Proceedings from Nov. 27 Sentencing for Chad W. Fischer, 34, Oconto Falls, is Jan. 17. He is charged with felony bail jumping on Sept. 10. He had been scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 10 on charges of manufacturing a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and possessing drug paraphernalia, which allegedly took place Aug. 9, 2012, in Oconto Falls. His $8,000 cash bond continues. Proceedings from Nov. 25 James B.

Two 13-year-old boys from Oconto Falls were stopped by police Nov. 10 after throwing eggs at a home on West Highland Drive. A concrete deer on display on the lawn of St. Anthony Church, 253 N. Franklin St., was tipped over Nov. 11, and one of its antlers broke, causing $400 in damage.

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Oconto County residents interested in holding public office have five weeks to file nomination papers for the spring election. Nomination papers are available at Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board website, gab.wi.gov, or at municipal buildings for town, village and city positions, school district offices for school board races and the Oconto County Courthouse for supervisory seats. Candidates must submit the papers before 5 p.m.

A “double-benefit” is how Gerome Finn described Oconto County’s Volunteers in Probation program. The program, an alternative to jail or state probation for first-time offenders of nonviolent, misdemeanor crimes, helps rehabilitate first-time offenders (benefit No. 1) at no expense to county taxpayers (benefit No.

Although the proposed 2014 budget came under fire from two aldermen Nov. 25, the city of Gillett plans to use tax money to pay for a fourth full-time police officer whose employment was funded by a grant since 2011. Aldermen Rick Raatz and Tod Anderson voted against the proposed $392,627 tax levy, which was approved 4-2.

A 12-person jury will decide if an Oconto Falls man, after a night of drinking, shot and killed a Green Bay teenager 15 years ago. Peter J. Hanson, 52, of Oconto Falls, faces one count of intentional homicide — party to the crime, for the death of Chad McLean, 19, who died of multiple gunshot wounds to the head.

My dad was a good storyteller. Unfortunately, as he grew nearer to the end of his life, he told the same stories over and over. But one of his stories always tickled me.

The cold snap that came to the path around the Falls the weekend before Thanksgiving did a lot to solidify things. Many Wisconsinites took the opportunity to head to the woods. On Saturday, pools of water had light skins of ice. By Sunday morning, shallow bodies of water were solid enough to walk across without that dreaded cracking sound. The downturn in temperatures also affected many farm operations.