Superior Telegram (Superior, WI) articles from August 2011

Superior Telegram (Superior, WI) archives from August 2011

PREVIEW: Spartans girls hope wait is over for date with state.
August 31, 2011... Byline: Emily Kram Aug. 31--The Superior High School girls cross country team has waited long enough. With four of their top five runners returning and a strong class of freshmen ready to contribute, the Spartan runners might never find a...

Spartans improve to 2-0 with 28-21 win over Greyhounds.
August 26, 2011... Byline: Ken Olson Aug. 26--DULUTH -- The Superior High School football team improved to 2-0 on the season with a 28-21 victory over the Duluth East Greyhounds Friday night at Public Schools Stadium. An offensive shootout in the first half...

UPDATED: Tigers lose game and two players to injuries.
August 26, 2011... Byline: Emily Kram Aug. 26--MAPLE -- Before Friday night, the Northwestern High School football team hadn't lost a regular season game since 2008. The Medford Raiders snapped that streak Friday by handing Northwestern a 25-7 loss. "I...

Spartans renew football rivalry with East Greyhounds.
August 26, 2011... Byline: Ken Olson Aug. 26--One week after snapping an 11-game losing streak, the Superior High School football team is now looking to extend a couple of streaks into the positive. Not only are the Spartans looking to win their second...

PREVIEW: SHS volleyball team hoping for LSC title.
August 26, 2011... Byline: Emily Kram Aug. 26--The Spartan volleyball team is, quite literally, hoping for a banner year. It's a niggling loose end for the three seniors on the team. Every practice they notice the bare space on the Superior High School...

PREVIEW: Tiger volleyball team opens season at home.
August 26, 2011... Byline: Emily Kram Aug. 26--Volleyball practice began just last week, but some local teams have already taken to the court for their first games of the season. The Tigers hosted a pair of teams Thursday for a series of matches at...

Spartan soccer team blanked in home opener.
August 26, 2011... Byline: Ken Olson Aug. 26--The Ashland Oredockers spoiled the Superior High School boys soccer team's home opener with a 5-0 victory Thursday evening at the SHS soccer fields. Superior seemed to control the first couple of minutes and...

Special finds in Shabby Shed.
August 26, 2011... Byline: Maria Lockwood Aug. 26--Marion Cronin stopped by the Shabby Shed to see what treasures it might hold. A week later, the Superior woman was back with items of her own to sell. "Isn't it a unique place?" she asked as she unloaded a...

London trip brings home reality for ol' Mom.
August 26, 2011... Byline: Maria Lockwood Aug. 26--I may be a world traveler, but I am not a world-class traveler. My son and I learned that this summer when we took a trip to London together. On a bumpy trip filled with unique setbacks, we finally just...

Bikers make van deal.
August 25, 2011... Byline: Maria Lockwood Aug. 25--They might be motorcycle enthusiasts, but members of the PIGs civic group were more than happy to purchase a van last week. The new 12-person van will be used by the Douglas County Veterans Service Office to...

Superior man faces sex assault charges.
August 24, 2011... Aug. 24--A Superior man accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in his car made an initial appearance in Douglas County Circuit Court last week. Jayce LeMar Mayberry, 28, faces two felony counts of sexual assault of a child under...

Duluth man gets jail time for dog's death.
August 23, 2011... Aug. 23--A Duluth man will spend two years on probation and 90 days in jail for kicking a dog and injuring it so severely, it later died. Travis Odell Stevens, 27, pleaded guilty to one count felony mistreatment of animals-cause death...

PREVIEW: Trettin takes over team with plenty of experience.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Emily Kram Aug. 19--They're not the young guys anymore. That's the message the Northwood-Solon Springs Evergreens want to send this football season. Phil Larson, Josh Malone and Mike Myers, senior captains for the Evergreens,...

PREVIEW: Rebuilding Tigers are tougher than ever.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Emily Kram Aug. 19--The Northwestern High School football team has a workmanlike approach this season. The players have toiled away in the weight room all summer and came to preseason practice with a ready attitude. "This is a blue...

PREVIEW: Nowhere to go but up for the Spartans.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Ken Olson Aug. 19--The Superior High School football team has been hard at work the past three weeks preparing for the upcoming season, which begins at 7 p.m. today at Merrill. One of the biggest things the Spartan players and...

PREVIEW: Gotelaere, Tracy team up to lead Superior girls golf team.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Emily Kram Aug. 19--When Alison Gotelaere and Anne Tracy started their golf careers at Superior High School, they were just freshmen hoping to contribute as the fourth and fifth golfers on the varsity team. Now, Tracy and...

Dog gone.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Maria Lockwood Aug. 19--Cory Knutson lost his partner this spring. The two were paired eight years ago -- a Douglas County Sheriff's Department deputy and a young pup eager to learn. In April, Knutson's K-9 partner, Fero, retired from...

'Strength in numbers'.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Maria Lockwood Aug. 19--Superior police don't want neighbors to feel nervous in their own backyard. So they are targeting the city's Midtown area to combat a growing problem. Community Policing Officer Bonnie Johnson said there...

Johnson: Economy, less government solution to deficit.
August 19, 2011... Byline: Shelley Nelson Aug. 19--Washington D.C. doesn't have an ideology problem; it has a math problem. That's according to Sen. Ron Johnson, the Oshkosh Republican who defeated former Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold in November. ...

Conference helps small business.(Conference news)
August 18, 2011... Byline: Shelley Nelson Aug. 18--About 80 business owners and nonprofit leaders from around the region Thursday participated in a small business conference hosted by Congressman Sean Duffy, R-Ashland. The one-day business conference at the...

PREVIEW: Bush back in charge of SHS soccer team.
August 17, 2011... Byline: Ken Olson Aug. 17--A new, but familiar face, will be back coaching the Superior High School boys soccer team again this fall. With coach Aaron Ashley taking a leave of absence from his teaching job at SHS, Tom Bush will once again...

PREVIEW: SHS tennis: home-court disadvantage.
August 17, 2011... Byline: Emily Kram Aug. 17--The Superior High School girls tennis team has faced its share of mind games from opponents in recent years, ranging from confident smirks to bizarre team chants about skunks. This year, the Spartan girls plan...

PREVIEW: High Returns from 10-year break to coach Northwestern golf team.
August 17, 2011... Byline: Emily Kram Aug. 17--After nearly a decade away from coaching, Steve High finds himself back on the links this year to lead the Northwestern High School girls golf team. "He started the program, and he (coached) for like 11 years,"...

BRIEF: Bennett teen pleads not guilty to sex assault charges.
August 17, 2011... Aug. 17--A Bennett teen accused of sexually assaulting two females in a Lake Nebagamon campground in June pleaded not guilty to felony charges of third-degree sexual assault and second-degree assault Friday in Douglas County Circuit Court. ...

Rural Superior man faces charges after going 'crazy'.
August 17, 2011... Aug. 17--A rural Superior man accused of threatening to harm his neighbors, chasing his brother with a machete and having possession of a sawed-off shotgun pleaded not guilty to four felony charges Friday in Douglas County Circuit Court. ...

Calumet, community come together.
August 17, 2011... Byline: Shelley Nelson Aug. 17--The Community Advisory Panel that has kept the lines of communication open between Murphy Oil and the community since 2000 got a chance to meet the soon-to-be owners of the Superior refinery. Officials from...

Mini-golf tournament raises the roof.
August 16, 2011... Byline: Maria Lockwood Aug. 16--Two of Superior's hidden gems are teaming up to provide a family-friendly outing Monday night. Everyone is invited to stop by Captain J's Mini Golf on Barker's Island from 5-8 p.m. to shoot 18 holes of golf...

Solon Springs man gets probation for sex crime.
August 16, 2011... Aug. 16--A Solon Springs man who sexually assaulted a teen during a gaming party sleepover in Solon Springs will spend two years on probation and 120 days in jail. Dustin Lyle Botten, 24, pleaded guilty in Douglas County Circuit Court on...

Lakers advance to state tournament.
August 13, 2011... Byline: Ken Olson Aug. 13--HAYWARD -- Taylor Olson's walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Superior Lakers a 6-5 win over the Hayward Hawks and a berth in this weekend's Wisconsin Baseball Association State Tournament...

On the hunt for treasure.
August 12, 2011... Byline: Maria Lockwood Aug. 12--A violin from Czechoslovakia, a Star Wars board game with all the pieces intact and an 1894 rifle were among the items that were considered for sale at the Treasure Hunters Roadshow event at the Holiday Inn...

New tool helps evaluate concussions.
August 10, 2011... Byline: Maria Lockwood Aug. 10--Local high schools have a new tool to help evaluate concussions sustained by student athletes. Essentia Health is in the process of rolling out the ImPACT concussion testing program at 10 area schools,...

County sets stage for post-contract environment.
August 10, 2011... Byline: Shelley Nelson Aug. 10--Douglas County supervisors and employees are working side-by-side to develop new policies in the wake of Wisconsin Act 10. The 2011 law adopted to fix the state budget, stripped most public workers of most...

Rumors put bite on thriving businesses.
August 10, 2011... Byline: Maria Lockwood Aug. 10--Rumors are running rampant in Douglas County. A real-life version of the old telephone game has painted closed signs on a number of establishments that are, in fact, open for business. Have you heard about...

Sewer rates go another round.
August 9, 2011... Byline: Shelley Nelson Aug. 09--Less than a year after former Mayor Dave Ross withdrew a request for a pricy rate increase for city sanitary sewers, the issue is back. The finance committee begins discussing the possible rate increase...

State budget cuts force high school to introduce new fees.
August 5, 2011... Byline: Emily Kram Aug. 05--It's a brave new world for Northwestern High School this sports season. For the first time in school history, the high school plans to charge a co-curricular fee to students participating in athletics. The...

Railroad worker charged with stealing from the company.
August 5, 2011... Aug. 05--A railroad employee accused of using a company credit card and account to purchase fuel for a personal vehicle and goods from a local building materials store made an initial appearance in Douglas County Circuit Court last week. ...

Superior, Wis., church finds two fake money orders in offering plate.
August 5, 2011... Byline: Maria Lockwood Aug. 05--The last place parishioners of Faith United Methodist Church expected to find bogus money was in the offering plate. But during a July 24 worship service in Billings Park, someone dropped not one but two fake...

Citizen panel gives Knox box rules.
August 5, 2011... Byline: Shelley Nelson Aug. 05--Superior may not have an ordinance requiring key boxes -- commonly referred to as Knox boxes -- installed on buildings anymore. That doesn't mean the city's fire chief can't order them installed on any...

BRIEF: Sail into pirate adventure.
August 5, 2011... Aug. 05--Join the search for buried treasure with Long John Silver, Jim Hawkins and the rest of the cast of "Treasure Island" during Superior Community Theater's summer dinner theater Aug. 11-14 and Aug. 18-21 at Marlee's Caribbean Restaurant,...

Salvation Army gets new digs.
August 3, 2011... Byline: Maria Lockwood Aug. 03--Superior's Salvation Army Thrift Store has found a new home five blocks from its current site. The store will move to the former Daugherty Appliances building, 1705 Belknap St., this month. "We're excited,"...

Superior man charged with possessing child porn.
August 3, 2011... Aug. 03--A Superior man was charged Friday with three counts of felony possession of child pornography. Timothy Daniel Urbanski was arrested early Wednesday morning after the Superior Police Department received information that a cell phone...

Missing woman charged with theft.
August 3, 2011... Aug. 03--A Superior woman whose disappearance from the Manning Motel sparked a police search last week has been charged with misdemeanor theft. Jacqueline Marie Schafter, 22, made an initial appearance in Douglas County Circuit Court on...

BRIEF: City's bond rating improves.
August 3, 2011... Aug. 03--The city of Superior's bond rating rose again this year, according to Standard & Poor's. The city's rating rose to AA following a review of the city's financial management practices. After a two-step rating increase in 2008, the...

Plan targets city improvement.
August 3, 2011... Byline: Shelley Nelson Aug. 03--Superior has a plan for investing in its assets -- from its parks and museums to city streets and entrances. Those plans include more than doubling efforts where city street improvements are concerned. ...

Nature upstages with electric performance.
August 3, 2011... Byline: Maria Lockwood Aug. 03--Mother Nature upstaged the Whitesidewalls concert Saturday in Lucius Woods Park. A sudden lightning storm sent music lovers packing out of the park about 15 minutes early, according to Pat Pluntz, executive...

County offcials ask for caution as waters continue to rise.
August 2, 2011... Byline: Shelley Nelson Aug. 02--For the second time in less than a month, Chairman Doug Finn has declared a state of emergency in Douglas County. It's a declaration he never made before in his 30 years in county government. The first,...

BRIEF: Superior house fire causes an estimated $50,000 damage.
August 1, 2011... Aug. 01--Careless smoking was the cause of a Sunday evening house fire that caused an estimated $50,000 to the residence at 1813 N. 26th St. The two-story home is divided into two units, with the upstairs being vacant. The downstairs...