County Board Okays TYCO Water Filter, View New BudgetIssue Date: September 20, 2018 Among other actions at a busy meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 18, Marinette County Board approved a 5-year access easement that will allow TYCO/Johnson Controls to construct a system that will remove contaminants from water in a surface runoff ditch before it enters the Bay of Green Bay in the area near Runnoe Park and the UW-Marinette campus.
Jim Cox, communications manager at TYCO and its predecessor companies for 38 years, explained plans with input from Chris Behrend. He described their system, for which they also need approval from the D...
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Counties Okay Mar-Oco Budget, Clean Sweep PlansIssue Date: September 20, 2018 Following a public hearing at 9 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 14 at the landfill scale house, the joint Marinette and Oconto County Mar-Oco Landfill committee approved the proposed budget for 2019 for the landfill west of Crivitz, and moved it along for presentation to the respective county boards.
Marinette County Board approved the budget without dissent at its meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 18, and a similar action was expected from Oconto County Board on Thursday, Sept. 20.
No one from the public was present at the public hearing to spea...
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Committee Recommends Hiring New Full-Time Police OfficerIssue Date: September 20, 2018 At a series of meetings on Tuesday, Sept. 18, members of three Peshtigo City Council committees authorized hiring of two additional part time officers for Peshtigo Police Department on an as-needed basis and agreed to seek Council authorization to fill the full time officer post created when Sgt. Richard (Rick) Badgley was promoted to Chief.
They also approved some staffing changes for the Department of Public Works/Wastewater Treatment Plant in view of the pending departure of Chris Erickson; accepted the resignation of Firefighter Pau...
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Sex Offender Release Rules Explained At Pound MeetingIssue Date: September 20, 2018 The approximately 40 local residents who turned out on the Monday, Sept. 17 informational meeting at Pound Town Hall appeared resigned to the fact that another convicted sex offender will be coming to live in the house at N2691 South 7th Road in the Town of Pound. Sheriff Jerry Sauve had called the meeting after being informed that Jeffrey Butler, 55, will be coming there to live on Friday, Sept. 21 on supervised release from Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center in Mauston, Wisconsin's only facility designated for treatment of sexually violen...
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 Anniversary-The Zion Lutheran Church of Peshtigo will celebrate their 150th anniversary Sunday, Sept.15. A day of activities is planned for the congregation. A free concert open to everyone will feature the Christian group KOINE' beginning at 1:30 pm at the church on South Ellis Ave. Remember to bring lawn chairs, if there is inclement weather the concert will be held indoors. Allen England, church secretary said, "A lot of planning has taken place for over a year and we hope a lot of people will come and join us for the celebration." Pictured left to right in front of the new church sign are Allen England, Les Gertz, Pastor Luke Myslik, Steve Rich and Charles Risner. |
Peshtigo Zion Lutheran Church To Celebrate 150th AnniversaryIssue Date: September 13, 2018 A free concert featuring the Christian group Koine will take place Sunday, Sept. 16 at 1:30 p.m. at Zion Ev. Lutheran Church, 221 S. Ellis AVe., Peshtigo, to help celebrate their 150th anniversary. The concert will be on the front lawn, bring lawn chairs, rain or shine. The concert will move inside if inclement weather.
The earliest history of the Zion Lutheran Congregation of Peshtigo goes back to a time shortly after the American Civil War when the country surrounding Peshtigo was still a forest wilderness. The vast, untamed land bec...
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