NorthLakes Community Clinic is making dental care more accessible for patients with mobility needs.

New specialized wheelchair recliners have been added at NorthLakes dental clinics in Ashland, Hayward and Oconto. The equipment allows patients to remain safe in their own wheelchair while it is positioned and reclined for dental treatment, reducing or eliminating the need to transfer into a traditional dental chair.

The Gillett Area Chamber of Commerce will join residents, businesses and visitors in a special community celebration as the community officially marks the completion of a highway improvement project and the opening of a new playground with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The event will take place from 4:30-6 p.m. Oct. 16 at Zippel Park, 150 N. McKenzie St., Gillett.

Wisconsin voters on Nov. 3 will decide whether to approve three Republican-led state constitutional amendments that GOP lawmakers say would limit government overreach and Democrats describe as unnecessary.

The Northeast Wisconsin Data Exchange has expanded its service area from three to 11 counties, giving organizations and residents access to more than 130 local indicators.

Formerly known as the Fox Valley Data Exchange, which served Calumet, Outagamie, and Winnebago counties, NEWDEX now also serves Brown, Green Lake, Kewaunee, Menominee, Oconto, Shawano, Waupaca and Waushara counties.

“Never forget” has been the mantra in the United States since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, that caused the deaths of nearly 3,000 people, and Shawano showed it was remembering that fateful day in two ways in 2026, the 25th anniversary.

The long road to reopening the Shawano Recreation Center ended Sept. 12 when the city of Shawano cut the ribbon on its renovated $5.25 million facility.