Community Business Features 18 September 2026

Planning funerals can be done ahead of time

The thought of planning one’s funeral isn’t typically at the top of someone’s to-do list. But should it be?

Planning a funeral for a deceased relative, significant other or friend is ranked as one of the most difficult tasks in life when funeral arrangements aren’t made ahead of time.

Funeral homes offer a way to arrange one’s funeral through pre-needs planning.

Community Features Melinda Myers 18 September 2026
Nudge poinsettias, holiday cacti into bloom

Colorful poinsettias and flowering Thanksgiving or Christmas cactus fill garden centers and homes during the holiday season. If you saved your plants from last year, it is time to get started forcing them into bloom for the upcoming holidays.

Community Features 18 September 2026
Tune into the birds on your fall walks

Fall is a great time for birding as many species are on the move, migrating from their northern breeding grounds to their wintering grounds in the south.

Community Features 18 September 2026
Stutleen named to OFHS Wall of Fame

Darleen Stutleen will be the latest inductee as the Oconto Falls School District celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Oconto Falls High School Wall of Fame.

Community Features 18 September 2026
Every family should make back-to-school check-in

As students settle into the new school year, Emplify Health is encouraging parents and caregivers to pause and check in with their children about how the first few weeks of school have gone.

Community Features 14 September 2026
Shurs provide care, comfort to dozens of cats

AT A GLANCE

WHAT: Shur Rescue

WHERE: N6591 Cheese Factory Road, Cecil

WHEN: By appointment only

ONLINE: www.shurrescue.com

CONTACT: 715-927-7297 or shurrescue8823@gmail.com

Community Features 3 September 2026
Cannon Family Farm offers natural, homegrown products

From meat to vegetables, everything sold on the Cannon Family Farm is all-natural and homegrown, farm to table.

Born and raised appreciating a farming background, owner Sheldon Cannon stresses the importance of knowing where food comes from. Raising steers, geese, ducks, roosters, chickens, pigs, rabbits and goats, he is kept busy offering healthy, clean food.

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