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Former teacher waives preliminary hearing

A former Oconto Falls High School teacher facing nearly a dozen felony counts relating to sexual misconduct waived his preliminary hearing in Oconto County Circuit Court on Feb. 13.

Judge Jay Conley accepted Gayle Gander’s waiver, with an arraignment now scheduled for 3 p.m. March 26.

Gander, 60, remains free on a $75,000 cash bond.

Early opener not expected to affect fishery

Anglers will soon have another month to harvest brook, brown and rainbow trout in streams, ponds and springs.

Beginning this year, the harvest season will change from the first Saturday in May, Wisconsin’s general inland season opener, to the first Saturday in April.

Pulaski bakery knee-deep in paczki

Greg Smurawa and his bakery staff put in extra hours in the days leading up to Lent.

They needed to for Smurawa’s Country Bakery’s annual Paczki Day, otherwise known as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday.

“We sell them every day of the year, but this is of course our busiest time,” Smurawa said. “We used to fill them by hand, but now we use a machine.”

Building plans for crowded courthouse to be shared at public meetings, on new website

Shawano County supervisors will get another update on the future plans for a new courthouse, jail and public library when they gather for their next meeting at 3 p.m. Feb. 25 at the courthouse.

Red Jingle Dress unveiled in honor of missing, murdered Indigenous people

Several dozen friends and family members of missing and murdered Menominee Tribe members gathered Feb. 14 to witness the unveiling of a red jingle dress to honor their loved ones.

“We’re holding this event so we can all come together and celebrate our missing family members,” said Alysse Corn, whose mother, Rae Tourtilliot, was murdered nearly 40 years ago.

Her killer has yet to be found.

Scheffler visits Shawano to gauge public

Mark Scheffler has no intention of being one of the Democratic representatives if he succeeds from wresting Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional District from Tony Wied’s grasp.

National forests to fill seasonal jobs

Local residents are encouraged to apply for seasonal jobs in Wisconsin’s Chequamegon-Nicolet and Michigan’s Ottawa national forests.

Four of the jobs — one forestry and three recreation positions — will be based at the U.S. Forest Service’s Lakewood office in Oconto County.

Interested applicants must apply online at usajobs.gov. Job announcements and descriptions will be available beginning Feb. 20.

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