Main Street in Gillett has been a sweeter place to be this summer.
Pete Vorpahl opened Main Street Sweets at 127 E. Main St. in time for the community’s annual Independence Day parade.
The Little Falls Loggers will travel to the Scandinavia Vikings on Sept. 1 to compete in the 78th Badger Amateur Baseball Association Grand Championship Game.
Little Falls beat Eland 7-5 in 12 innings on Aug. 25 to advance, and Scandinavia beat Clintonville 14-1 to host the title game.
Little Falls 7, Eland 5
Chris Dunn was the winning pitcher, lasting 11 innings. He struck out 10, walked four, gave up eight hits and five run.
Summer is a wonderful time to embrace the pleasures of the season — spending time at the pool, enjoying a barbecue or taking the opportunity to exercise outdoors.
For those who are exercising outdoors, it’s important to understand how hot weather can stress their heart.
“Extreme heat can increase health risks for people with chronic conditions, including heart disease,” said Dr. Ameer Kabour, ThedaCare cardiologist.
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital announced Aug. 26 that Colleen Koski, MSN, RN, has been named the Oconto Falls facility’s chief administrative officer (CAO).
The CAO is a new role at HSHS that provides on-site, localized leadership overseeing nursing, operations and all other organizational functions of the hospital.
Colleen’s leadership experience at St. Clare spans 16 years.
Hilda Marie Dennison, 81, of Eau Claire, died peacefully at home on Friday, Aug. 23, 2024.
She was born to Carl and Evelyn Turnquist on Oct. 18, 1942, in Greenwood. Hilda graduated from Greenwood High School. She completed the Weaver Airline Personnel School’s extension course and was attending the resident school in Kansas City, Missouri, when she was selected and assigned to the position of communications agent for North Central Airlines.
Helen Therese Gysling, 91, of Gillett, formerly of Minnetonka, Minnesota, died at home with family by her side, Saturday evening, Aug. 24, 2024, and went to be with her Savior.
She was born May 20, 1933, in Bern, Switzerland, to Charles and Marie (Nyffeler) Favez. She grew up in Switzerland, where she completed her schooling and began her engagement to Walter Gysling.
A sample of producers around the country will receive agricultural survey questionnaires from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).
The agency is taking a comprehensive look into the 2024 production and supply of small grains — including wheat, oats, barley and rye.
NASS will contact nearly 2,200 producers across Wisconsin to determine 2024 acreage, yield and production for small grain crops.
Milk production in Wisconsin during July totaled 2.76 billion pounds, down slightly from the previous July according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Milk Production report.
The average number of milk cows during July, at 1.27 million head, was unchanged from last month but up 1,000 from July 2023.
Palmer College of Chiropractic
Taylor Johnson, of Shawano, has been named to the 2024 spring trimester dean’s list at Palmer College of Chiropractic’s Main Campus in Davenport, Iowa.
Northcentral Technical College
Northcentral Technical College reports the following students were awarded diplomas during the spring 2024 term.
Aniwa: Emily Hoppe, Matthew Stepanik.
Birnamwood: Ty Rastl, Christina Thrun, Kathy Resch, Mason Meverden, Morgan Treu, Sara
