SUPERIOR — I love graduation stories! They’re pretty similar year-to-year, but it’s fun to see a new batch of students marching off to pursue their dreams.
Reporter Maria Lockwood has a story about a graduate of Douglas County’s Treatment Court.
Jonathan Crabtree, 41, is the program’s latest honoree.
from the University of Wisconsin-Superior’s commencement, which took place Saturday, May 20.
Here are the rest of this week’s headlines:
Getting their hands dirty
Maria Lockwood / Superior Telegram
Four Corners Elementary School hosted Science Night
on Tuesday, May 23, complete with all sorts of hands-on activities. Children launched paper rockets; dug a stream in the dirt (seen above) to see if a rubber ducky could float when water is added; and watched as eggs were dropped from the bucket of a huge truck.
Pieced-together masterpieces
Contributed / Shanna Lancour, elementary visual art teacher
In this month’s Superior School District Youth Page, we’ve got several fun stories for you to scope out:
Jed Carlson / Superior Telegram
Northwestern pitcher Ellie Peterson
dominates in the circle and in the batter’s box.
At the time this story was written, the sophomore was 17-3 with a 0.75 ERA and 238 strikeouts and she was batting .516 with 28 RBIs.
And with the postseason underway, be sure to visit
for the latest prep sports updates.
More stores to check out:
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Jen Zettel-Vandenhouten is the regional editor for Duluth Media Group, overseeing the Cloquet Pine Journal and the Superior Telegram.
