News 27 May 2026

HSHS hospitals in Green Bay and Oconto Falls honored for maximizing the gift of life

Two HSHS hospitals — HSHS St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay and HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital in Oconto Falls — were recognized by UW Organ and Tissue Donation for an ongoing commitment to saving and improving lives through organ and tissue donation.

Both hospitals, along with the 23 other award recipients, were honored during a ceremony in April in Madison.

News 27 May 2026
Former Banner Banks’ name change goes into effect

The former Banner Banks merged with Bank of Sun Prairie and now operates as Bank of Wisconsin, a branch of Bank of Sun Prairie — a community bank with four branches and roots in northcentral Wisconsin.

Sports 27 May 2026
Athletes advance to sectional track meets

Tuesday, May 26

The first four finishers in each event from each WIAA regional qualifies for sectional competition. Several local athletes moved on to the next round.

Division 1, Green Bay Preble

Pulaski boys advancing to the sectional round are:

400-meter dash: Max Fredrickson, first, 50.50.

Sports 27 May 2026
Teams, individual golfers advance to sectional play

Tuesday, May 26

Division 2 Winneconne Regional

Menominee Nation/Gresham advanced to the sectional round of Division 2 golf after placing third with a 331 at Lake Breeze Golf Course in Winneconne.

Shawano finished seventh at 345, and Wittenberg-Birnamwood was 10th at 355.

Sports 27 May 2026
Chargers, Bears win in shutouts

Tuesday, May 26

Wittenberg-Birnamwood 14, Xavier 0

Wittenberg-Birnamwood girls softball showed why they are seeded first in their Division 3 sectional, defeating No. 8 seed Xavier 14-0.

Rory Salvesen led the Chargers, hitting 3-for-3 with four RBIs and three runs scored.

Brie Ladika was 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored.

Sports 27 May 2026
Red Raiders beat Raiders on baseball diamond

Tuesday, May 26

Pulaski 13, Sheboygan North 7

Braun Wotruba hit a home run, and Gavin Sikorski and Eddie Van Roy each had two hits in the Red Raiders’ 13-7 win over the Raiders.

Matt Heck had three RBIs, and Eli Heuser and Wotruba each had two.

Wotruba was the winning pitcher. In three innings, he gave up five runs on six hits, walked three and struck out three.

Sports 27 May 2026
Shawano soccer comes up short on the road

Tuesday, May 26

Fox Valley Lutheran 3, Shawano 1

Fox Valley Lutheran defeated Shawano 3-1 in a nonconference game. The Hawks dropped to 7-9-1.

Sports 27 May 2026
Pulaski boys lacrosse season ends in shutout loss

Tuesday, May 26

Bay Port 11, Pulaski 0 (boys)

Pulaski’s boys lacrosse season ended with an 11-0 shutout at the hands of Bay Port in the opening round of WIAA regional action.

Obituaries 27 May 2026
Beverly A. Schmidt

Beverly Ann Schmidt, 88, died peacefully at Country Villa in Little Chute on Friday, May 22, 2026.

She was born Feb. 11, 1938, the daughter of Albert Henry Wild and Christine Rose (Zimmerman) Wild in Antigo. Bev graduated from Antigo High School in 1956 and then attended Langlade County Normal School.

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