Peshtigo News

PESHTIGO - Sandy Longley spent most of Sunday morning on the front porch of her Ellis Avenue home, battling the heat and the occasional wasp as she watched somber preparations for the return of a local fallen soldier.

Army gunner Pvt. Steven Drees was injured June 24 in an attack that involved small-arms fire and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher.

The death of U.S. Army Pvt. Steven Drees of Peshtigo has shaken his community and reminded us of the true meaning of patriotism as we approach the Independence Day holiday.

Former Wisconsin Assembly Speaker John Gard and his wife have purchased a lobbying company.

Funeral arrangements are now set for a soldier from Peshtigo who was mortally wounded in m ambush in Afghanistan last week.

Friends and well-wishers carrying candles and waving flags lined the streets of Peshtigo Monday night to honor a 19-year-old soldier who died Sunday as a result of injuries he sustained in Afghanistan.

A Peshtigo soldier died in Germany on Sunday of injuries he sustained last week in Afghanistan.

A 19-year old soldier from Peshtigo has died from injuries he received while serving in Afghanistan.

The much discussed Maintenance Agreement between the Marinette County Highway Department that calls for municipalities asking for winter maintenance to agree to use non-winter related highway maintenance for $500 per mile was distributed to the Marinette County Highway Committee at the Wednesday, June 17, regular meeting.

Kent A. Torkko, 38, W1596 Hwy. 64, Marinette, who has been charged with causing death by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle, had a bail bond hearing in Marinette County Circuit Court-Branch I before Judge David Miron on Tuesday, June 23.

They say pitching and defense are the key components to winning a baseball game.

Some youngsters in Haiti will soon be eating better, thanks to a recent "Battle of the Bands" fund raiser carried out by several Peshtigo High School students and a hefty donation from Peshtigo High School National Honor Society.

Test results returned Thursday show that VHS fish disease has been detected in smallmouth bass from Green Bay, state fisheries officials report.

Motorcyclists who participated in the Jerry Parins Cruise for Cancer traveled Saturday from Peshtigo to Lambeau Field as part of the annual event.

A Noble Ideal A newspaper article from Thursday, July 29, 2004 stated the Oconto School Board voted unanimously to approve changing the District's Abstinence Only policy to Abstinence-Based policy following a recommendation from the Human Growth Development Curriculum Committee.

Boaters using City of Peshtigo dock facilities will begin paying a launch fees in about two weeks, members of the Parks and Recreation Committee were told at their meeting Tuesday, June 9. Parks and Recreation Director Dave Marquardt said after he learned the four receptacles needed for envelopes and fee collection would cost about $1,000 each if ...

It's June... Most of the youngsters are enjoying their first days of summer freedom.

State Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, will hold listening sessions throughout the 89th Assembly District: 10 a.m., June 8 at the Peshtigo Municipal Building.

A woman charged with aiding a felon, James Allen Nichols, 30, Peshtigo, who fatality shot a Hmong hunter in the Peshtigo Wildlife Area on Jan.

Jack Curtin's bases-loaded single in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted third-seeded Green Bay Notre Dame to a 4-3 victory over sixth-seeded Seymour in a WIAA Division 2 first-round regional baseball game on Friday night at Notre Dame.