Kalee Gilmeister, of Eland, has been named one of the recipients of the 2024 Central Wisconsin Electric Cooperative’s (CWEC) Electric Utility Worker Scholarship. She will receive $1,000 for her studies. Gilmeister, a 2024 graduate of D.C.

The Oconto County Historical Society will begin its fall speaker series Sept. 5 by looking at northeast Wisconsin’s lumberjack history. The program “River Rat: Real Life and Romantic Legend” begins at 6:30 p.m. in the meeting room of the Beyer Home and Carriage Museum, 915 Park Ave., Oconto. Kathleen Marsh will tell the story of tens of thousands of unsung heroes, lumberjacks who extended their seasonal employment during the Big Pine era.

Earlier this month, officers from the Shawano Police Department, Shawano County Sheriff’s Office, Shawano County Jail, Shawano County Dispatch, Menominee Tribal Police Department, Black Creek Police Department and Clintonville Police Department completed a five-day crisis intervention team (CIT) training hosted by the Shawano Police Department at Shawano Community High School. Shawano Police Officers Sam Ferg-Meshnick and Officer Mequon Frechette

Wisconsin had 4.8 days suitable for fieldwork statewide for the week ending Aug. 18, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Rainfall later in the week limited an otherwise productive week. Field activities included harvesting small grains, potatoes and cutting hay. Topsoil moisture condition rated 1% very short, 6% short, 81% adequate and 12% surplus.

Lila Irene Postler, 83, died Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, at Pine Crest Nursing Home in Merrill. She was born Feb. 19, 1941, in Shawano to the late Albert and Irene (Montoure) Shroeder. She met the love of her life, Perry Postler, at a dance in Tilleda. They married Oct. 15, 1960, at St. Jacobi Lutheran Church in Shawano, treasuring 60 years of marriage. Perry preceded her in death on Dec.