Superior Telegram

Supporters of University of Wisconsin-Superior custodians and grounds crew members threatened with losing their jobs to outsourcing rally on Saturday in Superior.   State labor leaders will launch the rally at 11 a.m. outside Superior Public Library.  The...

A team representing the Superior High School boys hockey team will play in the Lakeview Summer Classic Varsity Boys Hockey Tournament this weekend at Mars Lakeview Arena in Duluth.

The Superior Police Department has opened registration for its 13th annual Citizens’ Police Academy. The department’s eight-week, nine-session program begins Sept. 17 and offers residents information on many law enforcement topics and hands-on class experience. Police officers,...

a Wascott man was sentenced to nearly a year in jail for fifth offense driving drunk. Russell Joseph Neubauer, 33, pleaded no contest in Douglas County Circuit Court last week to a fifth offense of operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration. He was sentenced...

A Duluth man accused of selling bath salts will spend 130 days in jail. Matthew Lee Olson, 33, pleaded guilty in Douglas County Circuit Court on July 10 to felony charges of possession with intent to deliver bath salts and possession of a controlled substance. Olson was sentenced...

A Superior man accused of possessing child pornography made an initial appearance in Douglas County Circuit Court last week.  Gerald William Marello, 69, faces felony possession of child pornography. The class D felony carries a maximum penalty up to 25 years in prison and...

Superior’s City Council set the stage to determine fair and equitable wages for the city’s rank-and-file staff.  During a special meeting Tuesday, the Council approved a list of communities through which Carlson-Dettman will determine how Superior’s wages align with...

Superior Telegram A Duluth man accused of stealing more than $5,000 worth of electronics from the Superior Wal-Mart store waived a preliminary hearing Wednesday in Douglas County Circuit Court. Jermaine Renee Lee Shivers, 21, faces three counts felony retail theft, one as a party...

A North End business owner is planning to work with neighboring homeowners to make his operation less of a nuisance. Fred Paine of D and N Construction at Catlin Avenue and Winter Street admitted sticking his head in the sand initially when residents raised concerns, but vowed...

A proposed hotel project moved forward Monday with the creation of a tax increment district on Superior’s waterfront.  But residents affected by and opposed to the project scored a small victory. While the project area included a number of area residential properties, those...

Superior Telegram A Superior man will spend 4½ years in prison for driving drunk an eighth and ninth time. Scott Francis Rudd, 48, pleaded no contest in Douglas County Circuit Court in May to felony counts of eighth and ninth offense operating while intoxicated. He was sentenced...

Piglets were falling out of a truck and onto Interstate 29 for several miles near here Wednesday until the driver eventually noticed, the North Dakota Highway Patrol said.

A Lake Nebagamon teen died Wednesday afternoon from injuries sustained in a car crash in the Town of Oakland.

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level in nearly 8-1/2 years last week, suggesting the labor market recovery was gaining traction.