The shores of Sturgeon Park were burgeoning Saturday and Sunday 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 f

SOCCER Shawano 7 Clintonville 0 Perhaps cold, wet weather is just what the Shawano girls soccer team needed to get its offense untracked as it heads into the Bay Conference season. The Hawks scored from close and long range Monday and did not need to record a single save in goal.

Bonduel High School’s boys and girls finished atop the standings in the Central Wisconsin Conference-8 Pre-Conference Meet held Monday at Little Wolf High School in Manawa. Haley Pues paced the Bonduel girls with first-place finishes in the 100-meter hurdles, 300 hurdles and high jump.

City officials Tuesday approved entering into negotiations with ThedaCare over the Shawano Medical Center property that will be vacated later this year. The Shawano Common Council came out of closed session discussions at its reorganizational meeting and voted to “authorize and direct the city attorney, mayor and city administrator to enter into negotiations with ThedaCare for development of the hospital site,” City Administrator Brian Knapp said

The Green Bay Packers’ 95th NFL regular-season schedule — highlighted by a Thanksgiving night game at Lambeau Field against the Chicago Bears, the first home Thanksgiving game since 1923 — was released this evening by the National Football League. Green Bay’s schedule includes four other prime-time contests and seven games against 2014 playoff teams.

Brenda Lowrance, a 1983 graduate of Oconto Falls High School, has been named a Mountain West region finalist in the clinical care, inpatient category for the 2015 Nurse.com GEM award honoring outstanding nurses nationwide. Lowrance, who will be honored with 23 other nurses at the Nurse.com Nursing Excellence GEM Awards Dinner, has been the registered nurse senior manager for the seventh floor at Banner - University Medical Center in Phoenix, Ariz

In an effort to streamline services and maximize efficiencies for patients, a number of changes will be made to the HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Prevea Oconto Health Center and the Prevea Oconto Health Center. HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital Prevea Oconto Health Center is located at 103 First Street, and the Prevea Oconto Health Center is located at 620 Smith Ave.

Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Company’s performance for 2014 showed both favorable and unfavorable results, according to information released March 24 at the 124th annual meeting. President Al Schuettpelz reported premiums written increased by $220,338, the company’s surplus increased by $267,518, admitted assets were up $1,397,022 and incurred losses were down from the previous year, with a gross loss ratio coming in at 52.6 percent. The unusual

For a third consecutive year, Lena Swamp Archery, Oconto Falls, was awarded Top 100 Mission Dealer status from Mathews Inc. of Sparta. Mathews Inc. is the world’s largest archery manufacturer, according to a news release. Lena Swamp Archery owner Wade Jeske said 2014 was a challenging year. “Wisconsin changed the law to allow anyone to use a crossbow.