Superior Telegram (Superior, WI) articles from March 2012

Superior Telegram (Superior, WI) archives from March 2012

Superior's Lindstrom Had Opponents Seeing Double
March 30, 2012... Byline: Emily Kram March 30--From the start of her sophomore season, Superior High School basketball player Jessica Lindstrom had a target on her back and a player in her face. Lindstrom, a 6-foot-1 post player who can also knock down...

No More Surprises for SHS Girls Soccer Team
March 30, 2012... Byline: Emily Kram March 30--There will be no stunned silences at the Superior High School soccer fields this year, no looks of disbelief. The Spartan girls know exactly what to expect from themselves, and so too, will opponents. ...

Present and Future Stars Highlight Superior Telegram All-Area Basketball Team
March 30, 2012... Byline: Emily Kram March 30--The Superior High School girls basketball team caught opponents by surprise last season when two freshmen broke onto the scene and helped lead the Spartans to the sectional finals. The Northwood Evergreens...

Foreclosure Leaves Renters Facing Uncertainty
March 30, 2012... Byline: Maria Lockwood March 30--A notice in the paper was the first clue Missy Crocker had that her family's rental home was under foreclosure. In less than a month, a sheriff's sale is scheduled for the house on North 20th Street and 12...

Comedian Shares Tales of Superior
March 30, 2012... March 30--Bob Larson is no fool. But the Duluth native will take on any audience members who dare to challenge him during his interactive comedy show, Hecklefest, coming to Vintage Italian Pizza at 8 p.m. Saturday. "We're really proud to...

Ex-Cop Stays on Payroll
March 30, 2012... Byline: Shelley Nelson March 30--A Superior police captain who relinquished his job will stay on the city's payroll until the end of June. At the end of June, the city will pay out about 484 hours of paid time off earned, according to the...

Alcohol Contributing Factor in January Fatal Crash
March 30, 2012... March 30--Alcohol was the main factor in a fatal car accident that left two people dead Jan 27 in the village of Superior. Toxicology results showed the driver of one of the vehicles, Harry A. Wilson of Superior, had a blood alcohol...

New Scams Target Cell Phones
March 30, 2012... March 30--Cell phones used to be phish free. With the rise of texting, internet access and other technology added into phones, they have become a new frontier for scam artists. The latest scheme involves a fake Verizon bill and a computer...

INDUSTRY: Education Consortium Supports Development Efforts
March 30, 2012... Byline: Shelley Nelson March 30--Creating the workforce employers needs is the goal behind a new consortium of educators working to help regional economic development efforts in northwestern Wisconsin. Northwest Wisconsin Educators for...

INDUSTRY: Change, Attitude Creates 'Exceptional' Company
March 30, 2012... Byline: Shelley Nelson March 30--Lynne Bauer's kitchen was in dire need of remodeling. A difficult layout in a 1938 home, the Superior woman said she knew exactly where to turn --Rob's Cabinetry and Millwork in Superior. After all, she...

Hobby Creates Business
March 30, 2012... Byline: Shelley Nelson March 30--Call it a "hobby gone wild." That's how Noreen Peterson describes the business that started in her garage, moved to the basement and now resides in the former ABC Rail building -- Unique Belongings. ...

Five vie for Superior School Board.
March 28, 2012... Byline: Emily Kram March 28--The Superior School Board will have at least two new members following April 3 elections. Five candidates are running for three open seats on the Superior School Board. Len Albrecht is the only incumbent...

Superior Hall of Fame banquet is Saturday.
March 28, 2012... Byline: Ken Olson March 28--The 2012 Superior Athletic and Academic Hall of Fame is Saturday at Superior Middle School. This year's inductees include two track stars, a state championship football team, Wisconsin's winningest high school...

Texting, driving don't mix.
March 28, 2012... Byline: Maria Lockwood March 28--Texting and driving can kill, even in the virtual world. Jacob Grigsby collected four speeding tickets, then crashed the car he was driving while texting on his cell phone. Later, Timothea Stinnett spent...

Kinney acknowledges mistakes in his past.
March 28, 2012... March 28--County Board candidate Jay Kinney comes with a past. The man once accused of killing a blind pedestrian -- later revealed a tragic accident during which Kinney couldn't see victim, James Mattern, who died two days after the 2002...

Three candidates challenge incumbency as county board shrinks.
March 28, 2012... Byline: Shelley Nelson March 28--As the Douglas County Board reduces its ranks, seven county board members are stepping down. In mid-April, Supervisors Jeff Isaakson, Joel Certa-Werner, Lew Martin, Bean Prettie, Rich Thompson, Don...

Budgets, policies face the next Maple school board.
March 28, 2012... Byline: Maria Lockwood March 28--Incumbents David Paulus of Brule and Kim Pearson of Poplar are facing challenger Joyce Hood-Orlowski of Iron River for two seats on the Maple School Board. Paulus and Pearson are finishing their first terms on...

Farmers Join in Locally-Grown Talent Show
March 23, 2012... Byline: Maria Lockwood March 23--Dancing farmers in Duluth and the promise of fresh greens in Solon Springs are local signs spring has sprung. Area farmers have many talents. Some of them will be on display tonight during the "Farmers Take...

Students Help Alzheimer's Patients
March 23, 2012... Byline: Maria Lockwood March 23--Little pleasures mean a lot in the Alzheimer's care unit at Golden Living Center. A warm cup of coffee, a familiar song, the smell of fresh-baked bread or the sight of flames dancing in a fireplace can bring...

BRIEF: Three Trucks Go through Ice on St. Croix Flowage
March 23, 2012... March 23--Three trucks broke through the ice in the Chicago Bay area of the St. Croix flowage Saturday, but everyone in the vehicles managed to get out safely. The Douglas County Sheriff's Department received a call Saturday morning from a...

Annual Tournament Focuses on Family
March 22, 2012... Byline: Emily Kram March 22--Hundreds of people filed into the gym and crowded the hallways at Superior Middle School on Saturday for the annual Austin Edwards 3-on-3 memorial tournament. Among those stopping by to look in on the basketball...

ALL-AREA TEAM: Upperclassmen Take the Reins
March 22, 2012... Byline: Emily Kram March 22--This year belonged to the upperclassmen. From Solon Springs' senior-dominated team that set a school record for wins in a season, to Northwestern's cohort of juniors and seniors that led the Tigers to the WIAA...

PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Soaring to New Heights
March 22, 2012... Byline: Emily Kram March 22--For each milestone the Solon Springs boys basketball team has reached, there has been a 1,000-point career scorer leading the team. In 2004, Kenny Smith reached the 1,000-point plateau and helped the Eagles to...

Local Residents Pack Deer Hunting Forum
March 22, 2012... Byline: Emily Kram March 22--Hunters of northwestern Wisconsin had a clear message for the Department of Natural Resources Wednesday night in Maple: Deer herd numbers are down. Nearly 70 hunters and concerned residents showed up for the...

Affordable Health Care Worthy of Celebration
March 21, 2012... Byline: Maria Lockwood March 21--With cake and statistics, seniors celebrated the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act in Superior Friday. There are 8,041 Douglas County seniors enrolled in Medicare, said Doug Hill, director of...

Woman Faces Charges for Going after Officer
March 21, 2012... March 21--A Superior woman is facing felony charges in Douglas County Circuit Court for allegedly wiping blood on a Superior Police officer's uniform and trying to punch him. Nicole Jean Mazzoni, 25, faces felony charges of throwing or...

BRIEF: Superior Man Loses Huber Privilege after Straying from Work
March 21, 2012... March 21--One of two men accused of breaking into a Superior home following a double murder-suicide at the residence was sentenced last month in Douglas County Circuit Court Travis Lee Sherman, 23, pleaded no contest to one count of...

Green Bay Man Arrested for 6th Drunk Driving Offense
March 21, 2012... March 21--A Green Bay man was charged with his sixth drunk driving offense following an incident last week in Superior. Stormy Summers, 53, of Green Bay faces one felony count of operating while intoxicated-fifth or sixth offense. He made an...

Superior Captain Resigns after Reflection on Future with Police Department
March 21, 2012... Byline: Shelley Nelson March 21--A Superior police captain has resigned after being accused of perjury. Capt. Chad La Lor signed a voluntary separation agreement with the city of Superior and is no longer an officer with the department,...

Evergreen Girls Come Up Short in Spooner
March 20, 2012... Byline: Emily Kram March 20--SPOONER -- A scoring drought lasting more than 10 minutes brought the Northwood Evergreens' season to an end Saturday in a 58-35 loss to Owen-Withee in a WIAA Division 5 sectional championship game. The...

BRIEF: Police Captain Resigns after Perjury Allegations
March 20, 2012... Byline: Shelley Nelson March 20--A Superior police captain stepped down after being accused of perjury. Capt. Chad La Lor signed a voluntary separation agreement with the city of Superior and is no longer an officer with the department,...

Superior seniors celebrate anniversary of Affordable Care Act.
March 16, 2012... Byline: Maria Lockwood March 16--With cake and statistics, seniors celebrated the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act in Superior Friday. There are 8,041 Douglas County seniors enrolled in Medicare, said Doug Hill, director of...

Jury: Guilty of driving drunk.
March 16, 2012... March 16--A Douglas County jury spent less than an hour in deliberation before finding a Solon Springs man guilty of his seventh drunk driving offense Tuesday. Carl Matthew Andrews, 42, was found guilty of seventh offense operating a motor...

Last defendant in national forest marijuana grow faces prison sentence.
March 16, 2012... March 16--A man accused in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest marijuana growing operation was sentenced to 10 years in prison, according John W. Vaudreuil, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin Norberto Burciaga, 40, of...

BRIEF: Police seek information on burglary suspects.
March 16, 2012... March 16--Superior Police are looking for information on two individuals who broke into Superior High School the evening of Feb. 26. Video surveillance cameras at the school showed two people running toward the school from the area near the...

Congresswoman, Senate Candidate Tours Northern Wisconsin
March 16, 2012... Byline: Shelley Nelson March 16--A congresswoman from Wisconsin making a bid for the U.S. Senate was in Superior on Wednesday on a two-day swing through northern Wisconsin. U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, who represents Wisconsin's 2nd...

Rally seeks to save family's home.
March 16, 2012... Byline: Maria Lockwood March 16--Two protests put on by the grassroots group Project Save Our Homes highlighted a Superior family's foreclosure crisis Wednesday. At 4 p.m., a dozen children and their parents settled into the U.S. Bank lobby...

Superior well represented at last week's Minnesota state hockey tournament.
March 14, 2012... Byline: Ken Olson March 14--The city of Superior was well represented at last week's Minnesota Boys State Hockey tournament, which took place at the Xcel Center in St. Paul. The Superior High School boys hockey team wasn't in action, but...

Program targets youth conditioning.
March 14, 2012... Byline: Maria Lockwood March 14--A new crop of athletes works out at Kinetic Fitness twice a week. They slam balls, swing kettlebells, speed through agility ladders, flex with TRX and perform burpees -- jumping up in between push-ups. And...

Poplar-area rockers reach world.
March 14, 2012... Byline: Maria Lockwood March 14--The internet and digital recording helped drive the rise of Hands of Jack. The Poplar-based rock trio has a website peppered with aggressive rock music, including six hard-driving songs available for download....

Madison Businessman Announces U.S. Senate Bid in Superior
March 14, 2012... Byline: Shelley Nelson March 14--A financial adviser from Madison was in Superior Friday to announce he's running for U.S. Senate, joining an already crowded field of conservative candidates. Eric Hovde, president and chief executive...

Superior man faces felony charge for driving drunk.
March 14, 2012... March 14--A Superior man made an initial appearance for a seventh drunken driving offense Friday in Douglas County Circuit Court. Jon Thomas Moore, 54, faces one count operating while intoxicated-seventh, eighth or ninth offense, a felony....

Sex offender violates registry rules.
March 14, 2012... March 14--A convicted sex offender accused of failing to inform the state of his internet address and using a private computer network without permission made an initial appearance Friday in Douglas County Circuit Court. Nathan Robert...

BRIEF: DNR cautions hunters, dog trainers about wolf predations.
March 14, 2012... March 14--A bobcat hound was killed Jan. 18 by wolves in the town of Solon Springs. Six wolves were involved in the depredation, according to information released by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Hunters and dog...

Season ends too early for Spartan girls.
March 13, 2012... Byline: Emily Kram March 13--The Superior High School girls basketball team is finished for the season, but head coach Phil Roe isn't letting his players hang their heads. "I told my team after the game that I was proud of them and their...

Northwood girls still alive.
March 13, 2012... Byline: Emily Kram March 13--MINONG -- For the second time in three years, the Northwood girls basketball team is headed to the sectional tournament. The Evergreen girls defeated South Shore 53-47 Saturday in a WIAA Division 5 regional final...

Session focuses on dark side of the 'net.
March 13, 2012... March 13--In decades past, students may have worried about bullies on the playground. Today, students need to watch out for bullies online too. A presentation on cyberbullying and online safety will be held 6:30-7:30 p.m. today at Superior...

City identifies issues, assets.
March 13, 2012... Byline: Shelley Nelson March 13--Public perception can be everything and Superior has issues: Blight, bad roads, poor public transportation, a lack of living wage jobs and affordable housing, and city entrances that lack appeal. Despite...

Unleash the power of your mind at the library.
March 9, 2012... Byline: Maria Lockwood March 09--Tucked into the non-fiction section of the Superior Public Library is a shelf devoted to the mind. Visitors can glean guidelines for feeding the brain, learn to unleash their brain's potential and find...

100 years of fun, friendship.
March 9, 2012... Byline: Maria Lockwood March 09--Look past the cookie box and you'll see that Girl Scouts offer more than a sweet treat. For 100 years, the organization has been embracing girl power and connecting scouts to the community. "We're building...

Madison Businessman Announces Senate Bid in Superior
March 9, 2012... Byline: Shelley Nelson March 09--A financial adviser from Madison was in Superior today to announce he's running for U.S. Senate, joining an already crowded field of conservative candidates. Eric Hovde, president and chief executive...

Figure on a family affair.
March 9, 2012... Byline: Maria Lockwood March 09--Parents will leave the stands and take to the ice during the Superior Figure Skating Club's annual ice show Sunday, "One Hit Wonders... Hit the Ice." The skaters and their family members spent last Thursday...

Governor touts jobs, Joint Finance adopts but senate Republicans deny vote on mining bill.
March 7, 2012... Byline: Shelley Nelson March 07--Half the work Superior-based Lakehead Constructors does is mining related. That reality puts the construction company's president and chief executive officer, Brian Maki, in favor a proposal that would...

Judgment deferred in animal neglect case.
March 7, 2012... March 07--A Superior man whose dog had to be euthanized due to extremely matted hair that led to infections and a maggot infestation will not be allowed to own a dog for two years. Raymond L. Ross, 53, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor...

BRIEF: Escapee gets more jail time.
March 7, 2012... March 07--One of three men who escaped from the Gordon Correctional Facility in September will spend more time behind bars. Gary Gene Wells, 47, pleaded no contest to one count of escape Monday in Douglas County Circuit Court. He was...

Cooper crossing guards head to Washington D.C.
March 7, 2012... Byline: Maria Lockwood March 07--Two student crossing guards from Superior are preparing for a trip to the nation's Capital. Derrick Mattson and Keelan Golat will journey to Washington D.C. from April 24 to April 29 for a leadership...

Eagle boys end record season with regional final loss.
March 6, 2012... Byline: Emily Kram March 06--ASHLAND -- The Solon Springs boys basketball team saw its season come to an end Saturday night with a 51-39 loss to Drummond in the WIAA Division 5 regional finals. The Eagles led 10-4 after one quarter but...

Lakehead Constructors welcomes governor to discuss mining.
March 5, 2012... Byline: Shelley Nelson March 05--About half the work Lakehead Constructors in Superior does is related to the mining industry. So, it comes as little surprised the construction company's president and chief executive officer, Brian Maki,...

Green Bay Notre Dame does it again.
March 2, 2012... Byline: Ken Olson March 02--MADISON -- The third time wasn't a charm for the Superior High School boys hockey team as the Spartans lost to the Green Bay Notre Dame Academy Tritons 5-1 Thursday night in the quarterfinals of the WIAA State...

What's with the beard?
March 2, 2012... Byline: Jed Carlson March 02--The countdown has started. My wife has a big sheet in our living room with "four weeks" written on it. Each Monday another week comes down. My wife thinks it's all about awaiting our little arrival, but...

Freshman gymnast makes history.
March 2, 2012... Byline: Emily Kram March 02--When the gymnastics season began, Giselle Sziron was under doctor's orders not to practice or compete on the balance beam. The Superior High School freshman had suffered stress fractures in her lower back about...

Time to plan.
March 2, 2012... Byline: Shelley Nelson March 02--Superior is on a path for transformation, and it's time to start planning for the region's future. Next week that planning begins with a series of community meetings to allow residents to weigh in on that...

Eagles head to regional finals.
March 2, 2012... Byline: Emily Kram March 02--The Solon Springs boys basketball will be playing in the WIAA Division 5 regional finals for the first time since 2006. The Eagles advanced with a 71-48 victory over the Bayfield Trollers Friday night in Solon...