A man charged in the homicide of a Green Bay teenager in 1998 and cover-up that followed was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison Monday on reduced charges.
Charles J.
To the editor:
Our Gillett Public Library director, Kay Rankel, the Gillett Public Library staff, Library Board and Friends of the Gillett Public Library have been researching for quite some time how to obtain space to increase library functions and meet needs in our community.
They have, without use of community tax dollars, obtained the former bank building adjacent to the library.
You’d be surprised how much information there is on the Internet about albino squirrels.
Maybe you’re wondering why I’d be looking for information about albino squirrels. Simple: I saw one a couple of weeks ago while we and our friends Dave and Karen and John and Laurie were out on one of our jaunts on the Ice Age National Scenic Trail.
And it wasn’t just me seeing things; Marilyn and David saw it, too.
When we think about the years that pass by on the path around the Falls, or just about any place else, there are some that tend to have special significance.
Fifty years is special. It was 50 years ago that the Mustang was introduced.
One hundred years ago marked the start of World War I.
Over the past few months, GOAL Academy, which is part of Gillett Public Schools, has been collaborating with Filament Games, a Madison-based game production studio that creates learning games.
The partnership has been working well for both entities.
Hunter Magnin and Bo Shroyer will represent the Oconto Falls American Legion baseball team Saturday at the Fox River Valley All-Star game at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton.
Magnin and Shroyer were selected by a FRV committee to the American Conference squad, slated to play at noon.
When the first high school football practice of the season got into swing full Tuesday at Oconto Falls, the normal sounds couldn’t be heard; no popping of pads or helmets colliding.
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) Board of Control passed a measure in late June to limit player-on-player contact starting this season.
When two track athletes grow up together, it should be no surprise they are evenly matched on the track.
Oconto Falls High School cross-country runners Bailey Wolf and Mike Friedman are no exception. Wolf placed second Friedman third in their respective age groups July 12 at the Dances with Dirt Extreme Half Marathon in Baraboo.
Wolf was 16th of 269 women overall and just 57 seconds off leader Sara Viner of Mount Horeb in the 15-19 age group.
