 Raise Flag-Members of the Peshtigo American Legion raise the American Flag prior to Memorial Day Services in Peshtigo Monday May 25. The flag holds special significance because it was the flag Steven Drees was brought home with after his death. His parents Dawn Gossen and Paul Drees along with Steven's brother Chuck and Steven's son, Steven were present for the services. They are pictured unveiling the Desert Wars Monument. |
Desert Wars Memorial Dedicated At Memorial Day Services In PeshtigoIssue Date: May 27, 2020 Despite restrictions caused by COVID-19, a number of spectators attended Memorial Day services at Riverside Cemetery in Peshtigo on Monday, May 25. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Kniskern-Neumann Post 8813 and Carlson-Alguire-Hoaglund Post 312 conducted the services to honor our nations war dead led by commander Tony Matecki.
Chaplin Virgil (Ron) Kaempf, said the opening prayer and lead the Pledge of Allegiance followed by reading of the names of deceased veterans. Veteran Ken Holdorf placed a wreath at the statue of the doboy as did Sue...
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City Parks, Buildings To Open Monday, June 1 As PlannedIssue Date: May 27, 2020 After long discussions at meetings of Peshtigo City Council's Parks and Recreation Committee on Friday, May 22 and Tuesday, May 26, which included a department head meeting, Peshtigo city officials decided to re-open city facilities, including the municipal building, parks and Badger Park Campground, to the public effective Monday, June 1, with social distancing and other safety rules in place.
The Municipal Building will be open during its regular hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Although the building will be open...
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Peshtigo Town Tables Action On Property Issue Date: May 27, 2020 The Town of Peshtigo regular meeting followed the annual meeting on Tuesday, May 19 started with discussion of the procedure for public comment and video taping and/or recording town board meetings.
Supervisor Jon Drees commented, "Anyone that wants to record a meeting should be recording from the back of the meeting room so it is not distracting or intimidating. The recording is not to be used to intimidate any Citizen or Board member. In the public comment portion, resident Chuck Boyle asked the board they consider transcribing the m...
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Marinette County Facilities Are Open Again For PublicIssue Date: May 27, 2020 Marinette County facilities, including all county parks and the Courthouse in Marinette, were re-opened for normal operations on Tuesday, May 26 after being closed since March due to coronavirus concerns, but the monthly meeting of Marinette County Board was again held in the Theatre on the Bay on the Marinette campus of UW-Green Bay to allow easier social distancing.
The meeting began with a ceremony led by VFW member Roy Berto, an Army veteran, in honor of the 75th anniversary of the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany that ended ...
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Crivitz/Stephenson Set Virtual Zoning HearingIssue Date: May 27, 2020 At a virtual "Zoom" meeting with no one present in person, members of the joint Town of Stephenson/Village of Crivitz Extraterritorial Zoning (ETZ) Committee accepted some final changes to the proposed ETZ ordinance, including one to allow hobby farms with up to 150 "animal units" as an accepted use and small farming operations as conditional uses. As originally proposed, there would have been no permitted use for raising animals.
They then set a public hearing on the zoning ordinance for 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 18, to be fo...
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