14 May 2025

Shawano County repeals building, site standards

On the heels of eliminating an unwanted ordinance governing chickens in hamlets, county officials also repealed rules governing building and site design standards that will now allow the construction of a Dollar General store in Krakow to proceed. In this case, Dollar General would have been required to construct a brick building with windows along the sides and back of the building to break up the planes of the walls. The issues were first disco
14 May 2025
Officials eye new contract for sheriff’s department
Talks of renewing a contract with Motorola took a huge step forward for the Shawano County Sheriff’s Department, now that a new proposal has been put forth and forwarded to elected officials to consider. Members of the public safety committee agreed to the new deal, which will be forwarded to the county’s executive committee.
14 May 2025
Mellis elected VP of Wisconsin Newspaper Association
Jeff Patterson, president of Adams Publishing Group’s Central Division, has been elected president of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association. Patterson succeeds Kris O’Leary, publisher of the (Abbotsford) Tribune-Phonograph, (Cornell) Courier Sentinel, (Edgar) Record-Review, (Loyal) Tribune Record Gleaner and The (Medford) Star News. O’Leary passed the gavel to Patterson during the WNA board of directors meeting in March in Madison.
14 May 2025
Major facelift planned for Gillett’s Zippel park
A major renovation is in the works for one of Oconto County’s most popular community parks. Zippel Park consists of 17 acres in the middle of Gillett.
14 May 2025
Share the Road campaign underway
14 May 2025
Legislature looks to limit referendum requests
Local school district superintendents are worried about rumblings in the Wisconsin Legislature about tighter restrictions on any referenda the districts might ask for in the future, especially when it comes to keeping the doors open. State voters have been asked 210 times in the last 15 months to approve operating referenda, which permit districts to exceed their revenue limit caps to fund day-to-day operations.
14 May 2025
Milk and Honey Café caters to coffee lovers
A job as a school secretary in her hometown of Gillett wasn’t exactly Michelle Hansen’s cup of tea. She was looking for something more fulfilling than sitting at a desk all day and eventually found it at a small coffee shop that she would visit in Oconto Falls. Hansen purchased that shop, Corki’s Cup of Joy, in 2022 and renamed it the Milk and Honey Café.
Ross Bielema 14 May 2025
Museum houses Wisconsin’s bowhunting history
The history of Wisconsin bowhunting is the history of American bowhunting, because ours was the first state to have a bow deer season. It would be hard to imagine a bowhunter who hasn’t heard the name Fred Bear, whether from discussions with fathers or grandfathers about the Bear bows and arrows they used, a look at the current Bear Archery catalog or website, or turning on the radio to hear Ted Nugent’s famed hunting tune, “Fred Bear.” Bear hims
Kay Reminger 14 May 2025
Farm Life From a Farm Wife
Nothing on our farm beats our skidder. This little piece of equipment is versatile enough to handle a multitude of various chores, such as picking stones, plowing snow, clearing brush, hauling newborn calves (back in the day) as well as cleaning and feeding cows and heifers. Also, as far as I’m concerned, our side-by-side UTV complete with a winch, is right up there at the top of the list of versatile equipment.
14 May 2025
Oconto County Circuit Court
Proceedings of May 5 • Judge Michael Judge withheld sentencing and placed Kyle K. Sydor, 36, Oconto, on two years of probation for felony bail jumping and a misdemeanor count of resisting or obstructing an officer, in connection with an incident that occurred Dec. 16, and a misdemeanor count of theft, in connection with an incident that occurred March 18, 2021.
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