Concept plans for new and remodeled county buildings are expected to be ready for the public property committee when members gather Sept. 18.

Members of the Shawano County Executive Committee agreed Aug. 20 to borrow $3.4 million and use another $3 from its reserve fund to balance the proposed 2026 budget.

A final vote on the exact dollar amounts is expected to be made when the committee meets Sept. 3.

This year marks the 95th Labor Day celebration in Suring, with events scheduled from Aug. 29 through Sept. 1.

The Labor Day parade will begin at 10 a.m., lining up at the Suring School and traveling east on Main Street. Onlookers of all ages line the street as early as 8 a.m. for front row seats for the best view and first dibs on the candy thrown from those participating in the parade.

Exhibiting 18 chickens and three goats at a county fair sounds like a lot of responsibility for a 10-year-old.

Tanner Banike was up for the challenge at this year’s Oconto County Youth Fair, which wrapped up its 84th year Aug. 24 in Gillett.

Banike, who will soon start fifth grade at Abrams Elementary School, took in the sights and sounds of this year’s fair Aug. 21 with his mom, Ann, and 8-year-old sister, Tegan.

An almost 8-mile strip of state Highway 22 will be repaved by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation in 2030 or 2031.

The former Kuehl Funeral Home received a much-needed facelift.

Under new management by Brent Gruetzmacher, the property at 108 E. Main St. in Gillett is ready for a public tour.

“The carpet that we replaced was installed in 1964,” Gruetzmacher said. “You can imagine what orange 60-year-old carpet looked like.”