The Oconto Falls School District started the school year with 13 new staff members, one of the biggest incoming groups in several years. Joining the staff at Abrams Elementary was Kary Hayes, who will teach fourth grade.

It has been 20 years since Karen Mihalski cleaned the closets and emptied the toy chest for a rummage sale. Now the next generation of the Mihalski family is ready to clear her home of outgrown clothes, little-used toys and a whole lot more. The mother/daughter team of Mihalski and Jenny Jurecki are first-time participants in Falls Fun Fest, famous for its rummage sales. Their sale will take place at Mihalski’s Krakow Road home in Morgan.

Approximately 7,000 people attended the Oconto Fly-in sponsored by EAA Warbirds Badger Squadron 6 on Sept. 14. Fifty planes, including six Warbirds, flew into the airport. Russian Yaks, a Navy TBM Avenger, L-19 Bird Dog, Stearman and a Beech 18 were in the skies.

A benefit for a Lena third-grader with leukemia will take place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Lena High School commons. Kyle Hodkiewicz, 8, son of Jessica and Mitch Hodkiewicz, was diagnosed with leukemia this summer. According to the family, Kyle is responding well to treatment but has a long journey ahead. The Lena Knights of Columbus, Lena FFA Alumni, Lena School District and St.

Panthers blown out, remain winless The Oconto Falls High School football team lost 64-0 to Hortonville in a Bay Conference game Friday in Hortonville. Hortonville (5-0, 5-0 Bay) took a 29-0 lead in the first quarter and was up 36-0 by halftime. Tyler Kowalczyk had 120 yards on 21 carries for Oconto Falls (0-5, 0-4 Bay). Quarterback Samuel Konitzer was limited to one completion, on six attempts, for 30 yards.

Mike Friedman and Bailey Wolf had third-place finishes and the Oconto Falls High School boys cross-country team finished second Sept. 17 at the Bonduel Invitational. Friedman finished third with a time of 16 minutes, 38 seconds. Teammate Liam Spillane took sixth, finishing in 17:40. Wolf’s time of 16:24 helped lift the Panthers girls to a sixth-place finish. Freedom won both the boys and girls meets.Local resultsBoysTeam: 1. Freedom (32), 2.

The Gillett Secondary School football team lost to visiting Wausaukee 36-28 in a Marinette and Oconto Conference game Friday in Gillett. A pair of second-quarter touchdown runs by Gillett’s Alex Zeitler, a sophomore quarterback, tied the game at 14-14 before halftime. “Zeitler once again played well, as the young signal caller put up another 100-yard performance, his fifth in as many games,” Gillett coach Rick Kamps said. Zeitler finished six of

High school volleyball teams taking on Oconto Falls this season, consider this your warning. The Panthers have a deadly duo in seniors McKenna Larsen and Carly Lemke, and both know how to kill — spiking the volleyball, that is. Larsen and Lemke have been playing together for years, and their hard work has culminated into a great start to the season.

The Oconto Falls High School volleyball team wasn’t at the top of its game against Denmark.