Wirch asking them why they introduced legislation identical to Montgomery's Green Tier bill. The two previously voted against the bill, Montgomery said. Montgomery said in the letter he was glad the legislators changed their minds but asked them to convince Gov. Jim Doyle to sign the current Green Tier bill instead. The legislation make it easier for companies that stay within environmental guidelines to receive permits.