• Jason J. Huncosky, 25, Suring, pleaded no contest April 20 to possession of methamphetamine. Judge Kent Hoffman withheld sentencing and placed him on two years of probation with conditions.
Arbor Day has been celebrated for more than 30 years in the city of Shawano, but the celebration this year was just a little more personal for Matt Hendricks, city parks and recreation director.
Gresham Community School took its mission of wellness and invited the community April 22 to take part in healthy activities that help to bring everyone together.
Children and adults alike gathered to play pickleball, cornhole, board games and cards. They also got the chance to learn how to use an automated external defibrillator while also learning that healthy activity should be part of everyone’s life.
It won’t be long and Oconto County’s three Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest campgrounds will be open for business for the 2026 season.
Those campgrounds are located in the Bagley Rapids Recreation Area near Mountain, Boot Lake Recreation Area near Townsend and Boulder Lake Recreation Area near White Lake.
With the addition of Shawano County’s 413th barn quilt April 17, the barn quilt project started by local photographer Jim Leuenberger in June 2010 has come to an end.
“People will still be able to enjoy the nearly 400 quilts that remain on display throughout the county,” Leuenberger said. “We just aren’t going to be painting new ones.”
