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With the national spotlight on Green Bay and Lambeau Field, football fans from across the country flocked to Wisconsin to watch the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday. Here are scenes from the day.

The NFL draft will put the national spotlight on Lambeau Field and Green Bay. Hundreds of fans were out roaming the streets around the stadium Thursday morning ahead of the event.

The Brown County Board awarded $20,000 to Awaken Wisconsin to combat potential increased human trafficking during the NFL Draft in Green Bay.

With the NFL’s largest offseason event coming to its smallest city in just days, local leaders say Green Bay is ready to welcome tens of thousands of visitors.

Orienteering, which originated in the late 19th century as a Swedish military exercise, involves physical and mental exercise, as participants are tasked with finding markers on an unknown course using only a map and compass.

Thanks to a partnership with the NFL and the Minnesota Vikings, UW-Stout formed a new women’s flag football league with other Midwest colleges.

Aerobic fitness can help the body when working through a cancer diagnosis. And more and more studies show muscle strength plays a role, too.

About 250,000 people are expected to descend on Green Bay next week for the NFL draft. Republican lawmakers from the region say they’ll seek more than $1 million in the next state budget to reimburse local law enforcement agencies tasked with keeping it safe.

The NFL draft is expected to draw close to 250,000 people to Green Bay. But a little more than a week out from the event, multiple Airbnb properties near Lambeau Field still had availability.

In her new book “More Than Play: How Law, Policy, and Politics Shape American Youth Sport,” author Dionne Koller makes the case that youth sports create value for a variety of stakeholders but also come with some negative consequences.