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SALT LAKE CITY — Utahns have easy access to dozens of American cities via nonstop flights out of Salt Lake City International Airport.

Green Bay, Wisconsin, is currently not one of them. However, that will change for a week in late April because Green Bay — a city of a little over 100,000 nearly 120 miles north of Milwaukee — will host the 2025 NFL Draft.

Delta Air Lines announced Friday it will add several new nonstop flights out of six airports between April 23 and April 27, 2025, so football fans can attend the event in the smallest American market among "big four" sports.

Salt Lake City is one of the cities Delta selected, receiving a special flight between Salt Lake City International Airport and Green Bay's Austin Straubel International Airport on April 23, 2025, the day before the NFL extravaganza begins. There will also be a return flight on April 27, 2025, the day after it ends.

Milwaukee would be the next closest option for Utahns to reach the event at legendary Lambeau Field, per Salt Lake City International Airport's nonstop destinations directory.

Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis and New York City will also have new or enhanced services to Austin Straubel International Airport on the week of the draft. There will also be new flights between Atlanta and Appleton International Airport — located about 30 miles southwest of Green Bay — that week.

Tickets for these flights will go on sale beginning Saturday.

The NFL has rotated host cities for the annual NFL Draft after holding it in Chicago in 2015 and 2016. It was held in New York City every year for decades before that. Next year will mark the first time college stars learn their pro destination while in Green Bay.

Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy said last year — after the NFL announced the 2025 Draft would come to Green Bay — that he expected the event would create a fun atmosphere with fans across the country coming to Wisconsin.

"It's going to be exciting," he said at the time. "We know they'll bring that energy and it will make it a really special event."

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BRUSSELS - There will be something new when the 2025 Miss Door County and Miss Door County's Teen are crowned next February – a new title for young women.

Along with the competition for the existing pageants for Door County women, the Miss Door County Scholarship Organization is holding a pageant for women from other Northeast Wisconsin counties to become the first-ever Miss Cherryland.

The new pageant will take place and new title will be awarded at the Miss Door County event on Feb. 1 at Southern Door Community Auditorium, and applications are open for all three contests. The winners move on to the Miss Wisconsin and Wisconsin Teen pageants June 18 to 21 in New Berlin, with the Miss Wisconsin winner advancing to represent the state in the Miss America pageant.

The Miss Cherryland pageant is open to women who live, work or go to school full-time in Kewaunee, Brown, Outagamie, Waupaca, Shawano, Menominee, Oconto, Marinette, Langlade, Forest or Florence counties (although women in Algoma, Luxemburg or Casco can compete in Miss Door County). They also must be at least 18 but no older than 27 years old at the time of the Miss Wisconsin competition.

Susan Fochs, executive director of the scholarship organization, said the goal of adding a new and different crown along with the Door County ones is simply to provide more opportunities for young women in neighboring areas to take part in a pageant and hopefully reap the benefits, including an expected more than $10,000 in available college scholarships.

Twenty-one other counties, cities or regional locations are scheduled to hold pageants for women to advance to the Miss Wisconsin competition, but Green Bay is the only other one covering Northeast Wisconsin (besides pageants open to women from anywhere in the state) and women in Menominee and the far northern counties aren't eligible for Miss Green Bay.

"Adding the new Miss Cherryland title was something our committee has been dreaming about for a while. We simply wanted to offer another opportunity to the women of the greater Northeast Wisconsin region," Fochs said in an email to the Advocate. "The Miss America Organization provides invaluable opportunities to the women who compete, and we wanted to be able to do more."

Women competing for Miss Door County or Miss Door County's Teen must live, work or go to school full time in Door County, Algoma, Luxemburg or Casco. Age requirements for Miss contestants are the same as above, 18 to 27 years old at the time of the Miss Wisconsin competition next June, while teen contestants must be at least 14 but no older than 18 for the Miss Wisconsin pageant. Eighteen-year-olds can choose to compete in either the Miss or Teen pageants.

Areas of competition in the pageants are private interview, artistic expression in talent, lifestyle and fitness in sportswear, on-stage interview and evening gown.

Since its first competition in 1997, the Miss Door County organization has awarded more than $275,000 in scholarships, which the organization said in a press release makes it one of the top local pageants for scholarships in the state. It also noted the women taking part have the opportunity to become involved in and represent the Peninsula at various events, network with the community, promote their community service initiatives, grow confidence and build relationships. The program started its Princess Program, now rebranded as the Cherry Blossom Program, for ages 5 to 12 in 2010 and the teen program in 2011.

To sign up for the pageants or for more information, visit missdoorcounty.org and click the "Sign Up Today" tab.

Contact Christopher Clough at 920-562-8900 or cclough@gannett.com.

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With the 2025 NFL Draft less than seven months away, the Green Bay Packers, NFL and nonprofit GENYOUth announced today the debut of a brand-new experience on the eve of the Draft: Taste of the Draft, presented by Schreiber Foods.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell joined Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy in Green Bay on Thursday, along with representatives from GENYOUth and Schreiber Foods, to make the announcement.

Set for Wednesday, April 23, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Schreiber Foods headquarters in downtown Green Bay, this brand-new philanthropic event will showcase an extraordinary blend of Wisconsin cuisine, culinary traditions and supper club culture while raising funds to benefit national nonprofit GENYOUth's efforts to tackle student hunger in Wisconsin. Taste of the Draft 2025 is the first event of its kind in conjunction with the Draft, modeled after the popular Taste of the NFL event held each year during Super Bowl weekend.

"We're looking forward to being a part of the first-ever Taste of the Draft event here in Green Bay," said Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy. "In Wisconsin, we are proud of how our unique supper club traditions and culture brings people together. We are pleased to be able to share that culture in conjunction with the NFL Draft while raising critical funds for Wisconsin schools to address food insecurity and help their students thrive and succeed."

Noted culinary master, TV personality and author Andrew Zimmern will host Taste of the Draft 2025 and guests will enjoy entertainment through the evening and the chance to mingle with Packers and NFL Legends. With a nod to the full supper club experience, guests will taste everything from soup to nuts – or rather, relish trays to after-dinner drinks – with culinary experiences featuring fare from beloved Wisconsin supper clubs, curated spirits and salad bar favorites, as well as a showcase of the state's best cheese and dairy products.

Those interested in attending the fundraiser may purchase group hospitality ticket packages at tasteofthenfl.com/taste-of-the-draft-2025. Guests must be 21 or older to attend.

"There's an incredible amount of excitement and anticipation around the 2025 Draft in Green Bay, a city that will surely shine on a global stage, thanks to the Packers, Discover Green Bay and all our local partners," said Peter O'Reilly, NFL executive vice president of club business, international and league events. "As a part of our commitment to leaving a positive impact on the local community, we're thrilled to announce the first Taste of the Draft event, which will highlight Wisconsin's cuisine and heritage while benefiting GENYOUth's efforts to fight student hunger throughout the state. Building off the success of Taste of the NFL at Super Bowl, the inaugural Taste of the Draft event is sure to be a cannot-miss occasion for Wisconsin residents and visitors alike."

Net proceeds raised through Taste of the Draft will go toward GENYOUth's programs and grants to address food insecurity in Wisconsin schools, leaving a lasting legacy by increasing equitable access to nutritious school meals among Wisconsin children who need them most, helping them to be their best selves. Wisconsin schools can sign up to be the first to hear when this grant opportunity opens and get updates on all new GENYOUth initiatives by visiting GENYOUthNow.org.

"We like to say, doing good has never tasted so great," said Ann Marie Krautheim, GENYOUth CEO. "Taste of the Draft is driven by a commitment to provide Wisconsin's children with the nourishment they need to thrive. School meals are essential, offering healthy, nutrient-packed meals including milk & dairy, fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean protein. We are deeply grateful to the NFL, the Green Bay Packers, Schrieber Foods, and our purpose-driven partners for their unwavering support. Together, we're ensuring that children receive the nutrition they need, not only to be well-nourished but to support their overall well-being and academic success, empowering them to reach their full potential. After all, the only hunger a child should have is a hunger to learn."

Nearly half of Wisconsin students qualify for free or reduced priced school meals based on household income and 1 in 6 Wisconsin children lives in food insecurity. GENYOUth, in collaboration with Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin, has awarded school nutrition grants to over 500 Wisconsin schools with a combined enrollment of over 250,000 students, providing students with increased access to 35 million meals each year. Physical activity grants have been awarded to over 650 Wisconsin schools engaging close to 300,000 students in physical activity before, during, and after school.

Additionally, Taste of the Draft is seeking tradition-rich and well-regarded Wisconsin supper clubs from throughout the state to take part in the event, which will offer chefs the opportunity to show and tell the story of their dishes and mingle with event guests. Chefs and supper club owners and operators who want to participate in Taste of the Draft are encouraged to contact Jennifer Lauerman at **jennifer@boldnorthassociates.com**.

Taste of the Draft 2025 sponsors include presenting sponsor Schreiber Foods, premier sponsor American Family Insurance, the Ron and Dana Dunford Family Foundation, the Michael and Leanne Haddad Family Foundation, Jack and Engrid Meng, and the Richard J. Resch Foundation Ltd. Sponsorship opportunities are available for interested organizations and brands. For more information, please contact Nina McDonough at nina@boldnorthassociates.com.

About GENYOUth: GENYOUth is a 501c3 national nonprofit dedicated to helping school children thrive by living well-nourished and physically active lives. A catalyst for youth health and wellness, GENYOUth has supported over 77,000 U.S. schools to equip them with the resources needed to ensure millions of children have equitable access to nutrition and physical activity. Founded by America's dairy farmers and the NFL, GENYOUth convenes a network of private and public partners, including Fortune 100 companies and foundations to ensure all children are nourished and active to be their best selves. With a commitment to end student hunger, GENYOUth provides nutrition grants to increase access to healthy school meals among food insecure students. GENYOUth is the official charitable partner of Taste of the NFL, a purpose-driven Super Bowl culinary experience that raises awareness and generates funds to fight hunger and food insecurity to support the organization's commitment to end student hunger. To learn more and support GENYOUth visit www.GENYOUthnow.org and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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Many Green Bay Packers fans would probably roll their eyes if you mentioned Brayden Narveson’s name in their vicinity. However, it’s understandable why the fans would react that way towards a rookie who hasn’t played a full NFL season.

The young rookie beat Greg Joseph at the starting kicker position, and the man booted from Lambeau Field is enjoying a fantastic year with the New York Giants. Meanwhile, the North Carolina State product struggles to find his footing in Green Bay.

Pockets of Packers fans felt like they had seen enough of the rookie kicker after four weeks and want the coaching staff to find a more capable replacement for the 25-year-old. The team did try out two kickers to replace him, but the results may leave fans more frustrated than happy.

Green Bay Packers keep Brayden Narveson in the squad after attempting to find his replacements

Sports Illustrated’s Bill Huber wrote about the team’s move to try out new kickers to take over Narveson’s position. However, it seems like the Packers didn’t have any serious plans in replacing the young kicker:

The Green Bay Packers worked out a pair of veteran kickers on Tuesday, Chad Ryland and Lucas Havrisik, but no signings were made, according to a source.

Publicly, the Packers have thrown their support behind Narveson, the rookie with the strong leg but a penchant for kicking the ball to the right. That Narveson remains the kicker shows those weren’t just empty words.

Narveson isn’t necessarily having a terrible time with the Packers. The undrafted rookie has a 9-for-13 kicking accuracy through four games of the season, ranking him 28th among kickers in the NFL. However, Huber also pointed out that the best kicker in NFL history—Baltimore Ravens’ Justin Tucker—is at a 62.5% kicking clip.

There are still 13 games left in the season, and there are plenty of opportunities for Narveson to change the hostile narratives surrounding him. Fans can be sure that the young man will do everything possible to prove his worth to the rest of the league.

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For a Connecticut guy, Dan Jachym has an uncanny grasp of all things Wisconsin, right down to the bowl of booyah.

Thank his wife for that.

She’s Pulaski native Leala Cyr, or as he likes to call her, his “Green Bay Baby,” and if not for her, he may have gone his whole life without ever knowing the squeak of a fresh cheese curd or the joy of Friday night fish fry with a brandy old fashioned sweet.

He sure as heck never would have written the lyrics to an entire polka perfect for breaking out at a Green Bay Packers tailgate, but sometimes love works in mysterious ways, yeah, hey.

Cyr and Jachym met 10 years ago in New York City, and when he started coming back to Wisconsin with her, he was immediately struck by how important the Packers were to not just her, but to all of Green Bay.

“One of the first things he noticed was you could be there on a random Tuesday and think it’s a game day, because everybody is just wearing Packers stuff all the time,” she said.

A native of Simsbury, Connecticut, he also couldn’t get over all the things that were unique to Wisconsin culture.

“He was just like, ‘How can there be so many specific things you can only get here?' It was like one after the other. 'Oh, let’s go to a Friday fish fry. A what? Oh, let’s go to a supper club. What? Let’s listen to some polka. Polka?’” Cyr said. “He kept joking he was going to make a song about it.”

Then last year he really did.

A writer and occasional musician, Jachym worked all kinds of Wisconsin goodies into the lyrics — deer hunting, ice fishing, tailgates, curds, brats, booyah, frozen custard, Pabst Blue Ribbon — all while making it an ode to his wife. He called it “Green Bay Baby.”

My Green Bay baby, she don’t mind the cold

My Green Bay baby, looks great in green and gold

I know she loves her Packers and I know she loves me

That’s my Green Bay baby

With the exception of a bubbler mention, Jachym managed to get all the iconic things on his list into the song. Cyr offered only a tweak here or there to make sure it was Wisconsin-proof. For the deer hunting reference, for example, she specifically requested he use the word “bags” in reference to a 10-point buck.

“Everybody makes fun of me for how I say bag, because it’s very Midwest,” said Cyr, who has lived in Connecticut for the last six years. “They’re like, ‘You’re saying beg, like I beg you. No, I’m saying bag.’”

Video features Lambeau Field footage from a 1987 home movie

Once the lyrics were done, Jachym handed them over to his wife so she could work her magic. A Pulaski High School graduate who studied at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and then transferred to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, she’s a professional jazz vocalist, trumpet player and composer. She has toured extensively with five-time Grammy Award-winning jazz bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding and released her debut album, “First Instinct,” in 2019. She's performed on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and "Austin City Limits."

In other words, she's no rookie.

“Immediately the melody just came to me,” she said of writing the music for “Green Bay Baby.” “I knew it had to be a polka, because of the state dance. It was very quick.”

The next part was a little trickier. How were two people living in Connecticut, neither of whom play polka music, going to record it? They needed a singer with a strong Wisconsin accent. (Spoiler alert: This is the part of the story where being from a place that celebrates Pulaski Polka Days with 32,000 people comes in handy.)

“Of course I was like, ‘Well, I’m from Pulaski, Wisconsin. I know plenty of polka musicians. I went to school with polka musicians,’” Cyr said.

She immediately thought of The New Generation and contacted vocalist Jeff Maroszek to see if the popular local polka band might be game. They were in; she sent them the music.

“They’re very old-school, so they had to learn it in a new key all by ear, because they don’t really read music, which I thought was super impressive,” Cyr said.

She came back to Wisconsin last November for the recording session at Rock Garden Studio in Appleton. She convinced her dad, who was born, raised and still lives in Green Bay and has the authentic accent to prove it, to do the dialogue with Maroszek that opens the song and pops up again in the middle. The New Generation musicians brought their kids to the studio. That’s them lending their voices on the “Go Pack Go” parts.

Cyr asked Christina Skalecki, who she remembered as being good at art in high school, to draw the “Green Bay Baby” cover art.

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All of those little touches were especially important to Cyr’s vision for making the project “super homegrown.” When it came time to make the video, she wanted to feature real Green Bay folks and people she knew, so she put out a call on social media for friends and family to send photos and clips of them doing the Wisconsin things mentioned in the song.

She also spent three days driving around Green Bay last year while in town for a Packers game to get additional footage of local landmarks and Packers fans. The actual babies in the video in infant Packers gear are her son, daughter and niece.

Especially sentimental to her is footage that Jachym was able to extract from an old home movie her grandparents made in 1987. The scenes of the Tower Drive Bridge (now the Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge) and Bay Beach Amusement Park were taken from that, as was the closing footage of her grandfather opening his car door as the camera zooms in on a pre-renovation Lambeau Field in the background.

“Every time I watch it, I almost start crying, because it’s my grandfather who passed and he’s opening the door to the stadium,” Cyr said.

It debuted at Pulaski Polka Days in July; hear it live Oct. 13 at The Bar

“Green Bay Baby” made its debut in July when The New Generation performed it at Pulaski Polka Days. Cyr has been trying to spread the word since that it’s available on Spotify and other streaming platforms.

When she took her 6-year-old son, Dean, to his first Packers game for the home opener against the Indianapolis Colts in September, she spent time passing out QR codes for the polka to tailgaters. She has made sure all of her musician friends who play in tailgate bands have the music.

Packers fans will be able to hear The New Generation play it live (numerous times) during a pregame party from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 13 at The Bar on Holmgren Way ahead of the game against the Arizona Cardinals.

It has been a fun project for the couple who lives in New England Patriots territory and has three Packers flags and one of those wooden Packers players on a swing hanging in their yard.

“I don’t know where this is going to go. Maybe it’ll be played at all the bars around the stadium. Maybe everyone is going to play it at their tailgate. I would love that. Maybe the Packers will play it. I don’t know,” Cyr said.

“But you know what, everybody around my hometown and Green Bay, if they hear it, they’re going to love it and they’re going to enjoy it. And that’s why we did it.”

Kendra Meinert is an entertainment and feature writer at the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Contact her at 920-431-8347 or kmeinert@greenbay.gannett.com. Follow her on X @KendraMeinert.

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