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Yoap and Yoap auction raises $8,500 for St. Jude

Published by admin on Mon, 01/17/2022 - 11:48am

The annual New Year’s auction at the Yoap and Yoap Auction Gallery near Lena raised an estimated $8,500 for St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

Since the auctioneers started the fundraiser with the opening of the Auction Gallery in 2014, the annual fundraiser has raised almost $50,000 for the life-saving efforts and research carried out by St. Jude Children’s Hospital, a pediatric treatment and research facility in Memphis, Tennessee, focused on children’s catastrophic diseases, particularly leukemia and other cancers.

Oconto County Circuit Court proceedings

Published by admin on Mon, 01/17/2022 - 11:45am

Proceedings of Jan. 14

Ryan Paul Winslow, 28, Oconto Falls, pleaded no contest to victim intimidation, stalking and misdemeanor charges of fourth-degree sexual assault, harassment, two counts of making computer threats and disorderly conduct in connection with incidents that occurred in December 2019. One of the misdemeanor counts was originally charged as a felony and amended in a plea agreement. Judge Jay N. Conley scheduled sentencing for March 18 and ordered a pre-sentence investigation.

Oconto County Sheriff's Department dispatch logs

Published by admin on Mon, 01/17/2022 - 11:43am

Jan. 13

One dead, one injured after snowmobile crash in Lakewood

Published by admin on Mon, 01/17/2022 - 11:40am

One person died and another was injured in a snowmobile crash Jan. 12 in the Town of Lakewood.

Oconto County Sheriff Todd Skarban said the Emergency Dispatch Center received a call around 10:54 a.m. about the crash near McCabe and Lake John roads. When deputies arrived they found two people who had been ejected from the snowmobile when it left the trail and struck a tree, Skarban said.

Family ties keep Bieber from 3rd term

Published by admin on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 3:07pm

There’s going to be a new sheriff in town as Adam Bieber has opted not to run for a third term.

Bieber recently announced that he’s opting for family first in his life and bowing out as the county’s top cop. He said he hasn’t decided if he’s going to continue in law enforcement after his term concludes at the end of 2022 or pursue a different kind of job, but he’s going to focus on his family.

Housing development OK’d for old SMC land

Published by admin on Thu, 01/13/2022 - 3:13pm

The Shawano Common Council approved a deal Jan. 12 with Van’s Realty and Construction to build 15 single-family homes on the old Shawano Medical Center site, ending an eight-year limbo in which the city had been trying to come up with the best use for the site.

Oconto Falls middle school referendum question approved

Published by admin on Wed, 01/12/2022 - 12:32pm

Five years and three minutes after the Oconto Falls School Board started thinking about an April 2022 middle school referendum, the board pulled the trigger Jan. 10.

New child abuse charges filed against Lena man

Published by admin on Wed, 01/12/2022 - 12:30pm

Oconto County prosecutors filed 16 new child abuse charges against a Lena man Jan. 6 before a judge sentenced him to prison on two felonies and a misdemeanor to which he had already pleaded no contest.

Two primary elections needed for Oconto County Board

Published by admin on Wed, 01/12/2022 - 12:28pm

Primary elections will be needed to narrow the field of candidates in two Oconto County Board supervisory districts, and there will be races in those and six other districts come April.

In two other districts, write-in ballots will likely determine the winners after no one registered for the ballot before the Jan. 4 deadline.

Six candidates register for Oconto Falls School Board

Published by admin on Wed, 01/12/2022 - 12:26pm

Six people registered in time to be placed on the ballot for two open positions on the Oconto Falls School Board, meaning a Feb. 15 primary election will be necessary to reduce the field for the April 5 general election.

Meanwhile, three of the candidates also submitted applications for the seat left vacant by Sharon Stodola-Eslien’s resignation last month. The person appointed to the seat will fill the last two months of Stodola-Eslien’s unexpired term.