 Bob Chaltry, new chief of the Grover-Porterfield Fire Department was officially sworn in as chief at the Grover Town Board meeting Monday, Jan. 13. Town Clerk Lisa Witak, gave Chaltry the oath of office. Pictured from left are: Lisa Witak, Town Clerk and Chief Bob Chaltry. Chief Chaltry was also sworn in as chief during the Porterfield Town Board meeting on Jan. 8. He assumed the office as of Jan. 1. |
Robert Chaltry Named New Grover-Porterfield Fire ChiefIssue Date: January 17, 2020 Robert Allen (Bob) Chaltry is the new fire chief for the Grover- Porterfield Fire Department. He was voted in by the Grover-Porterfield Fire Commission in December and officially took over on Jan. 1. Wade Larsen, who was fire chief for 17 years decided to step down as chief and remain a firefighter.
Chaltry has been with the Grover Porterfield Fire Dept. since November of 2014 and has been assistant chief for the past three years. He is a 1996 graduate of Menominee High School and served in the U.S. Army from 1996 to 2005. Currently he ...
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County Board Approves $180,000 Armed Rescue Vehicle PurchaseIssue Date: January 17, 2020 Thanks to action at a long, hard Marinette County Board meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 14, Sheriff Jerry Sauve and his officers on the Sheriff's Department as well as the City of Marinette Police Department will be getting the armored vehicle they have wanted for over a decade, the City of Niagara and Village of Wausaukee will each be getting approximately $480,000 of Community Development Bloc Grant-CLOSE funds to help finance major community improvements; contract for remodeling the old jail building on Ella Court Street behind the courthouse w...
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Pound Terminates Public Works Director Kevin Schutte As Village EmployeeIssue Date: January 17, 2020 After meeting in closed session near the end of its regular monthly board meeting on Monday, Jan. 13 Pound Village Board returned to open session and by unanimous roll call vote with all members present approved a motion made by Village President Terry Earley and seconded by Trustee David Navis that stated:
"The employment of Kevin Schutte with the village of Pound is terminated effective immediately on this day, Jan.13, 2020 at 2040 p.m. (8:40) p.m. In the Employee handbook heading employment termination, discipline and disciplinary ...
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LaVigne Sentenced To 5-Year Prison Term For Sex AssaultIssue Date: January 17, 2020 Jason R. LaVigne, 47, of Appleton, a former high school teacher in Fox Valley area, will be spending the next 10 years in prison followed by 16 years on extended supervision after being convicted of sexual assaults on two teenage girls following jury trials in Marinette and Outagamie County Circuit courts.
His sentence by Judge James Morrison in Marinette County Circuit Court was for five years in prison followed by 5 years of extended supervision, consecutive to the sentence for the Outagamie County conviction.
That conviction ...
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Peshtigo's Gail Bantes is Assembly Hometown HeroIssue Date: January 17, 2020 The Wisconsin State Assembly will recognize Gail Bantes of Peshtigo as a "Hometown Hero at the upcoming Assembly session on Jan. 15th.
Bantes, who was nominated by her State Representative, John Nygren (R-Marinette), pushed two girls to safety before being hit herself by an SUV while acting as a crossing guard in Peshtigo School District last February. Because of her quick and selfless thinking, Bantes was also nominated for the national America's Favorite Crossing Guard Contest.
"Gail's willingness to put her own ...
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