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Fatal crash victim identified

The victim of a fatal Oct. 17 crash in the Town of Oconto Falls has been identified as an 18-year-old Suring man who graduated from Oconto Falls High School last May.

Shawano-Menominee Court News

• Anthony R. Warrington, 37, a Shawano man serving a term at Fox Lake Correctional Institution, pleaded no contest Oct. 20 to manufacturing and delivering amphetamine and possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine. Judge Katherine Sloma sentenced him to 54 months in state prison, followed by five years of extended supervision with conditions.

Oconto County Court News

• Alfred Duane Gristeau, 26, Gillett, pleaded no contest Aug. 19 to six counts of burglary to a building or dwelling, two counts of misdemeanor theft, two misdemeanor counts of crimnal damage to property, and misdemeanor charges of resisting or obstructing an officer and bail jumping. Judge Michael Judge sentenced him Oct. 20 to five years and six months in prison, followed by six years of extended supervision with conditions.

Shawano County Public Record
Shawano County Sheriff’s Department

Oct. 26

Oconto County Public Record
Oconto County Sheriff’s Department

Oct. 23

Logging co-op plans to revive Tilleda lumber mill

Loggers have lost customers as local mills have shuttered, but now some of them are taking steps to breathe new life into those mills.

One step forward took place Oct. 23 in Tilleda as Timber Professionals Cooperative Enterprises as its first chip mill formally opened off of Mill Lane. Chip mills produce the material that can be sold off to make paper and for other projects.

Mother Nature at her finest

A double rainbow spread across the sky over Laney Cheese in Pulaski the evening of Oct. 21. A double rainbow is caused by sunlight reflecting twice inside a raindrop. The first reflection creates the primary rainbow, while the second reflection results in a fainter, secondary rainbow with its colors reversed. This secondary bow is located above the primary bow.

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