Dispatches from Douglas County: Cloverland leader retires, Superior shop changes hands, prep sports and more
Mar. 3—SUPERIOR — I had a bad link for the dark stores story in last week's newsletter — my apologies for that.
Here's the correct one.
You may have heard the Spartan girls hockey team qualified for the state tournament.
They had a snowy send-off
Wednesday, March 1, from community members, parents and fellow students.
Here are more of this week's headlines:
Larry Luostari, who has served on the Cloverland Town Board for 57 years, will retire this spring. Reporter Maria Lockwood
caught up with Luostari
to find out more about his time on the board, including the punch that propelled him into office.
Pete's Tower Quick Lube is on its way to becoming an Auto Ace Express Lube,
after longtime owners Tom and Tim Cosgrove (pictured above at center and at right), sold the business to Alan and Gina Amatuzio. The business will be run by general manager Pete Popoe (pictured above at left).
The Spartan girls hockey team
qualified for their first state tournament berth in 17 years.
Their state semifinal was held last night — visit
for complete coverage.
Stay on that link above and scroll down to read more about the Northwestern Tiger wrestlers who cleaned up at the state meet. Ian Smith won a state title at 195 pounds, Tanner Kaufman took second place at 170 pounds and Tommy Brown finished third at 113 pounds.
In other prep sports news, Superior girls basketball coach
Dave Kontny announced his retirement from coaching.
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The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is scrutinizing finances
in the town of Gordon after volunteers on the Gordon Good Neighbor Days Committee raised concerns about financial irregularities.
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Douglas County officials authorized an appraisal
on a 42-acre parcel in Cloverland they would like to sell to the Wisconsin DNR.
* Looking for something to do this weekend? Check out our
community calendar
for ideas.
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