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Wood products and sustainability
Escanaba — Sustainability. It’s one of those words that the marketeers have battered into the realm of meaninglessness. It’s gone down the road of “eco” and “green.” Yet, in the world of forestry, it still has a solid, science-based reputation. Each year, Lake Superior State University issues a list of banned words, or words that have been so abused that they ought to be banned. Perhaps, “sustainable” should be submitted. ...
Second-half surge lifts Sheboygan Falls past Marinette
MARINETTE — Sheboygan Falls kept a red-hot Marinette offense under wraps as the Falcons clipped the Lady Marines’ girls soccer team 4-1 in non-conference play on Tuesday. Marinette entered Tuesday’s contest having scored 20 goals over its past three games but Sheboygan Falls (4-1 Eastern Wisconsin Conference, 7-2 overall) managed to bog down the Marines’ offense by keeping Sierra Schreiner, who had collected 14 goals over that three-game span, off the scoreboard. ...
WWII diary brings local soldier’s legacy to life
MARINETTE — On Sept. 20, 1944, almost two years after he joined the Army, John “Jack” Anderson sat in a war-torn building playing the piano in Toulon, France. “Some of the hammers and keys were broken, but we fixed it up and it plays perfect,” Anderson said in his diary. His grandson, Jason Grom, recently brought his late grandfather’s World War II diaries to life in his book “A Soldier’s...
Kurth, Coleman carve up Cavaliers
MARINETTE — Logan Kurth did a bit of everything for the Coleman baseball team in Monday’s 17-2, five-inning thumping of Saint Thomas Aquinas Academy. Kurth pitched two innings of no-hit ball, walking two and striking out three, and was equally potent with his bat, going 2-for-4 at the dish with a triple, a home run and three RBIs. Coleman (8-1 M&O Conference, 12-2 overall) jumped out to a 10-0 lead...
Marineau ties for first at Gladstone GNC meet
GLADSTONE — The Menominee High School golf team traveled north to compete in Monday’s Great Northern Conference nine-hole meet at Gladstone Golf Club in Gladstone. The Maroons finished fourth overall in the team standings in both the boys and girls’ competitions, with the Lady Maroons carding a combined 226, while the Menominee boys wrapped up their afternoon with a combined 170. Escanaba won the boys’ match with a score of...
Menominee High School Athletic HOF ceremony sold out
MENOMINEE — The hottest ticket in the Twin Cities is the Menominee High School Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony. All 250 tickets to the Class of 2024 induction ceremony have sold out, with the final ticket getting snapped up early Monday morning. This year’s Menominee High School Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony takes place Saturday at the Pullman House in Menominee. Twelve inductees are being honored: Leonard J. Umnus, the 1929 “Point-a-Minute” Menominee Maroons football team, William and Benjamin Fernstrum, Dave Haglund, Bob Theuerkauf, Dr. Burnell Stripling, Mike Photenhauer, Pete Pericolosi, Gary Stewart, Wade Hodge, Jason Boucher and Ashley (Taccolini) Hansmann.
Schreiner scores at will as Marine girls throttle New London
MARINETTE — Sierra Schreiner continued her torrid scoring streak as the Marinette girls soccer team knifed through New Lond 8-0 in non-conference play on Friday. Schreiner led the Marines with four goals, giving her eight over Marinette’s past two games and 14 in the last three. Chloe Seymour got in on the scoring action with a hat trick, while Kylie Kunick chipped in a goal of her own for the Marines. Josie Smerchek tallied four assists for Marinette. Up next Marinette: The Marines (2-1-1 North Eastern Conference, 5-2-1 overall) are at home against Sheboygan Falls (6-2 overall) Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
Resurfacing will continue on US 41
GREEN BAY — The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Northeast Region weekly construction update includes resurfacing of U.S. 41 in Marinette County. The work will take place from Flame Road in the Town of Peshtigo to West Cleveland Avenue in the City of Marinette. That’s a length of 2.7 miles. The project began April 15 and will continue through July 7. Total cost is $3.41 million. ...
Marinette students install duck houses along Menominee River
MARINETTE — Honoring the earth was on the minds of Marinette Middle School (MMS) technical education students this week as they installed wood duck houses along the Menominee River and Menekaunee Harbor. Students in Josh Greetan’s class created 10 wood duck houses, each laser engraved with a number and the project identifier. Scott Macintyre’s high school welding class created the mounting brackets. The entrance holes for the wood ducks were cut using a CNC router programmed by Paul Okray. ...
Area high school sporting events (April 29-30)
Schedule subject to change Today’s eventsGolf STAA, Coleman, Crivitz, Niagara, Gillett, Oneida Nation, Lena at Parkway Golf Course, 3:30 p.m. Peshtigo, Oconto vs multiple schools at The Orchards Golf Course, Egg Harbor, Wis., 4 p.m. Track and field ...
Andi Rich runs against Mary Felzkowski in State Senate District 12
MARINETTE — Marinette resident Andi Rich is running against Sen. Mary Felzkowski in the newly restructured District 12 State Senate race this November. Rich is running on funding for rural schools, making childcare accessible, finding affordable housing and examining the PFAS problem with the community. “I grew up here; I know that I have so much more in common with the voters in this district than differences,” Rich said, who...
Hansmann defines what it means to be a 'multi-sport standout'
Editor’s note: The Menominee High School Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2024 induction ceremony takes place May 4 at the Pullman House in Menominee. A limited number of tickets are still available at the Superintendent’s office at Blesch School and the Principal’s office at the high school for $35. Each week, the EagleHerald will spotlight one of the 12 inductees. This week’s feature is on Ashley (Taccolini) Hansmann, Class of 2003. MENOMINEE — Ashley (Taccolini) Hansmann’s athletic gifts were on full display from the...
Schroeder goes deep as Rangers pummel Hornets
WAUSAUKEE — The Wausaukee High School baseball rode a big third inning to a 14-4, five-inning beatdown of Gillett/Suring in Marinette and Oconto Conference play on Friday. The Rangers led 2-1 after two innings but broke matters wide open with a nine-run outburst in the bottom of the fourth that the Hornets were unable to recover from. Wausaukee collected three times as many hits (12) as Gillett/Suring (4), which helped...
Cougars push past Wolverines for season sweep
COLEMAN — Fourth-inning magic conjured up by the Coleman High School baseball team gave the Cougars a 5-3 triumph over Crivitz in Marinette and Oconto Conference action on Friday. Friday’s win secures Coleman’s season sweep of the Wolverines and gives the Cougars a two-game lead over Crivitz in the race for the M&O Conference championship. Down 3-1 entering the bottom of the fourth, the Cougars strapped on their rally caps...
Maroons sweep Eagles on consecutive days
MENOMINEE — The Menominee High School baseball team broke out the brooms for a two-game sweep of Stephenson on Thursday and Friday. Menominee kicked matters off with an 8-1 victory over the Eagles in Stephenson on Thursday before wrapping up the sweep with a 14-4 blowout win in game two at Spies Field on Friday. Friday saw the Maroons overcome an early 1-0 deficit after Gable Buck blasted a two-RBI...
Maroon girls clobber Bark River-Harris, Carney-Nadeau
MENOMINEE — The Menominee High School softball team closed out the week with consecutive doubleheader victories on Thursday and Friday. The Maroons took down Bark River Harris by way of 16-6 and 15-0 decisions on Thursday before blowing out Carney-Nadeau in back-to-back games 16-0 and 19-0. Menominee’s hit parade was out in full force against the Wolves, with the Maroons out-hitting C-N by a 28-1 margin. ...
Cappaert sets new Stephenson record in 800-meter run
NIAGARA — Faith Cappaert dashed her way into the history books as the Stephenson girls track and field team competed in the Niagara Badger Invite on Thursday. Cappaert set a new Stephenson High School record in the 800-meter run with a first-place time of 2:26.4, breaking the old mark set by Erin Koller in 1992. Cappaert’s first-place finish in the 800m was one of seven top-three finishes for the Lady...
Tigers, Irish hand Marine girls back-to-back losses
MARINETTE — The Marinette High School softball team closed the week with a pair of North Eastern Conference losses Thursday and Friday. After defeating Wrightstown 11-5 on Tuesday, the Marines traveled to Wrightstown for a rematch on Thursday in which the Tigers prevailed 13-3. Marinette then hosted NEC frontrunner Freedom High School on Friday and suffered a 13-2 setback. ...
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