Flood AreasIssue Date: April 1, 2020 With the heavy rain over the past weekend, many areas sustained flooded yards. Over an inch of rain was reported in the southern part of Marinette County. Top Photo-Home on Kozuzek Road is pictured with a pond in their yard making the homeowner pump water to the other side of the road. Bottom Photo-Home near Red Arrow in Marinette is pictured with a flooded yard.
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Absentee Ballots Encouraged For Elections Tuesday, April 7Issue Date: April 1, 2020 Presidential Primary, Judicial, County, Local, School Offices On Ballots
Despite the coronavirus "safer at home" restrictions, polls all across the state will be open on Tuesday, April 7 for Wisconsin's presidential preference primary and Non-Partisan Spring Elections. Polls will be open for in-person voting during normal voting hours, starting at 7 a.m. and closing at 8 p.m.
Absentee voting is encouraged, but municipal clerks have devised various individual plans for protecting poll workers and using special sani...
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Peshtigo City Council Adopts Emergency COVID-19 Rules Issue Date: April 1, 2020 At a special meeting on Wednesday, April 1, Peshtigo City Council approved a resolution declaring an emergency due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) and making related changes in city operations in view of Gov. Tony Evers "Safer At Home" order issued on Thursday, March 12 in an effort to control local impact of the worldwide pandemic.
The Emergency Declaration orders all city facilities closed until further notice, including the Senior Center, Library, Parks restrooms, and City Hall except that city hall will remain open for employees and v...
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County Approves $453,986 For Niagara Highway 141 ProjectIssue Date: April 1, 2020 With Wisconsin's "Safer At Home" orders in place Marinette County Board did not hold its regular monthly meeting in March. Instead, the board's Executive Committee met, mainly by telephone conference call, to deal with county business for the month.
Social distancing protocols were carefully preserved. There was no provision for public comment except for a public hearing at the start of the meeting on a $453,986 Community Development Block Grant through the CLOSE program for the City of Niagara, which was approved later in t...
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Peshtigo, BPM, Inc. Access Dispute May End Up In CourtIssue Date: April 1, 2020 For well over a year, BPM Inc. and the City of Peshtigo's Water and Sewer Committee have been at odds over amounts the city-owned Water and Sewer Utility charges the paper mill for handling its discharges to the wastewater treatment plant. It now appears that dispute could end up being settled in court rather than in a City Hall meeting room.
The wastewater treatment plant was constructed years ago as a joint project between the city and the Badger Paper Mill, predecessor to BPM, Inc., which was and still is the city's largest e...
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