A big day on the mound for Bonduel’s Jett Thielke led to another Dairyland League win for the Broncos.

Thielke struck out 14 batters over six innings in a 5-2 win over Shawano on Aug. 2 at Jack Reinke Field.

Bonduel 5, Shawano 2

The Broncos improved to 13-2 in Dairyland play with a home win over the Lobos.

Michael Ingold was acquitted months ago on a first-degree homicide charge, but it’s his own words leading up to that trial that are keeping him in jail and the court system.

A Krakow man was charged July 27 with homicide and reckless endangerment in connection with a July 2023 crash that killed a Bonduel man in Oconto County.

The Shawano Field Committee received an update July 28 on a traffic study done by Shawano County in the area where a new courthouse is supposed to be built in a few years.

A Pulcifer man is facing charges related to illegal hunting and fishing on over 170 occasions in a 15-month period across five counties.

Voters will head to the polls Aug. 11 to cast their ballots in a primary election that will set the stage for November’s general election, which includes the race for Wisconsin’s next governor.

Former Shawano resident Susan Gordon, now living in Olympia, Washington, visited Heather’s Beans and Books in Shawano on July 30 to sign copies of her historical fiction book about the 1871 Peshtigo Fire, “Conflagration: How Love and Courage Survived America’s Deadliest Fire.” She also appeared at the Aug. 2 ice cream social at the Peshtigo Fire Museum and Aug. 3 at the Peshtigo Public Library.

The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin has been selected to receive the inaugural Energy Sovereignty Champion Award at the 2026 People of the Sun Gathering, recognizing the tribe’s leadership, perseverance and long-term commitment to building an energy future rooted in sovereignty, resilience and service to the community.

Bank of Wisconsin employee Tobi Nowinsky shares a laugh with co-workers after he was given a new bicycle as a birthday surprise July 28. Nowinsky has been with the bank in Hatley for over 20 years, and either walks to and from work or rides an old bicycle. The bike was a gift from co-workers and customers. “I was really surprised,” Nowinsky said. “I have the coolest co-workers in the world, and I am lucky to have them. Plain and simple.”