Oconto County Sheriff’s Department

July 5

Eleven of the 15 cast members performing in “James and the Giant Peach” are children, which director Sabrina Demaski has found both challenging at times and pleasantly surprising.

Shawano County is partnering with New North Inc. to recruit members of the armed forces transitioning from military life and bring them into northeast Wisconsin to fill vacancies at key businesses in the area.

The Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohicans were the last, but they certainly weren’t the least as they received a visit from Gov. Tony Evers on June 30 and unveiled dual-language highway signs for the reservation at a presentation at Mohican North Star Casino Resort.

A Green Bay man died June 25 after his pickup truck left U.S. Highway 141 and ran into a creek.

An Oconto County Sheriff’s Department traffic report identified the victim as Richard John Kennedy, 75.

The report indicates that at about 11:56 a.m., the pickup truck left the roadway south of Highway 141 near Guelig Road in the Town of Stiles, getting stuck in the water.