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Consumers should protect logins while traveling

As winter travel season continues, area banks are reminding consumers to take extra precautions to protect online accounts and personal information while away from home.

Crop insurance, grain marketing workshop offered

University of Wisconsin-Extension is conducting an event to help grain producers better understand how crop insurance and marketing opportunities and tools interact and how they can best select from the available crop insurance opportunities.

Woelfel talking about lighthouses at Oconto event

Green Bay author Therese Langer Woelfel will discuss her book “Our Guiding Light: Wisdom from the Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter” at 6:30 p.m. March 5 at the Beyer Home and Carriage Museum, 915 Park Ave., Oconto, as part of the Oconto County Historical Society’s monthly speaker series.

Elderberry syrup contributing to community’s good health

Tucked in the back of Mimi’s Closet and More’s vendor village is an unassuming booth that carries a very unique product, Elderberry Syrup Brew Kits.

Bonnie Cotter, of Shawano, is the owner of Bonnie’s Naturals. She began selling her special handcrafted elderberry syrup brew kits recently in her booth at 105 N. Airport Road, Shawano.

“I always am being creative on how to help other people,” Cotter said.

Ho-Chunk sculptor Truman Lowe honored in Smithsonian

A new exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., looks back on the career of the late Truman Lowe, a Ho-Chunk artist and educator known for his ability to make wood look like water.

Animal lover finds her calling in Lakewood

Libby Rummel is not a typical teenager.

Instead of shopping, hanging out with friends, heading off to college or checking out the latest YouTube or TikTok videos, the 18-year-old spends much of her time at Northern Paws, a pet supply store she opened on her own in December in Lakewood.

What's Happening Feb. 20 to March 1

FRIDAY, FEB. 20

OCONTO: Winter Book Sale, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Oconto Falls Community Library, 251 N. Main St. Hosted by the library Friends group.

OCONTO: Storytime, 10:30 a.m., Farnsworth Public Library, 715 Main St. Story and crafts for preschool children. A caregiver must stay with the child.

SHAWANO: Republican Party Gun Show, 11 a.m. to close, Republican Party of Shawano HQ, 712 E. Green Bay St.

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