Superior Telegram (Superior, WI) articles from January 2009

Superior Telegram (Superior, WI) archives from January 2009

Obituaries.
January 29, 2009... Jan. 29--The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis., Obituaries Laurel Anne "Lollie" Martin, 85, of Superior, died Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009, at the Stardusk House in Superior. Laurel was born in Superior on Dec. 2, 1923, the daughter of Anna...

Members give and grow with the Jaycees.
January 28, 2009... Byline: Maria Lockwood Jan. 28--They gather every month beside the tracks in the tiny, brick builiding in Superior's East End that formerly housed the senior center. Families spill out of cars and while the children play with a sitter...

Obituaries.(Obituary)
January 27, 2009... Jan. 27--The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis., Obituaries Edith V. Jackson, age 91, of River Falls, died on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009, at the Lutheran Home in River Falls after a long battle with Parkinsons. Edith was born the daughter of August...

Heavy Metal Hockey wins Pond Hockey title.
January 26, 2009... Byline: Ken Olson Jan. 26--Heavy Metal Hockey went a perfect 8-0 to win the 5th annual Great Lakes Classic Pond Hockey Championships this weekend at Barker's Island. HMH, which is located in Duluth, defeated Superior's Need a Fifth, 25-19,...

Obituaries.
January 26, 2009... Jan. 26--The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis., Obituaries Ronald "Ronnie" George Sabol 1947 -- 2008 Ronald G. Sabol, age 61, of Superior, passed away recently at his winter residence in Hernando, Fla. He was born Feb. 13, 1947, in...

Falcons double up Yellowjackets.
January 24, 2009... Byline: Ken Olson Jan. 24--Chelsey Calder's first two goals of the season helped UW-River Falls defeat the University of Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets 4-2 Saturday afternoon at Wessman Arena. With the win, the Falcons temporarily move...

BRIEF: Northland College goalie makes 95 saves.
January 24, 2009... Byline: Ken Olson Jan. 24--It's a pretty sure bet that Northland College's Daniel McIntosh slept well Friday night. Afterall, all the Lumberjack goaltender did was record a NCAA Division III-record 95 saves Friday night in a 4-0 loss to...

UWS-UWRF women skate to 2-2 tie.
January 23, 2009... Byline: Ken Olson Jan. 23--The University of Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets and UW-River Falls Falcons skated to a 2-2 overtime tie in NCHA women's hockey action Friday afternoon at Wessman Arena. The tie gives the Yellowjackets a 9-5-2...

Winterfest raises money for Gordon playgrounds.
January 22, 2009... Byline: Maria Lockwood Jan. 22--By Maria Lockwood mlockwood@ superiortelegram.com For a single night, the town of Gordon offers visitors both Booya Soup and The Twerps. They are part of the town's Winterfest celebration Jan. 31 to raise...

Small campus big on research.
January 22, 2009... Byline: Shelley Nelson Jan. 22--Few consider the smallest of the UW System campuses a research university. Yet, when it comes to research, the University of Wisconsin-Superior is making its mark. In 2007-08, the federal government...

Letter warns city to cut jobs.
January 22, 2009... Byline: Shelley Nelson Jan. 22--The city of Superior is bracing for the fallout of a $5.4 billion state budget shortfall. While the governor and legislature haven't begun to address the state's largest deficit, city officials are...

Students learn dangers of drugs.
January 22, 2009... Byline: Maria Lockwood Jan. 22--Northwestern Middle School students shot, jumped, spun and tossed in the gymnasium Wednesday. Along the way, they learned about the dangers of drugs, alcohol and tobacco. "We have a war going on in our...

Be Smart, Don't Start.
January 22, 2009... Byline: Maria Lockwood Jan. 22--Amber Gurske was looking for obscure facts on tobacco when she unearthed the picture. A discolored, hairy tongue -- caused by tobacco use -- took up the entire frame. "I didn't know that happened to...

Obituaries.(Obituary)
January 22, 2009... Jan. 22--The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis., Obituaries L. Weldon Payne, 97, of Rice Lake, Wis., passed away Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, at his home. Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25 at Appleyard's Home for Funerals, Rice Lake, and...

Obituaries.(Obituary)
January 21, 2009... Jan. 21--The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis., Obituaries Lyle Roger Nelson, 84, of Hayward, Wis., passed away Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009, at the Tremblay's residence in Hayward. A celebration of Lyle's life to be announced in the spring....

Wisconsin high school working to prevent future knee injuries.
January 21, 2009... Byline: Emily Kram Jan. 21--At Superior High School, anterior cruciate ligament injuries and knee injuries as a whole have been unusually scarce in girls basketball. Before Britnee Blake tore her ACL this season, the Spartan girls basketball...

'Jacket men team hosting 'Black and Gold Weekend'.
January 21, 2009... Byline: Ken Olson Jan. 21--EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is an installment of "The Yellowjacket Buzz," a weekly column on University of Wisconsin-Superior athletics which runs Wednesday's in The Superior Telegram. Men's hockey The...

Obituaries.(Obituary)
January 20, 2009... Jan. 20--The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis., Obituaries Marsha M. Smith, 56, longtime East End, Superior resident, died Friday, Jan. 16, 2009, in her home after a long courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born on March 26, 1952,...

Speech draws big crowds.
January 20, 2009... Byline: By Shelley Nelson and Maria Lockwood Jan. 20--The backdrop wasn't the nation's Capitol. No one had a seat on the West Front of the White House or a place on the mall, but that didn't stop a group of Douglas County Democrats from...

Council adopts labor resolution, recycling law.
January 20, 2009... Byline: Shelley Nelson Jan. 20--Superior's City Council adopted a new city recycling law and a resolution that could give local labor a priority on public building projects. Tuesday night, the council adopted a resolution that would...

Obituaries.(Obituary)
January 19, 2009... Jan. 19--The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis., Obituaries Victor Freeman Springer, 95, of Rice Lake died Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009, at Heritage Manor in Rice Lake. Arrangements by Appleyard's Home for Funerals, Rice Lake. Delores E. Bee, 80, died...

Council considers labor resolution, recycling law.
January 19, 2009... Byline: Shelley Nelson Jan. 19--Superior's City Council considers a resolution that could give local labor a priority in public projects. Tuesday night, the council considers adopting a resolution that would encourage the use of project...

Javenkoskis plead guilty in Windchill case.
January 16, 2009... Byline: Maria Lockwood Jan. 16--Two court cases linked to the poor treatment of a nine-month-old colt nicknamed Windchill on a South Range farm last winter will not go to trial next week. Pamela Kaye Javenkoski, 48, and Shane E....

Wisconsin and Minnesota DNR work together to restore lake sturgeon.
January 16, 2009... Byline: Emily Kram Jan. 16--The Minnesota and Wisconsin Departments of Natural Resources are working together to ensure the successful reintroduction of lake sturgeon to the St. Louis River in Minnesota. "This project is something the DNR...

Obituaries.(Obituary)
January 16, 2009... Jan. 16--The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis., Obituaries Alice Wilcox, 85, of the township of Chicog, Wis., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, at her home surrounded by her family. Alice was born Feb. 13, 1923, in Chitamo, Wis. to the late...

Yellowjackets and Saints square off Saturday.
January 16, 2009... Byline: Ken Olson Jan. 16--It'll be No. 2 vs. No. 4 with No. 1 on the line when the University of Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets and St. Scholastica Saints do battle in a men's hockey game Saturday night at Mars Lakeview Arena. The...

The long road back.
January 16, 2009... Byline: Emily Kram Jan. 16--Pain was just another part of the game for Laura Amys while playing basketball at Superior High School. Her knee popped out of place for the first time when she was in ninth grade. As a junior, she tore the...

Javenkoskis plead no contest in Windchill case.
January 16, 2009... Byline: Maria Lockwood Jan. 16--Two court cases linked to the poor treatment of a nine-month-old colt nicknamed Windchill on a South Range farm last winter will not go to trial next week. Pamela Kaye Javenkoski, 48, and Shane E....

Obituaries.(Obituary)
January 15, 2009... Jan. 15--The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis., Obituaries Audrey Mae Hoff, 74, of Rice Lake died Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009 at home. Visitation begins 1 until the 2 p.m. celebration of Audrey's life Jan. 18 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Rice Lake,...

Don't throw out those old TVs.
January 15, 2009... Byline: Maria Lockwood Jan. 15--The big switch to digital television won't force consumers to buy converter boxes. Options are available. If you have cable of satellite TV, no converter box is needed. The company will translate digital...

SHS student will witness history at inauguration.
January 15, 2009... Byline: Emily Kram Jan. 15--In years to come, people will remember where they were when Barack Obama was officially sworn in as president. When Superior High School student Tim Mahan is asked where he was, he'll have the best answer of all:...

Sex offender faces new charges.
January 15, 2009... Byline: Maria Lockwood Jan. 15--A convicted sex offender accused of inviting a 16-year-old co-worker after hours to the restaurant where they worked and presenting her with a sex toy was bound over for arraignment Wednesday in Douglas County...

County rec plan garners approval.
January 15, 2009... Byline: Shelley Nelson Jan. 15--Douglas County is rich in forests, lakes, rivers, trails and natural areas, making it ripe for recreation. A new plan adopted by the Douglas County Board on Thursday night aims to improve on the county's...

Man faces felony charges for injuring teen in rollover.
January 14, 2009... Byline: Maria Lockwood Jan. 14--A South Range man is facing felony charges following a one-vehicle rollover early Saturday morning that left a 19-year-old hospitalized. John Wayne Shykes, 23, made his initial appearance in Douglas County...

Obituaries.
January 14, 2009... Jan. 14--The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis., Obituaries Sylvia E. Treviranus, 84, lifelong Superior resident, died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009, in St. Luke's Hospice, Duluth. She was born on Nov. 16, 1924, in Duluth, to Charles and Augusta Hill....

Spartan girls fall to Hawks.
January 14, 2009... Byline: Emily Kram Jan. 14--The Superior High School girls basketball team battled Lake Superior Conference for Hermantown Tuesday night in Superior with the Hawks coming out on top 52-30. Superior held a 3-2 lead early in the first half,...

Knee injuries in women's sports.
January 14, 2009... Byline: Emily Kram Jan. 14--Less than a week before the start of the basketball season, Superior High School senior Britnee Blake was looking forward to her final year as a Spartan. Expected to be a leader on the team, Blake felt fine when...

Refreshed Spartans gear up for Cloquet.
January 14, 2009... Byline: Ken Olson Jan. 14--The Superior High School boys hockey team is in the middle of a well-deserved break after recently playing seven games in less than two weeks. The game-spree started with a third-place finish in the Duluth...

Obituaries.
January 13, 2009... Jan. 13--The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis., Obituaries Ronald J. "Guy" Gruebele, 60, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009, at St. Mary's Medical Center, Duluth. He was born on Aug. 7, 1948, in Superior to Edward and Martha (Leaf) Gruebele....

Budget woes delay NorthernBridges start.
January 13, 2009... Byline: Shelley Nelson Jan. 13--NorthernBridges is nearly ready to roll out Family Care services in Douglas County, but the state's budget woes are going to delay the startup for a couple months. The Wisconsin Department of Health...

Stevens to take over as superintendent.
January 13, 2009... Byline: Emily Kram Jan. 13--At Monday's meeting, the Superior school board voted to enter into a contract with Janna Stevens as superintendent effective July 1. The board also accepted current superintendent Jay Mitchell's retirement, to take...

NWH students ready to move into addition.
January 13, 2009... Byline: Maria Lockwood Jan. 13--Students at Northwestern High School are poised to move into a new addition this month and district voters head to the polls next month to thin the number of candidates running for two seats on the Maple School...

Getting ready for DTV.
January 13, 2009... Byline: Maria Lockwood Jan. 13--The FCC is peppering the Northland this week with presentations and sound bites on the switch to digital TV. About five residents braved the arctic temperatures Tuesday to meet with Michael Deemer-White, a...

Obituaries.(Obituary)
January 12, 2009... Jan. 12--The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis., Obituaries Longtime business and community leader William M. Downs, Jr., 76, 622 N. 22nd St., Superior, died Sunday surrounded by family and loved ones, following a lengthy battle with cancer. A...

Superior defeats Hudson.
January 10, 2009... Byline: Ken Olson Jan. 10--The Superior High School boys hockey team defeated the Hudson Raiders 3-1 Saturday afternoon at Wessman Arena. Dan Kolenda scored for the Spartans when he poked home the rebound after Hudson goalie Garrett...

Obituaries.(Obituary)
January 10, 2009... Jan. 10--The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis., Obituaries Roger Boyd Carlson, 78, of Rice Lake died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, at Heritage Manor Nursing Home. Visitation is 3-6 p.m. Jan. 11 at Jarocki Funeral Home, Rice Lake, and 10 until the 11 a.m....

Three face charges in hotel robbery.
January 9, 2009... Byline: Maria Lockwood Jan. 9--Two Superior women and one Duluth man accused of robbing four Canadian men at gunpoint in a Superior hotel won't appear for a preliminary hearing until February, having waived their time limits in Douglas County...

Obituaries.(Obituary)
January 9, 2009... Jan. 9--The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis., Obituaries Jack Tills, 64, of St. Petersburg, Fla., formerly of Superior, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, at home. He is survived by the Tills and Grimstad families from Superior. He was...

Judge considers motions before doctor's trial.
January 9, 2009... Byline: Maria Lockwood Jan. 9--Three motions were aired in Douglas County Court Friday in the case of a Duluth doctor accused of sexually assaulting a patient while touring her parents' boat at Barker's Island Marina. Javier Enrique De La...

Obituaries.(Obituary)
January 8, 2009... Jan. 8--The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis., Obituaries Kathleen Fuller, 56, Superior, died Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009, in her residence. She was born Jan. 25, 1952, to Herman and Marion (Gilliver) Harris. She married Leland Fuller on May...

D.A.s, police often clash.
January 8, 2009... Byline: Maria Lockwood Jan. 8--For the first time in eight years, Douglas County has an open judge's race. District Attorney Dan Blank and Assistant District Attorney Kelly Thimm have thrown their hats into the ring for the Circuit Court...

Many incumbents facing challengers in spring election.
January 8, 2009... Byline: Shelley Nelson Jan. 8--This year's spring election has drawn numerous candidates to the forefront. Three incumbent city councilors are facing challenges to hold onto their seats; four candidates have stepped forward to serve the...

Council nixes higher fines for recycling violators.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Shelley Nelson Jan. 7--The Superior City Council last month dangled the carrot designed to encourage recycling as state law requires -- the implementation of larger bins to roll out next summer and the elimination of a sorting...

Towns weigh in on county wind energy law.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Shelley Nelson Jan. 7--Douglas County is not exactly a hotbed for wind energy generation. Still, an ordinance that would govern the development of such facilities garnered a lot of attention Tuesday from the towns where such...

Trial date set for two Wind Chill case.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Maria Lockwood Jan. 7--Two cases tied to the alleged mistreatment of a nine-month-old colt known as Wind Chill will go to trial Jan. 20. Pamela K. Javenkoski, 48, faces two misdemeanor counts -- intentionally failing to provide proper...

SHS hockey improves to 8-3 on year.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Ken Olson Jan. 7--PROCTOR -- The Superior High School boys hockey team notched its sixth win in its last seven games with a 5-1 win Tuesday night at Proctor. After completing a stretch of four games in six days this past weekend,...

Obituaries.(Obituary)
January 7, 2009... Jan. 7--The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis., Obituaries Robert A. Miller, 88, of Rice Lake died Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008, at the Lakeview Medical Center in Rice Lake. A receiving of friends and luncheon with family will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 24...

Crime spoiler at the age of 11.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Maria Lockwood Jan. 7--One observant neighbor ended a series of daylight burglaries in Superior's East End this summer. By taking notice of a stranger and the car he was in, Tyler Nystrom made a difference. "Without Tyler's...

School board to vote in Stevens as superintendent.
January 7, 2009... Byline: Emily Kram Jan. 7--On Monday, the Superior school board will vote on the appointment of Janna Stevens as the new Superior school district superintendent for the 2009-2010 school year. The board voted unanimously to move the issue...

Obituaries.
January 6, 2009... Jan. 6--The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis., Obituaries Lucille R. Heidemann, 76, died on Jan. 5, 2009, at St. Francis Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was born April 22, 1932, in Two Rivers, Wis., to Charles and Teckla Stefaniak....

Obituaries.
January 5, 2009... Jan. 5--The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis., Obituaries Leona Savard, 104, of Rice Lake died Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, at the Rice Lake Convalescent Center. Arrangements by Appleyard's Home for Funerals, Rice Lake. Arlene M. McAdams, 88, Rice...

Spartans skate past Huskies.
January 3, 2009... Byline: Ken Olson Jan. 3--The Superior High School boys hockey team put the finishing touches on a busy week with a an 8-2 win over the Eau Claire North Huskies Saturday afternoon at Wessman Arena. The Spartans, playing their fourth game...

Swans make impressive comeback.
January 2, 2009... Byline: Emily Kram Jan. 2--For nearly a century, trumpeter swans were absent from Wisconsin. The majestic white birds were reintroduced to the state in the 1980s and today are thriving. "This is one of those wonderful reintroduction...

Obituaries.(Obituary)
January 2, 2009... Jan. 2--The Daily Telegram, Superior, Wis., Obituaries Viola E. Mahaney, 99, of Rice Lake died Monday, Dec. 29, 2008, at Heritage Manor in Rice Lake. Memorial services begin at 11 a.m. Jan. 3, 2009, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Rice Lake....

Mayor focuses on Superior's advantages.
January 2, 2009... Byline: Shelley Nelson Jan. 2--When the snow fills the streets, it isn't Assistant Public Works Director Jeff Goetzman who climbs in the grader to clear a path. And, when the lawn in Superior's parks needs trimming, you're not likely to...

New look for SPD.
January 2, 2009... Byline: Shelley Nelson Jan. 2--A badge is more than a piece of shiny hardware on a policeman's uniform. It's a symbol of honor, integrity and character. "A badge is extremely important to all of who have ever worn the uniform and taken...