Magdalene TischIssue Date: March 21, 2019 Magdalene "Mag" (Konitzer) Tisch, 99, of Oconto Falls, passed away early Sunday morning, March 17, 2019 at home with family present.
Born May 24, 1919 on the family farm in rural Oconto Falls, the 11th child of 16, to Andrew and Jane (Berton) Konitzer, after the sudden death of her father, she quit school to help at home and help raise her younger siblings.
On Sept. 17, 1938, she married Walter "Cocky" Tisch in Oconto Falls and they raised eight children and she worked at the Ben Franklin Store in Oconto Falls for man...
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Suspect Jailed For 1976 McClintock Park MurdersIssue Date: March 21, 2019 Thanks to good investigative work and careful preservation of evidence in 1976 combined with good use of the latest in recently developed DNA analysis techniques, Marinette County Sheriff Jerry Sauve was able to announce at a press conference on Friday, March 15 that a 42-year-old "cold case" double homicide 1976 has been solved.
The suspect, Raymond L. Vannieuwenhoven, now 82, was taken into custody by Oconto County officers on the afternoon of Thursday, March 14, at his home in the Oconto County Town of Lakewood. He was turned ove...
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Body Found In Menominee River Identified, Arrest MadeIssue Date: March 21, 2019 On Saturday, March 16 the remains of an unidentified woman were found in the Little River tributary to the Menominee River in Menominee County, Mich. The head and hands were severed and have not yet been located.
By Monday, March 18, the body had been identified as that of 46-year-old Tamara LaFramboise, of Yankton, South Dakota, and the person suspected of killing her and disposing of her body had been arrested and lodged in the Yankton County Jail on a charge of second degree murder.
The suspect is former Menominee County resi...
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Town Of Peshtigo Hires ConsultantIssue Date: March 21, 2019 The Town Of Peshtigo meeting on Tuesday, March 19 was well attended with barely an empty seat in the hall.
In public comment, Dave Swanson of River Bend Drive told the Board a new house was put up in his area with raised elevation landscaping and once this snow melts there is going to be drainage issues that might affect my property.
Jeff Budish...told the board they need to get an update on the sludge that was spread on the fields by the City of Marinette. He said, "No-one was notified of where these fields are and residents ...
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Goldschmidt, Meyhoff Are Not Candidates For Wagner Board Issue Date: March 21, 2019 Contrary to a report in last week's Peshtigo Times, the names of Toni Goldschmidt and Bruce Meyhoff will not be on the ballot as candidates for town supervisor positions on the Wagner Town Board in the elections on Tuesday, April 2. According to Town Chair Lynn Hickey, they also are not running as write-in candidates.
The only two Wagner supervisor candidates on the ballot will be incumbents Mollie Arthur and Ed Delfosse. At press time, there were no other candidates for those two positions.
Hickey, who had resigned her elec...
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