Peshtigo News

Seven plastic milk bottles, a laundry soap jug, assorted juice bottles and empty tins of Friskies Ocean Tuna and Whitefish Dinner filled one of the Jansen family's recycling bins.

The signs of support are all over town. The marquee at Lee's Food grocery store reads "Steven Drees our fallen soldier" accompanied with his photo.

Pvt. Steven Drees will be laid to rest Tuesday in Peshtigo, after a special memorial service at his former high school.

Flags at Wisconsin National Guard armories, air bases and other facilities throughout the state will fly at half-staff Tuesday in honor of a Peshtigo soldier killed in Afghanistan.

July 6, 2009 6:16 p.m. DeCrane Aerospace Inc. will lay off about 90 employees in Peshtigo in early September, according to a notice to state officials.

DeCrane Aircraft Seating Co. plans to temporarily lay off 90 employees at its Peshtigo plant by late summer.

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.