The Oconto County Breakfast on the Farm committee will offer scholarships for Oconto County graduating seniors for post-secondary schooling.

The Suring School District will host Literacy Night on Wednesday, April 29, to promote reading and writing and advocate for the importance of literacy in education.

The Oconto Falls High School FBLA adviser earned state recognition and an OFHS junior was elected to state office at the Wisconsin State FBLA Leadership Conference held April 13 and 14. Adviser Tracy Tate received the Outstanding Local Chapter Adviser Award, also known as the Les and Rosemary Korbel Award, in honor of the husband and wife team of business education teachers who established FBLA at OFHS. Tate will be honored at the national confer

The New Beginnings Store and Employment and Training Center’s youth employment program recently received a grant from the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation to create and administer an at-risk youth employment program. The grant was awarded to help serve youth in foster care or the juvenile justice system or those struggling at school or experiencing family problems. Participants in the program recently attended a job fair at the Shawano Job

BASEBALL Denmark 2 Oconto Falls 0 Connor Sefcik pitched four scoreless innings in relief, but the Panthers’ offense was shut out April 14 against undefeated Denmark. Sefcik allowed four hits, one walk and struck out four following an early departure by Riley Gruetzmacher. The Panthers were handcuffed by a strong pitching performance by Riley Pelishek, who struck out 12 Panthers and allowed two hits and one walk for Denmark (8-0, 2-0 Bay Conferenc

The Oconto Falls High School girls and boys track teams finished second at a Bay Conference triangular April 14 with Shawano Community High School and Luxemburg-Casco. L-C won the boys meet with 92 points. OFHS (52) was second and Shawano (42) third. L-C also won the girls meet. with 82 points.

Coming off a team trip to sectionals last season, the Oconto Falls High School golf team has high expectations for 2015. The Panthers return four of their top six golfers. “I know I’m excited and I hope the kids are as excited as I am, because it looks on paper that we should be competitive,” second-year coach Scott Schroeder said.

Shawano Police Department April 19 Police logged 22 incidents, including the following: Assault — Police investigated an assault in the 200 block of East Richmond Street. Trespass — Police responded to a trespassing complaint at the Wisconsin House, 216 E.

The shores of Sturgeon Park were burgeoning Saturday with the crowds that turned out to see the annual ritual of the spawning run of the star attraction for which the park was named, but it would be hard to tell whether the crowds or the sturgeon came in greater numbers. Fins flapping wildly in the rushing waters of the Shawano dam might have provided a close-enough view for most sight-seers, but for those closer to water’s edge, the fish swimmin