 Well Received-Peshtigo High School students and the community had the opportunity to thank area veterans for their service to our nation with a Veterans Day program, Friday, Nov. 9. Top Photo-Veterans are pictured seated in the gym with crowd of students behind them. Middle Photos- Peshtigo School District Superintendent, Patrick Rau, thanks veteran Eugene Frank for his service. Army and Viet Nam veteran Mike VanRens, left, of Marinette is pictured with his 90 year-old father Jerry, a World War II navy veteran after the two warriors took time for a photo after the program. Bottom Photos-Lt. Colonel Ellis Langjahr delivers his keynote address. U.S Marine Mark Walker stands while the Marine Corps service song is played, and Bev Doucette speaks at the breakfast. |
Veterans Honored at Peshtigo School ProgramIssue Date: November 15, 2018 Faculty, staff and students at Peshtigo High School along with members of the public, thanked area veterans for their service on Friday, Nov. 9 with a program in the school gym commemorating Veterans Day.
The activities started at 7 a.m. with a free breakfast for the veterans served by members of the Peshtigo High School Rho-Kappa History Class. After breakfast volunteer hostesses from the Operation United Hearts, Bev Doucette and Kathy Crabtree, conducted special activities during breakfast for the veterans. Each veteran received th...
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Allman Tapped For Evers Transition TeamIssue Date: November 15, 2018 Wheels are in motion for the transfer of Wisconsin's reins of government from Gov. Scott Walker to newly elected Gov. Anthony (Tony) Evers on Jan. 7, 2019, and Fincantieri Marinette Marine President and CEO Jan Allman has been chosen to assist in that transition.
Allman was one of five persons named by Evers to serve as co-chairs on his transition team. Others on the team are Kevin Conroy CEO and board chair of the Madison-based Exact Sciences, Inc.; Chuck Pruitt, co-managing director of ABD Direct, a Milwaukee fundraising-services ...
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New Federal Suit Filed Against Back Forty MineIssue Date: November 15, 2018 On Tuesday, Nov. 13 the Coalition to SAVE the Menominee River, Inc. filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking review of the federal government's handling of the wetlands permit for the proposed Back Forty Mine.
"As has been well publicized, the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers have thus far delegated final permitting authority to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality despite the fact that the proposed Back Forty Mine would be located within 50 yards of the Menominee River in Michigan, and an environmental assessment c...
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City Hires Ryan Nemetz As New Police OfficerIssue Date: November 15, 2018 By unanimous vote on Wednesday, Nov. 7 Peshtigo City Council agreed that Ryan Nemetz should be hired to fill the city's new full time police officer position. Nemetz, who has long-time family connections to this area, had been working part time as a Peshtigo police officer and also part time as a Village of Lena police officer.
He had been selected by the Personnel Committee after a closed meeting on Thursday, Oct. 25, and the job offer includes a provision that he will start in the Patrolman post at the probationary wage. Alderman ...
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Officers HonoredIssue Date: November 8, 2018 Shown left to right are Marinette County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Robert Amundson, Sheriff Jerry Sauve and K9 Handler Deputy Spencer Elias, with his K9, Cash, in front. Amundson and Elias recieved certificates in a brief ceremony at the Public Services Committee meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 6 for their part in the capture of bank robber Davonte Amos in the City of Marinette in August of 2017. Amundson and Elias were not present on July 10 when five FBI officials from Milwaukee and Detroit, Mich. came to Marinette to honor the officers involved...
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