31 July 2013

Clintonville Legion beats Chilton 2-1

The Clintonville American Legion baseball team beat Chilton 2-1 to open the Class A state tournament Wednesday in Viroqua. Nick Hoegen gave Clintonville a 1-0 lead in the second inning with a double that brought home Austin Paisar, who had singled. Chilton responded in the fourth, getting a run from Tim Kolbe, on an error, to tie the game. Austin Paisar scored the winning run on a bases-loaded walk in the top of the seventh. In the bottom of the
31 July 2013
Local players off to Fox Cities Stadium
The Central Wisconsin American Legion Baseball League will hold its first All-Star game Aug.
30 July 2013
Kelly Marie Kallies
Kelly Marie Kallies, 35, Oconto Falls, died Friday afternoon, July 26, 2013, and was received into God’s loving arms at the Meng Hospice Residence Center in De Pere, following a valiant, 14-month fight with cancer. She was born April 22, 1978, in Green Bay to Benedict and Anne (Sinclair) Banaszynski Jr.
30 July 2013
Ida A. Fischer
Ida A. Fischer, 97, formerly of Cecil, passed away on Friday, July 26, 2013, in Appleton. Ida was born on May 20, 1916, to the late Edward and Natalie (Reindfleisch) Wilke in the town of Underhill. On Oct. 17, 1934, she married Carl Fischer.
30 July 2013
Oconto County Sheriff’s Department
At 2:42 am. July 28, a single-vehicle accident was reported on County Road T, south of Presbyterian Road, in the town of Townsend. A male driver from Lakewood had been traveling north, swerved from one side of the road to the other, left the road, traveled down a steep embankment and overturned. He suffered serious injuries and was transported to a medical facility. He was cited for driving too fast for conditions. At 12:16 p.m.
30 July 2013
Kernels of information reveal corn’s local value
Corn is the most widely grown crop in Marinette and Oconto counties, being planted annually on approximately 110,000 acres. The 2013 acreage will probably be down a bit, as many parts of Oconto County had planting difficulties, creating a need for crop switches or prevented planting acres.
30 July 2013
Oconto Falls Police Department
A resident on North Oakland Avenue on July 10 reported the theft of a pistol, its ammunition and a pair of binoculars, all valued at $920. A 45-year-old female was cited for disorderly conduct July 16 after an altercation with her husband at their residence on west Highland Drive. A 43-year-old women from Oconto Falls was referred to the district attorney’s office for charges of forgery and issuing worthless checks.
30 July 2013
Oconto County Circuit Court
Proceedings from July 26 A jury trial will be held Sept. 26 for Craig A. Spice II, 31, Suring. He faces nine counts of repeated failure to pay child support between June 1, 2008, and Oct. 11, 2012, and a felony bail jumping charge, which occurred April 13. His $5,000 cash bond was reduced to $3,000. Proceedings from July 25 Julie J.
30 July 2013
Snowbulance equipped for year-round use
A new Snowbulance has been delivered to Mountain Ambulance Service (MAS). The Snowbulance can carry a patient and an EMT from an off-road accident to the ambulance. It’s fully enclosed and equipped with interior lights and a heater. The Snowbulance has an interchangeable base, with skis for winter months and wheels for the rest of the year, so it can be used year-round.
30 July 2013
Catalog pales in comparison to first-hand look
Top-notch teachers who travel the path around the Falls know one technique to get youngsters to read: provide them with high-interest reading materials. For girls, it may be one type of literature, and for boys, it may be something else. Thinking back to our younger days, at some point we came across one of the best, high-interest reading materials for boys of all ages, the Herter’s Sporting Goods catalog.
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