Oconto Falls High School officials have announced the honor roll for the first quarter of the 2026-27 school year.

Seniors

Highest Honors: Cressida Blazek, Aiden Cahak, Landon Delfosse, Adrian Phillips, Logan Storms.

The honor roll for the first quarter of the 2026-27 school year at Bonduel High School has been released.

High Honors

(GPA 95.0 and above)

UW-Whitewater

Kallie Penass, a criminology major at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater from Legend Lake, and Hailee Rugg, an English literature and language arts education major from Lena, are among more than 4,400 Warhawks who are first-generation college students on the Whitewater and Rock County campuses.

The Shawano boys basketball program is set to begin a new era under veteran coach Rick Rosinski after finishing 4-12 in the Bay Conference last season and 9-16 overall.

The Hawks will begin the 2026-27 season at Denmark High School at 4:45 p.m. Nov. 20. The team’s first home contest will be at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 28 against Clintonville.

Looking for a new way to enjoy the winter outdoors with your four-legged companion? Skijoring might be just the adventure you’re looking for.

Shawano Pathways is sponsoring an informational presentation on skijoring at 6 p.m. Dec. 1 at the Shawano Recreation Center, 220 E. Division St., Shawano.

Skijoring is a winter sport that pairs a skier with an animal — most commonly a dog, horse or reindeer.

It’ll begin to look a lot like Christmas soon at the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda, and for the second year in a row, an Oconto County tree farmer will be making it possible.

Dave Vander Velden had the help of the Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association on Nov. 13 as they cut down a 32-foot tree from his tree patch in the Town of How. That tree will be trimmed to between 24-26 feet to fit in the rotunda.

Shawano County is expected to collect 2 1/2 times as much money for its farmland lease compared to what it received the past several years.

Bids for the leasing of the 284.2 acres were opened at the Nov. 4 meeting of the land conservation and extension committee.

The winning bid was awarded to Greg and Brad Schmidt, who bid $316.68 per acre for a total of $90,000 per year. The new lease will be for five years.

Mary Ann Wilharm-Rudie’s TV watching habit is paying off for area residents.

Wilharm-Rudie, who turned 90 in July, convinced her fellow crafters to create winter warming clothing items for anybody who needs something to keep warm.

City and county officials have now agreed on a memorandum of understanding laying out the roles, responsibilities and objectives of each entity in connection with the site plan and road improvements in conjunction with the construction of a new county courthouse.

Franklin Street from Second Street to Fourth Street will be widened to address increased traffic volumes and commercial usage of the street.