Marinette News

Karen L. Paris, 51, of Marinette passed away unexpectedly at her home on Sunday, June 16. Born July 29, 1961 in New Haven, Conn.

Thank you to keynote speakers Senator David Hansen, Courtney Olsen of Rainbow House, Chaplin Karen Ann Hansen, Ann Brickson of the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Detective Chris Lesperance from the Marinette County Sheriff's Department.

"We're here saying please take the BadgerCare money," Rep. Penny Bernard Schaber said at a news conference Monday morning at the Brown County courthouse.

KPS Capital Partners, LP said today that its portfolio company, Waupaca Foundry , has completed a second recapitalization.

When a federal investigation snared a doctor illegally distributing mass quantities of prescription opiates in 2008, Marinette drug users were in need of a new fix.

Nominees must have a division or location in the 18-county New North region, including Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Marquette, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, Sheboygan, Waupaca, Waushara, and Winnebago counties.

Mary Ann Panske, 78, Porterfield went to the Lord on Saturday, June 8, 2013. She was born on October 22, 1934 in Marinette to the late Fred and Catherine Gusick.

The Marinette County OWI Task Force w ill be continuing its impaired driving enforcement on Saturday, June 15. This will be a joint effort between the Marinette County Sheriff's Department and the Marinette Police Department.

The Emergency Rescue Squad, Inc. took delivery of two new ambulances Thursday, June 6. One of the units, 882 will be located in Peshtigo, and the other 883, will be in the Marinette and Menominee area.

The incident occurred after officers were called to a disturbance in the town of Stephenson around 4:30 p.m. A number of area agencies responded to the incident, including the Oconto County Sheriff's Department, the Crivitz Police Department and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

They say a 59-year-old man from the Town of Stephenson was taken into protective custody for a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Before she was killed Waschbisch served as the director for Marinette's Rainbow House, a shelter for domestic violence victims.

The Coleman Village Board last year approved a contract with an entity to purchase land in the village to bring a Family Dollar store to town.

It's the kind of thing every photographer wants to do, cover a rare occurrence like a ship launch.

Joseph F. Dudek, 88, of Coleman, passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at Bay Area Medical Center in Marinette, following a short illness.

Front 40 Environmental Group of Stephenson, MI, will present a forum at Newingham's Supper Club inWausaukee on Wednesday, June 12 at 6:30 p.m. Presentations will cover status of mining concerns/projects, etc.

At the urging of the Healthy Youth Coalition , the City of Marinette officially took a stand against smoking in city parks, sort of.

After more than two decades of asking to have a full-time assistant district attorney, Oconto County is on the verge of getting it.

Common Ground, a Brookfield nonprofit health insurance plan established in the wake of health care reform, has formed new partnerships with Aurora Health Care of Milwaukee and Trilogy Health Network of Brookfield.

The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism could no longer be housed at the University of Wisconsin under a provision added to the state budget.