Shawano School District business operations director Bryan Kadlec has also been providing business services to the Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine School District over the past year, and the Shawano School Board has approved a deal allowing him to continue to do so.

Paige Bedroske, from Shawano, was among high school students who recently gathered in Des Moines, Iowa, for the Donna and Darnell Pettengill Civic Leadership Academy at Drake University, a three-day summer experience hosted by The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center in association with The Ron and Jane Olson Institute for Public Democracy.

The Shawano School Board was pleased to hear that an anticipated $1 million budget deficit from the recently completed 2025-26 school year would actually only be $260,000, but it raised questions about why it was necessary to make $1.77 million in cuts for the 2026-27 school year.

One man is dead following an ATV crash July 26 in the Town of Pensaukee.

The Oconto County Sheriff’s Department Emergency Dispatch Center was notified just before 6 p.m. of the crash on Oak Orchard Road.

For over 20 years I’d had a nice little doable raspberry patch on the farm. It was ever-bearing and in turn, produced raspberries early summer and again in the fall, until a heavy frost put them to sleep for the winter.

Northcentral Technical College

Northcentral Technical College announced the following students were awarded diplomas during the spring 2026 term.

Eland: Diego Lopez Campos.

Wittenberg: Brayden Nueske.

University of Minnesota Duluth

The Office of the Registrar at the University of Minnesota Duluth has announced its list of spring semester 2026 graduates.

Jim Schoenike didn’t think he had much chance to secure a nearly $90,000 federal grant to help his small bow club expand its outdoor range and facilities, but hoped he might get a few thousand.

Using his background in the financial industry, he filled out a detailed application that included estimated costs to expand and enhance the range and submitted it in July 2024.

The 16th annual cemetery walk “If Tombstones Could Talk” will be held at 6 p.m. Sept. 14-16.

The first two performances will be held outside at the Catholic Cemetery, 3024 N. River Road, Oconto. The finale will be presented indoors at the John B. LeMay Auditorium at Oconto High School, 1717 Superior Ave., Oconto.

Have you ever been told by your dentist or dental hygienist that you have periodontal disease or that you need a deep cleaning?

Hearing those words can sound intimidating, and many patients immediately wonder if something is seriously wrong. The good news is that periodontal disease is very common, and when caught early, it is very treatable.