 PRESENTS—Mary Kay Selsor, right, president of the Catholic Central High School Foundation presented the 2013 Touhey Award to Mike and Anita Folgert at a ceremony on Saturday, May 11. Pictured left to right Mike and Anita Folgert, Mary Kay Selsor. |
Mike, Anita Folgert Are Recipients Of Touhey Award Over seventy people attended the Touhey Award Ceremony honoring Mike and Anita Folgert Saturday, May 11 at the Best Western Riverfront Inn in Marinette. The Catholic Central High School Foundation hosted the event. Mary Kay Selsor, president of the Foundation was master of ceremonies. The Folgerts were recognized for their countless hours of volunteering at St. Thomas Aquinas Academy in Marinette.
In accepting the award, Mike asked for a moment of silence in prayer for military personnel, firefighters, police officers and emergency resp...
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Predicts New Learning Center Will Be “A Shining Light” For Marinette Schools Things are moving very quickly in the Information Technology Department as Marinette School District prepares to open the new early learning center at the old Menekaunee Elementary School, Curriculum and Information Technology Director Adam DeWitt reported to the School Board’s Curriculum and Technology Committee on Monday, May 13. “The work is daunting but worthwhile,” DeWitt declared. “This is going to be a shining light for our district.”
“It’s unbelievable how much time it takes to unpack 90 Chrome Books,” DeWitt commented as he inf...
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Tourism Draws Millions For State, 4 County Area For the millions of travelers visiting Wisconsin, it’s all about the fun and memories, but for the state’s taxpayers and residents, it’s all about the jobs and tax revenue those travelers support. In 2012, a 5 percent growth in the tourism economy translated to an increase in tourism-related employment and personal income, according to just released economic impact figures from the Wisconsin Department of Tourism.
In 2012 Marinette County visitors spent $134.2 million, up $10.6 million over 2011. It helped support 1,608 jobs for total ...
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Water & Sewer Committee Moves Ahead With Loan After months of discussion, the Peshtigo Water and Sewer Committee on Monday, May 13 tentatively agreed to recommend that the city accept a 20-year loan from the DNR’s Clean Water fund to finance the $1.9 million wastewater treatment plant reconstruction project that is finally nearing completion. The state program has agreed to the financing at 2.625 percent interest and includes forgiveness of $70,000 to $80,000 of the principal.
The committee hesitated in hopes of getting a better interest rate from some other source, but the Clean W...
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Commend City Officer’s Work On Murder Case Peshtigo Police Chief Kent Kline has issued a letter of commendation to Officer Jason Christenson for his investigative work in the homicide case of Trisch Waschbisch, 45, Peshtigo, reported on April 28.
Chief Kline wrote, “On April 28, Officer Christenson was dispatched to a critical incident which turned into a homicide investigation and man hunt. Officer Christenson with agents from the state Division of Criminal Investigation of Appleton and Marinette County detectives, worked tirelessly during the critical incident phase, during th...
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