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Prince of Peace Lutheran welcomes new pastor

HARVEY — The Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Harvey welcomed the Rev. Alex LaChapelle as its new pastor on Jan. 10. LaChapelle, originally from Wisconsin, served overseas the last several years. First, he was in Southern Africa and Tanzania as the country coordinator for Young ...

Boxes of Sunshine distributed

Sarah Smart, chair of the Community Classroom Committee of the Onagomingkway Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, had the pleasure of presenting two boxes of classroom donations recently to two elementary schools. Members of the chapter donated pencils, markers, ...

Sons of the American Legion make donation to food pantry

The Gladstone August Mattson Squad #71 of the Sons of the American Legion has made a $250 donation to the Gladstone St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry. According to the Squad Commander Randy Bruntjens: “Our group was looking for a great way to give back to the community and thought this was a ...

Westwood students qualify for BPA states

ISHPEMING — Upper Peninsula business students recently converged on Bay College in Escanaba for the 2022 Business Professionals of America Regional Leadership Conference. These high school students from across the Upper Peninsula gathered to compete in contests relating to finance, ...

Area residents gain a degree, honors

Kilpela graduates MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Marquette’s Sarah Kilpela, College of Health Sciences, Master of Science, was among more than 1,900 prospective candidates for degree attending the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee virtual commencement exercises held on Dec 19 in Milwaukee. Garwood, LaCombe honored DE PERE, Wis. — Alicia Garwood and Alexis LaCombe, both of Marquette, have been named to the 2021 fall semester dean’s list at St. Norbert College. A minimum 3.5 grade point average is required for academic eligibility. Racine, Warchock cited GREEN BAY, Wis. — The ...

Superior Oasis backs Salvation Army

Superior Oasis, which is the Comfort Suites, Days Inn, My Place, and Hudson’s Classic Grill, owned and operated by Linda and Frank Stabile, donated $2,500 to the Salvation Army this holiday season. Beverly Hamp accepted the donation on behalf of the Salvation Army from Linda and Frank ...