Matty Mathison, center, of Shawano, was presented with AARP Wisconsin’s top statewide volunteer award for 2025 in a ceremony March 31 at the Shawano Lake County Park pavilion. Mathison is a dedicated advocate for the creation, preservation and expansion of trail systems throughout Shawano County.

To the editor:

Trust and transparency are gone in Oconto County.

Will anglers head to the northern half of Wisconsin – including Shawano and Oconto counties – to fish for muskies almost a month before the previous season opener?

That remains to be seen, but anglers will be able to target muskies in the Northern Zone on May 2 instead of waiting until the last Saturday of May. The season will end Dec. 31.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Wisconsin Conservation Congress will be holding their spring hearings from 6-9 p.m. April 13.

Wednesday, April 1

UW-Oshkosh

Shawano’s 4x200-meter relay team of Sosaeh Tepiew, Bryce Lammers, Maverick Theis and Heriberto Rubio won with a time of 1:35.77 at the UW-Oshkosh boys track and field meet for teams in Divisions 2 and 3.

Joseph Doperalski finished in fourth place in the shot put.

Elijah Senft placed fifth in the 60-meter dash.

Tuesday, March 31

Wittenberg-Birnamwood 9, Wautoma 0

Five hits by the Chargers and five errors by the Hornets contributed to a 9-0 shutout win for Wittenberg-Birnamwood’s baseball team.

Milo Salvesen had a double for the Chargers.

Connor Meverden was one of three pitchers for the Chargers, and he earned the win with four strikeouts and two walk in three innings.

Wednesday, April 1

Pulaski 12, Bishop Timon-St. Jude 1

Eddie Van Roy hit a home run and Braun Wotruba hit a triple as Pulaski cruised to a 12-1 win over Bishop Timon-St. Jude of Buffalo, New York, in a game in Florida.

Wotruba hit 3-for-5, and Eli Heuser hit 2-for-4.

Tuesday, March 31

Wittenberg-Birnamwood 4, Stratford 1

Chloe Hanson hit 2-for-3 with a pair of triples and two RBIs as Wittenberg-Birnamwood’s softball team defeated Stratford 4-1.

Jayda Moenke hit 1-for-3 with a triple.

Zoey Thorson and Katelyn Nousen each collected an RBI.

Tuesday, March 31

Bluejay Indoor Track Invitational

Wittenberg-Birnamwood’s boys scored 67 points and placed third among five teams, while the girls tallied 23 points and finished in fifth place.

For the boys, Aydrean McGeshick won the 200-meter dash in 25.4 seconds. Logan Gibson placed third.