Marinette News

Feb. 9, 2010 6:56 p.m. Marinette a ' A Marinette man was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison for driving drunk and causing a crash that killed five family members in northeastern Wisconsin.

A Marinette man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for driving drunk and causing a crash that killed five family members in Northeastern Wisconsin.

The Marinette man convicted of driving drunk in a crash that killed five people will learn how long he'll spend behind bars Tuesday.

A traffic stop for seatbelt and equipment violations led to the discovery of more than $10,000 worth of heroin over the weekend in southern Sheboygan County, officials said Monday.

The National Weather Service says travel could become hazardous as snow moves through the Fox Valley from late Monday through Tuesday.

Ship builder Marinette Marine has signed a $123 million contract to build a research ship for the University of Alaska.

Prominent area resident, I.W. "Ike" Stephenson III, 76, of Green Bay passed away Monday, Feb.

MARINETTE -- A 17-year-old Crivitz High School student faces four misdemeanor charges for allegedly bringing a gun to school and making threats to harm others.

Overall, traffic deaths in Wisconsin were down in 2009 to the lowest level in 65 years.

Winter is a good time for tree pruning, according state forestry specialists, who say winter pruning greatly reduces the likelihood of spreading oak wilt and other tree diseases, and it also minimizes pruning stress on trees.

At Marinette, Seymour seized control of the game in the third quarter, outscoring Marinette 24-1 on its way to a blowout.

Local Census Bureau officials and community leaders on Friday stressed the need to accurately count the population of Northeastern Wisconsin in the coming months for the 2010 census.

Northern Health Centers Inc., a Community Health Center serving Langlade, Forest, Oconto, Marinette and Florence counties, has broken ground on an expansion project.

Margaret W. Heller, 92, of Marinette, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 17 at Bay Area Medical Center, Marinette.

Janice Ruth Hay of Oconto, known to all her friends as Jan, passed away peacefully on January 22, 2010 surrounded by her family.

Letter to the Editor: Re: "The Rainbow House" Now that the holiday season is over, we can sit back and remember the many wonderful moments that we enjoyed.

At the Marinette School Board meeting on Monday, Jan. 18, High School Principal Cory Lambie explained plans for an estimated $55,000 lighting update for the high school gym.

David Olson . . . "I know that in part, why I got hired was to successfully compete against this new Grafton hospital." Columbia St.

MARINETTE - Bards on the Bay Playwrights Workshop will be offered again by University of Wisconsin-Marinette Continuing Education.

Sgt. John Winters, son of Al and Liz Chaplin of Marinette was deployed Jan. 5 with the Green Bay Marine Reserves Unit.