Report sets direction for solving shelter woes
Humane Society of the United States report gives city of Superior direction in resolving its animal shelter issues
Department honors officers for deeds
Superior Police Chief Floyd Peters handed out numerous awards Friday. The selection committee who chose this year's honorees is made up of officers of all ranks in the department. The awards are as follows:
Duffy garners spotlight in 7th District challenge
The Washington Independent says Ashland County District Attorney Sean Duffy is among the 10 conservatives to watch in 2010, ranking him with the likes of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty.
Team steps up to help coach
Coach Kevin Jones doesn’t need to be on the bench to influence his players. When the Superior Bantam B boys hockey team takes the ice, they are thinking of him. Jones is serving in Afghanistan.
Spartan hockey team gets No. 1 seed
SHS girls seeded No. 8
Shippar retires, Hodnick steps up at ALLETE
ALLETE Inc. announced today that Don Shippar, chairman and chief executive officer, plans to retire the at the end of April after 33 years with the company.
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Residents in northern Wisconsin will have a chance to weight in on the Clean Energy Jobs Act this weekend.
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Wisconsin vaccination rates for measles, mumps and rubella are higher than the national average, despite long-standing worries over whether such shots were safe.
State officials head to Washington for Asian Carp talks
Gov. Jim Doyle and DNR Secretary Matt Frank travel to the White House today to hear the latest federal plan for keeping Asian Carp out of the Great Lakes.
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MADISON – Assembly Democrats would limit payday loans to $600 and bar borrowers from taking out more than one loan at a time, under a preliminary version of a bill a committee will consider Wednesday.
RELATED CONTENTAssembly speaker lives outside district he represents
JANESVILLE – Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan is not living in the district he represents but plans to return as soon as possible, a spokeswoman said Friday.
RELATED CONTENTSurvey: Newspapers still important to state residents
Nearly 62 percent of adults in Wisconsin have read a newspaper in the last day and nearly 83 percent have read one in the previous week, according to an industry study.
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Judges appoint Lovejoy to court
Douglas County’s judges announced this week that they have selected Rebecca Lovejoy to serve as the county’s next court commissioner. She will assume the duties of the full-time position March 2.
Name change a tribute to former Superior police officer, mentor
A former Superior police officer has a new 34- year-old son and brand new grandson. They have taken the name of Bergson as a way to say thanks for keeping them on the straight and narrow.
RELATED CONTENTLocal journalists to buy Duluth-based BusinessNorth
Don’t expect much to change with BusinessNorth, a monthly Northland business newspaper, after ownership changes hands April 1.
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FDA inspections finds rodent excreta on, in and around food packages
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University of Wisconsin-Superior International Student Advisor Kim Habig recommends the position highly.
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