Martin J. Pesmark Family Receives Purple Heart

The late Martin J. Pesmark, long time Peshtigo resident, posthumously received a Purple Heart in a ceremony on Monday, Aug. 19. It was 74 years after his discharge from the U.S. Army. He was wounded on Sept. 27, 1943 while stationed in Italy. It was presented to his daughter, Kathleen Heim and son, Richard Pesmark.

In late 2018, Richard Pesmark requested at the Veterans Service Office in Marinette that his father be awarded the Purple Heart. He received word on March 25, 2019 that his entitlement will be awarded. Richard Pesmark praise...
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Village of Wausaukee Poised For Some Major Developments

The Village of Wausaukee appears poised for several major developments in the relatively near future. Those developments include possible conversion of the former Stephenson National Bank Building on Main Street (Hwy. 141) into a downtown library, community center and village office complex, expanding use of Evergreen Park facilities, and development of both low to moderate income and high end residential housing opportunities.

Discussion at the Village Board meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 19 indicated that some of the projects may be assis...
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Marinette County Fair Starts Thursday, Aug. 22

The Marinette County Fair Grounds in Wausaukee will spring to life for its big annual 4-day event on Thursday, Aug. 22. Each year the Fair draws about 30,000 visitors to Wausaukee, and runs through Aug. 25.

Buildings open at 9 a.m. daily and remain open until 10 p.m. Carnival rides will start at 2 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, and noon on Saturday and Sunday. They are to run until 10 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and 4 p.m. on Sunday. Carnival wristbands will be available and used between 2-5 p.m. or 6-10 p.m on Friday and noon t...
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Fair Coronation To Take Place Aug. 22

The Marinette County Fair starts Thursday, Aug. 22 with Face to Face judging for the youth entries and the Coronation of the 4-H Royalty at 5:30 p.m.

Three candidates are running for the 2019 Marinette County 4-H Royalty contest. They are Alexandria Broderick, Sydney Dunkes and Sierra O'Mary. Helping with the coronation will be the 2018 Queen Lindsey Michalski.

Alexandria Broderick, 17, is the daughter of Tina and Jeremy Behling of Pound and will be a senior at Coleman High School. She is a member of the Forever Green 4-H Cl...
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Peshtigo Is Formally Seeking Parks And Recreation Director

At a special meeting on Monday, Aug. 19, Peshtigo City Council agreed to start advertising on Wednesday, Aug. 21 for someone to fill the position held by David Zahn since July 15, 2013. Application deadline is 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 9.

They discussed job duties, details on questions to be asked of applicants, and education and experience that will be expected or required. They agreed that pay will be negotiated depending on experience and qualifications of the person hired.

Zahn was discharged by Mayor Cathi Malke on Friday,...
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Issue Date	Department	Headline
08-22-2019	Front Page	Martin J. Pesmark Family Receives Purple Heart
08-22-2019	Front Page	Village of Wausaukee Poised For Some Major Developments
08-22-2019	Front Page	Marinette County Fair Starts Thursday, Aug. 22
08-22-2019	Front Page	Fair Coronation To Take Place Aug. 22
08-22-2019	Front Page	Peshtigo Is Formally Seeking Parks And Recreation Director
08-15-2019	Front Page	BPM, Inc. Advances Plans For Water Resource Recovery Facility
08-15-2019	Front Page	Pelkin's Piggly Wiggly Is Robbed Saturday
08-15-2019	Front Page	Michigan Judge Hears Evidence On Back 40 Mine Permit Appeals
08-15-2019	Front Page	Town Seeks Legislator Help On Camp Five Culvert Issues
08-15-2019	Front Page	Couple is Lena Dairy Fest Parade Grand Marshals
08-08-2019	Front Page	Peshtigo Okays Dismissal Of Parks And Rec Director
08-08-2019	Front Page	Strong Thunder Storm Rips Through Peshtigo
08-08-2019	Front Page	Speakers Scold Mayor For Personnel Handling
08-08-2019	Front Page	Peshtigo Sets 5-Year Plan For Street Improvements
08-08-2019	Front Page	Ryan Philipps Charged With Attempted Murder
07-31-2019	Front Page
07-31-2019	Front Page	County Agrees to Keep ATV/UTV Routes Open
07-31-2019	Front Page	County Board Takes No Action On Twin Bridge Beach
07-31-2019	Front Page	Plea Agreement In Pembine Homicide
07-31-2019	Front Page	Jane Kopish Sequin Candidate for Judge
07-25-2019	Front Page
07-25-2019	Front Page	Weekend Storms Wreak Havoc In Area
07-25-2019	Front Page	Huge Lena Off Road Race Weekend Starts On Friday
07-25-2019	Front Page	TAD Drug Court To Celebrate 5th Anniversary In September
07-25-2019	Front Page	FAA Honors Fetterly For 50-Year Safe Flying Record
07-18-2019	Front Page	BPM Inc. Going Forward With Plans For Wastewater Plant
07-18-2019	Front Page	Peshtigo School Board Accepts Resignations and Donations
07-18-2019	Front Page	Gun Range Safety Topic Town of Peshtigo Board
07-18-2019	Front Page	Man Killed in ATV Crash Near Walsh
07-11-2019	Front Page	Crivitz Food Pantry Golf Outing Raises $10,000
07-11-2019	Front Page	County May Ask Legislators For Help With DNR Permits
07-11-2019	Front Page	No Grass Clippings In Peshtigo Streets
07-11-2019	Front Page	Marinette Council Refers Dog Issue Back To Parks
07-11-2019	Front Page	Green Bay Man Drowns After Falling From Raft
07-03-2019	Front Page	Peshtigo Gets Results Of PFAS/PFOS Sludge Tests
07-03-2019	Front Page	City Committee Discusses Drones, Vaping Concerns
07-03-2019	Front Page	Marinette County Breakfast On The Farm Serves Over 4,300
07-03-2019	Front Page	Chief Judge James Morrison to Chair Committee of Chief Judges
06-27-2019	Front Page
06-27-2019	Front Page	Marinette County Breakfast on the Farm is June 30th
06-27-2019	Front Page	County Selects Architect For Ella Court Renovation
06-27-2019	Front Page	McClintock Park Murder Suspect To Face Trial
06-27-2019	Front Page	Thompson Classic Boat Event Saturday
06-20-2019	Front Page
06-20-2019	Front Page	Surveying Hot Topic At Town Of Peshtigo
06-20-2019	Front Page	Marinette Marine Launches LCS-21, Future USS Minneapolis-St. Paul
06-20-2019	Front Page	Village Of Pound Seeks New Clerk/Treasurer
06-20-2019	Front Page	Select Smokey The Bear As Wausaukee Parade Marshall
06-13-2019	Front Page	Peshtigo City Water May Be Option For Town PFAS Issues
06-13-2019	Front Page	M&M Area Community Foundation Awards Grants
06-13-2019	Front Page	BPM Plans Site Study For Wastewater Plant
06-13-2019	Front Page	Measles Are Back, County Seeks Tick Kit Mini Grant
06-13-2019	Front Page	Peshtigo Police To Look At Investigator Position
06-06-2019	Front Page
06-06-2019	Front Page	Patricia Schutte Resigns Pound Village Clerk/Treasurer Position
06-06-2019	Front Page	Honor Betty Stodola, 90, On Retirement From McDonald's
06-06-2019	Front Page	Town Of Peshtigo To Create Water Advisory Committee
06-06-2019	Front Page	Coleman Board Tables RR Road Name Change
06-06-2019	Front Page	Peshtigo Gets Good Audit Report, Eligible For $50,000 USDA Grant
05-29-2019	Front Page	Always Remember
05-29-2019	Front Page	County Board Gets Preview of Menekaunee Bear Statue
05-29-2019	Front Page	Adult Activities Coordinator May Be Hired For Peshtigo
05-29-2019	Front Page	Committee Agrees To Limit ETZ Regulations
05-29-2019	Front Page	Mullard Honored As Legionnaire Of Year
05-22-2019	Front Page	Make Plans
05-22-2019	Front Page	Steve Stumbris Named As Wausaukee Village Trustee
05-22-2019	Front Page	Water Issue Hot Topic At Town Board Meeting
05-22-2019	Front Page	Finalize Badger Park Wheelchair Swing Site
05-22-2019	Front Page	County Board To Meet On May 28
05-16-2019	Front Page	Receive Awards
05-16-2019	Front Page	Peshtigo Water Not Contaminated, Still Waiting For Sludge Test Results
05-16-2019	Front Page	Perry Announces Candidacy for Marinette County Circuit Judge
05-16-2019	Front Page	Wendt Returned As President Of Coleman School Board
05-16-2019	Front Page	Riverside Cemetery Association Hears Reports, Equipment Needs
05-09-2019	Front Page	Five Departments Battle Marinette House Fire
05-09-2019	Front Page	City Sump Pumps Must Not Drain Into Sanitary Sewers
05-09-2019	Front Page	Arrest Two in Oconto Death
05-09-2019	Front Page	Mike Rogodzinski Joins Pound Village Board
05-09-2019	Front Page	Judge Miron to Retire in July, 2020
05-02-2019	Front Page	One Man Saved, One Believed Dead After Boat Flips In Menominee River
05-02-2019	Front Page	Law Enforcement Alerted To "Sexting" Complaint In Peshtigo
05-02-2019	Front Page	Peshtigo Wastewater May Contain PFOS/PFOA, Drinking Water Is Safe
05-02-2019	Front Page	Marinette County Has First Traffic Fatality
05-02-2019	Front Page	Sex Offender To Live In Marinette
04-25-2019	Front Page	Accident at Intersection of Highway 41 and Kasal Lane
04-25-2019	Front Page	Programs Are Keeping Inmate Numbers Down in County Jail
04-25-2019	Front Page	City Of Peshtigo Will Have New Daycare
04-25-2019	Front Page	To Hold Crivitz/Stephenson Zoning Meetings Every Fourth Thursday
04-25-2019	Front Page	Silver Cliff Town Chair Invites Public To Board Workshop
04-25-2019	Front Page	Snowmobile/ATV Clubs Are Happy With Recreation Officer
04-18-2019	Front Page
04-18-2019	Front Page	Town Of Middle Inlet Has New Town Clerk/Treasurer
04-18-2019	Front Page	Peshtigo Council Denies Sewer Rate Reduction For BPM, Inc.
04-18-2019	Front Page	County Board Supports Anti-Marijuana Resolution
04-18-2019	Front Page	Name Bantes "Honorary Bulldog" For Her Crossing Guard Heroism
04-18-2019	Front Page	Herman Pottratz Takes Over As Town of Peshtigo Chairman
04-11-2019	Front Page	Two Graduate From Drug Court April 1
04-11-2019	Front Page	City Postpones BPM Rate Request To April 16 Meeting
04-11-2019	Front Page	County May Consider Marijuana Referendum
04-11-2019	Front Page	Marinette Council Okays Walmart Liquor Change
04-11-2019	Front Page	Coleman School Renovation Bids Approved, Work Starts
04-04-2019	Front Page	Great Lakes Custom Tool To Celebrate 40th Anniversary
04-04-2019	Front Page	Village of Pound Now Near Legal Debt Limit
04-04-2019	Front Page	Election Brings Major Upsets And Surprises In Local Offices
04-04-2019	Front Page	Many Questions, Few Answers At Tyco Open House Meeting
04-04-2019	Front Page	Advocate Aurora Health Takes Over Ownership of Bay Area Medical Center
03-28-2019	Front Page	$3,300 Raised in Puncer Open
03-28-2019	Front Page	Vote Tuesday, April 2 For State Supreme Court, Local Offices
03-28-2019	Front Page	City Debates Use Of $550,000 RLF Fund
03-28-2019	Front Page	Peshtigo To Expand Recreation Activities, Hero Banner Program
03-28-2019	Front Page	Expect Coleman Board To Okay School Renovation Work Bids
03-21-2019	Front Page	Magdalene Tisch
03-21-2019	Front Page	Suspect Jailed For 1976 McClintock Park Murders
03-21-2019	Front Page	Body Found In Menominee River Identified, Arrest Made
03-21-2019	Front Page	Town Of Peshtigo Hires Consultant
03-21-2019	Front Page	Goldschmidt, Meyhoff Are Not Candidates For Wagner Board
03-21-2019	Front Page	County Board Expected To OK Laura Frea For Dist. 14
03-15-2019	Front Page	Wagner Has Two New Write In Candidates
03-15-2019	Front Page	Peshtigo School District Hires Howick Associates
03-15-2019	Front Page	Middle Inlet May Sell Pines Road Fire Station
03-15-2019	Front Page	Sump Pumps Must Not Drain Into Sanitary Sewers
03-07-2019	Front Page	Peshtigo City Council Puts Plans For Fish Viewing Platform Back On Track
03-07-2019	Front Page	Tyco Hosting Open House On Groundwater Issues
03-07-2019	Front Page	Marinette Public Works Rejects Street Bids
03-07-2019	Front Page	Pound Seeks Volunteers For Parade Committee
03-07-2019	Front Page	Coleman Welcomes New Businesses
02-28-2019	Front Page	Dama Is New Owner Of Rouse Heating & Cooling In Coleman
02-28-2019	Front Page	County Board Votes To Keep Tourism Alliance
02-28-2019	Front Page	Water Sewer Committee Denies Water Reduction For Apartment
02-28-2019	Front Page	Former Suring Teacher To Be Sentenced March 22
02-28-2019	Front Page	Radtke Reminds Residents To Keep Fire Hydrants Clear
02-21-2019	Front Page	Fire Cleanup
02-21-2019	Front Page	Coleman School Renovation Set To Start April 1, June 6
02-21-2019	Front Page	Area DNR Wardens Saved Three Snowmobilers Feb. 2
02-21-2019	Front Page	Town Of Peshtigo Okays ATV Purchase For Fire Department
02-21-2019	Front Page	Peshtigo Crossing Guard Injured by Vehicle Friday
02-14-2019	Front Page	Digging Out
02-14-2019	Front Page	County Continues Revamp Of Economic Development
02-14-2019	Front Page	Primary Elections Tuesday, Feb. 19
02-14-2019	Front Page	Village of Pound Considers Employee Benefit Package
02-14-2019	Front Page	Peshtigo Committee Okays $1,516,849 Non-Lapsing Funds
02-07-2019	Front Page	Marinette County Celebrates 200th GED For Jail Inmates
02-07-2019	Front Page	Pound Village Special Meeting On Feb. 11
02-07-2019	Front Page	Peshtigo Okays Purchase Of Bundy Park Property
02-07-2019	Front Page	Plan April 1 Start For Coleman Elementary Renovation Work
02-07-2019	Front Page	Marinette Council Hears Update On Small Business Revolution
01-31-2019	Front Page	Crivitz Lumber Destroyed By Fire
01-31-2019	Front Page	Wausaukee Board Leaves Vacant Trustee Post Open
01-31-2019	Front Page	Gov. Evers Plans $31 Million For Marinette Marine Improvements
01-31-2019	Front Page	Laura Mans Approved As County Finance Director