Dispatches from Douglas County: A blizzard, fire safety in Solon Springs, fundraising at The Kitchen and more
Dec. 16—SUPERIOR — Wow — what a snowstorm! I hope you were able to stay warm and get yourself dug out OK. Telegram staffers Maria Lockwood and Jed Carlson were able to get out and about to see how people in the city handled the weather —
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Now, here are this week's headlines:
The Solon Springs Volunteer Fire Department
hosted an assembly
at Solon Springs School Friday, Dec. 9, and gave every family a smoke alarm on Monday, Dec. 12.
The Kitchen restaurant in Superior
hosted its annual fundraising drive
for Toys for Tots and the Richard I. Bong American Legion Post 435 Honor Guard last week.
Superior Police Chief Nicholas Alexander, pictured above, joined Superior Fire Chief Scott Gordon, pictured above at right, Douglas County Sheriff Tom Dalbec and sheriff-elect Matt Izzard in taking orders for the event. Tips they collected during a two-hour period benefited the nonprofit organizations.
Three Northwestern seniors
made the varsity boys basketball team this year after not playing since they were underclassmen, and they're eager to make an impact.
* The Wisconsin and Minnesota departments of transportation laid out the most up-to-date
options for replacing the Blatnik Bridge
at a public meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 13.
* The jury
returned a second guilty verdict
last week for Robert Lee Bennett III, 42, finding that he was responsible for his actions when he killed his mother, Cindy Bennett in 2020.
* The latest episode of
the Archive Dive podcast
explains why Norwegian royals visited Superior during the World War II era.
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