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Ho-Chunk win joint Emmy with ‘Discover Wisconsin’

Published by admin on Wed, 11/22/2023 - 2:24pm

“Discover Wisconsin,” the nation’s longest-running travel and tourism TV series, and longtime partner Ho-Chunk Nation have won an Emmy Award at the 65th Chicago/Midwest Emmy Awards.

Keshena woman pleads guilty to child neglect

Published by admin on Wed, 11/22/2023 - 2:18pm

A rural Keshena woman who pleaded guilty to neglecting a child while allegedly maintaining a drug house was sentenced Nov. 20 to three months’ probation.

Michelle E. Grignon, 35, of the Legend Lake area, and Louis J. Chevalier, 32, were both indicted earlier this year on charges of maintaining a drug-involved premises and two counts of child neglect.

Volunteers share Thanksgiving meal

Published by admin on Wed, 11/22/2023 - 2:13pm

More than a dozen women gathered the morning of Nov. 22 to prepare the food needed for more than 100 Thanksgiving dinners. Some were there volunteering for the first time; others have been there multiple years.

“We joined the church around 2000, and it’s been going on for that long, and it had been going on for awhile before that even,” said Judy Wetzel, as she finished peeling another bag of potatoes.

Most area schools pass DPI standards

Published by admin on Wed, 11/22/2023 - 2:09pm

School districts in Shawano and Oconto counties have met the education standards set by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, according to the 2023 report cards released in mid-November.

Most area schools received a three-star rating, which shows the school has met the threshold for what DPI believes students should know to graduate high school. Some individual schools did not meet the standards, but the overall scores kept those schools at three stars.

Does apple know how far it falls from tree?

Published by admin on Wed, 11/22/2023 - 2:03pm

Michael “Blue” Peterson has more in common with his great-great-grandfather than a blood line and a last name.

Now serving as worshipful master of Mason-Woods Lodge 368 F&AM, Peterson did not know how much he had in common with his ancestor until well into adulthood.

“The curious part of this story is, other than a few snippets, I did not know my great-great-grandfather accomplished any of this until I became a member of Shawano area Masons,” Michael Peterson said.

NWTC Health Sciences creates XR lab

Published by admin on Wed, 11/22/2023 - 1:49pm

Through a $300,000 grant from Achieving the Dream and the Brave of Heart Fund to address shortage of nurses and systemic inequalities in nursing pathways, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College launches its first Health Sciences Extended Reality Lab.

Bonduel Elementary exemplifies excellence

Published by admin on Wed, 11/22/2023 - 1:42pm

Bonduel Elementary School is showing it’s doing something right when it comes to education at the lower grade levels, being one of the only schools in the area to get a five-star rating from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction in 2023.

The school fell into the significantly exceeds expectations category set by DPI with a score of 83.2, which shows it is not only helping students to learn but helping them to do so at a faster rate than other schools. This is not an anomaly for Bonduel, as the elementary school has reached the five-star tier for the third year in a row.

Governor comes to Oconto to celebrate business

Published by admin on Wed, 11/22/2023 - 8:30am

Gov. Tony Evers took a walking tour of downtown Oconto on Nov. 21 to highlight the Shop Small Wisconsin initiative.

Evers visited six small businesses, starting with The Shop on Main, then going on to Creative Ewe, Roberts Hometown Hardware, The Candy Shop, Secret Garden Floral Design, and ending with a visit to Eyeconic.

Several of the businesses were recipients of the Main Street Bounceback program, which provided grants of up to $10,000 that have helped more than 9,400 small businesses expand or move into storefronts in all 72 counties across the state.

No progress made in reckless endangerment case

Published by admin on Wed, 11/22/2023 - 8:26am

A case involving a Wittenberg woman accused of pointing a firearm at a group of children in May is still unresolved after a hearing Nov. 21 in Branch 2 at the Shawano County Courthouse.

Plan commission to review park survey results

Published by admin on Wed, 11/22/2023 - 8:24am

Members of the Bonduel Plan Commission are scheduled to meet Dec. 4 to discuss the results of the recent survey about the village’s parks.

Jesse Rankin, village director of municipal operations, said the commission will review the results and propose a plan that will be forwarded to the committee of the whole and then to the full village board, most likely in January.

“We’ll compare what the citizens said in the survey with the priorities of the plan commission,” Rankin said.