Dispatches from Douglas County: Snowshoe races, a new tourism campaign, honoring national champs and more

Shards stacked in foreground with soft light in background. — Ice shards line the foreground as light from the setting sun cast a soft paint-like look to Lake Superior along Wisconsin Point in Superior on Wednesday, Feb. 8.

By Jen Zettel-Vandenhouten

February 17, 2023 at 8:00 AM

SUPERIOR — If you're in need of a relaxing moment or two, check out these photos Jed Carlson took at Wisconsin Point recently. Dang, they are pretty!

This reminds me that we frequently have readers contact us wondering if they can purchase photos. You absolutely can! Send an email to permissions@duluthnews.com with more information on the photo you'd like to buy -- the date the photo appeared online or in print, the subject of the photo, a screenshot if you have one. Someone will get back to you with more details.

Now, onto this week's headlines:

Ready to race

021723.N.ST.Snowshoe smile.JPG — Members of the Oakland Volunteer Fire Department Stacy Fornengo, front, and Stan Dzikonski snowshoe onto a field near the Oakland Town Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 14. The fire department and town of Oakland Community Group are bringing back the town's annual snowshoe races on Feb. 26.

The Oakland Snowshoe Races return Feb. 26. Reporter Maria Lockwood has the details.

'Gotta be Superior'

Swim Creative launched a new advertising campaign this week to market Superior to tourists.

2002 champs honored

DNT UWS vs. UWSP 02.11.2023 (2).jpg — Wisconsin-Superior's 2002 national championship men’s hockey team stands for a photo during the first intermission of the Yellowjackets' game vs. Wisconsin-Stevens Point at Wessman Arena in Superior on Saturday, Feb. 11.

During the Saturday, Feb. 11, UWS men's hockey game against UWSP, the university honored its 2002 national championship team (pictured above).

More stories to check out:

The prep sports postseason is rolling - catch up on all the latest action at superiortelegram.com/sports/prep .
Local legislators recognized retired Douglas County Sheriff Tom Dalbec with a Wisconsin Senate citation.
The Ashland County District Attorney announced late last week that there will be no charges filed against former state Sen. Janet Bewley .
Robert Lee Bennett III, 41, of Superior, was sentenced to life in prison last week in the 2020 fatal stabbing death of his mother, Cindy Bennett.

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