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Lake Superior Reserve, City of Superior, Parks, Recreation and Forestry awarded funds for Pokegama BWednesday, September 23, 2020Residents of the City of Superior will have improved access to the Pokegama River next summer thanks to $128,482 grant from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. The funds, awarded to the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve in partnership with the City of Superior, will be used by the city to improve a rustic boat launch on the Pokegama River in the Superior Municipal ...read moreCategories: Education, Community Happenings, General
Wednesday, September 16, 2020Duluth Transit Authority David Clark Director of Marketing 218-623-4313dclark@duluthtransit.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Duluth Transit Authority to Return to Traditional Fare CollectionDuluth, MN, September 15th, 2020, After successfully installing Plexiglass driver-protection barriers on the fleet, the DTA is set to resume standard passenger fare collection on Thursday, October 1st. The move ...read moreCategories: Community Happenings, GeneralMonday, September 14, 2020Dear Valued Business, On behalf of the College of St. Scholastica’s student-led economic research team, we are writing in the hope that you will participate in our short Business Confidence Survey. This biannual survey allows local businesses and policy-makers access to measures of growth and progress in the region and will be presented FREE to our community as part of this fall’s online ...read moreCategories: General, EducationFriday, September 11, 2020Andy Donahue, Small Business Development Center director at the University of Wisconsin-Superior will receive the Small Business Administration’s 2020 Wisconsin Small Business Development Center Excellence and Innovation Center Award during a ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 14, at Artistic Florals by Leslie located at 1206 Tower Ave., in Superior.The award will be presented by Eric Ness, ...read moreCategories: Education, GeneralFriday, September 11, 2020The University of Wisconsin-Superior will hold its TRIO McNair Scholars Research Symposium virtually from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17. This event is open to public online viewing.Fourteen TRIO McNair Scholars will present research via a live Zoom question-and-answer session on topics that range from “Tobacco Cessation Programs and Tobacco Related Comorbidities on the Red Cliff Reservation” to ...read moreCategories: General, EducationThursday, September 10, 2020Many college students will set their sights on securing their post-graduation plans shortly after classes begin. Career fairs have typically provided an opportunity for students to network with a room full of possible employers, but COVID-19 has changed that.With numerous restrictions in place due to the pandemic, the University of Wisconsin-Superior has joined UW campuses across the state to help ...read moreCategories: Education, GeneralThursday, September 10, 2020Centricity Credit Union will offer distance learning centers at each branch for the children of employees during the uncertain times of the COVID-19 pandemic. ”We believe we have come up with an innovative way to help our employees and their families deal with the uncertainties of schooling their children during the COVID -19 pandemic. We are now offering distance learning centers at each of ...read moreCategories: General, M 2 MFriday, September 04, 2020Daily trail and park admission passes will again be sold at all state park system properties beginning on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020.While the options for purchasing a daily admission or trail pass will vary by property, at least one of the following options will be available at each property:Electronic pay stationSelf-registration stationDrive-up window service“We are excited to continue to add ...read moreCategories: Tourism, GeneralThursday, September 03, 2020Visitors entering Superior Savings Bank, at 1130 Tower Avenue, immediately notice a spacious gathering area with plenty of natural lighting and wood finishes, modern teller kiosks and several new offices. The recently completed remodeling project is now open to the public, with safe, social distancing precautions in place. “We needed to update and modernize our operations/teller area, and ...read moreCategories: General, M 2 MThursday, September 03, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the daily lives of people in our country and around the world, and the uncertainty of the future has taken a toll. Nurses, emergency medical services (EMS) and other healthcare staff arrive at work every day and gear up to defend against the virus and care for our loved ones. The nursing and EMS programs at WITC are doing their part to get as many newly ...read moreCategories: Education, GeneralThe Link Center: UW-Superior announces new name for office that links university and regional communTuesday, September 01, 2020The University of Wisconsin-Superior’s Center for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL) has a new name. Now known as the Link Center, the office serves as a link between the university and the regional community – engaging in mutually beneficial partnerships through which innovative solutions can be discovered to enhance the vitality of the region.“We believe this new name is more memorable and ...read moreCategories: Education, GeneralWednesday, August 26, 2020To invest in Wisconsin’s transportation system, Gov. Tony Evers has signed a $692,109 contract to resurface WIS 35 (Tower Avenue) from North 64th to North 69th streets in the village of Superior in Douglas County. Work is scheduled to begin Monday.Monarch Paving Co. is the prime contractor for the project. Construction will entail:Milling the existing asphalt pavement on WIS 35 (Tower ...read moreCategories: GeneralWednesday, August 26, 2020For Immediate Release David Clark Director of Marketing 218-623-4314dclark@duluthtransit.com Duluth Transit Authority - Upcoming Service ChangesDuluth, MN, In an effort to provide efficient service and protect the safety of the public and team members, the DTA is announcing the following upcoming changes:Effective Sunday, August 30th, Routes #18 and #23 are returning to service. These routes ...read moreCategories: e-News, Community Happenings, General
