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10-year-old boy buys his own tractor

Published by admin on Wed, 05/31/2023 - 11:43am

Caleb Bergner bought a tractor a few weeks ago.

He bought the antique 1948 Farmall Cub tractor to use on his family’s farm. He used his life savings to buy it. None of this would be too unusual in Wisconsin’s heartland, except that he is 10 years old and in fourth grade.

Caleb is the son of Jill and Jason Bergner, owners of Bergner Beef Family Farm in Pulaski.

It was at the beginning of May when he first saw and immediately decided to buy the tractor from a neighbor about four miles down the road.

Plant, flower setup designed by SCHS students

Published by admin on Wed, 05/31/2023 - 11:41am

Hanging baskets are going up in the downtown corridor of Shawano, and flowers are starting to appear in a variety of planters around the city.

Shady garden spots don’t have to be green

Published by admin on Wed, 05/31/2023 - 11:37am

From late May into June, as the trees fully flush out overhead, there are many excellent perennials that provide wonderful and elegant beauty in the shade.

FARM LIFE FROM A FARM WIFE: Farm humming with plenty of animals

Published by admin on Wed, 05/31/2023 - 11:30am

We have a proper McDonald’s farm over here on Leopolis Road. All we’d need is a couple of chickens.

Wait. We did that already.

I’m not a chicken farmer. While it was a very good experience, I’ve found that raising meat chickens is worrisome.

Latest barn quilt honors Red River Riders

Published by admin on Wed, 05/31/2023 - 11:23am

Shawano County’s 402nd barn quilt, on display on an 80-year-old shed at N6669 Cherry Road west of Shawano, recognizes the benefits the Red River Riders Therapeutic Horseback Riding provide to people with disabilities.

The quilt was sponsored by Mary Lisa Carenza and the horse image on the quilt is in loving memory of a horse Mary Lisa owned and that was a beloved therapy horse at Red River Riders for four years. His name was Sweet Pete and that is the name that has been given to the quilt.

Miller’s Cream N’ Dough open for business

Published by admin on Thu, 05/25/2023 - 12:53pm

For those who are looking for sweet summertime treats, pay attention. A new ice cream shop has recently opened in Shawano.

CELEBRATION OF GIVING: Stocks’ giving heart good for others’ health

Published by admin on Thu, 05/25/2023 - 12:49pm

(Editor’s Note: The Shawano Area Community Foundation, in conjunction with NEW Media, has staged a Celebration of Giving Volunteer of the Year promotion for more than 10 years. Each year, select area volunteers are presented $1,000 cash grants for their efforts to improve the quality of life in the Wolf River Region. The awards, sponsored by area businesses, are then reinvested back into area nonprofit organizations at the direction of the award winners. This is the last in a series profiling outstanding volunteers in the community.)

Season 4 brings plenty of turkeys but few shots

Published by admin on Thu, 05/25/2023 - 12:44pm

If there was an action-packed video trailer of this column, it would show plenty of hens, jakes and tom turkeys running around plowed cornfields, sandhill cranes dancing, shots at a big tom on the ground and in the air, and me falling out of a folding stool (performed by my stunt double, of course) and rolling into the side of world’s smallest ground blind.

Migratory Bird Day campaign for birds, water

Published by admin on Thu, 05/25/2023 - 12:41pm

It was World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) on May 13, a global biannual campaign that will be held again this fall, on Oct. 14. These two days celebrate the spring and fall migration of birds across countries and continents, spanning both the northern and southern hemispheres between which we share many of our migratory birds.

Dishing the dirt on northwoods gardening

Published by admin on Thu, 05/25/2023 - 12:39pm

I just came in from working in my vegetable garden. I planted my usual early season crops — lettuce. spinach and onion sets. I know; we are bound to have a killing frost before Mother Nature realizes summer is supposed to start Memorial Day, but since we don’t get spring anymore, who knows. These days, when it comes to gardening, those of us who grow edibles are forced into being unabashed risk-takers.