Oconto County Times Herald

Oconto County Circuit Court proceedings

Published by admin on Wed, 05/04/2022 - 10:36am

Proceedings of April 29

Yannis Vasilis Fotopoulos, 21, Sobieski, pleaded no contest to driving a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent and guilty to misdemeanor bail jumping, in connection with an incident that occurred June 3, 2020. Judge Michael T. Judge scheduled sentencing for June 28 and ordered a pre-sentence investigation.

Oconto County Sheriff's Department dispatch logs

Published by admin on Wed, 05/04/2022 - 10:34am

April 28

Gillett teacher receives Herb Kohl Fellowship

Published by admin on Mon, 05/02/2022 - 12:16pm

Things have come full circle for Michele DeBauch.

As a Gillett High School senior, she received a Herb Kohl Student Excellence Scholarship.

Now, as the school’s agriculture teacher and FFA adviser, she is one of 100 teachers from throughout Wisconsin to receive a Herb Kohl Teaching Fellowship Award.

“I think I was in shock when I found out,” DeBauch said of the award, which recognizes and supports teaching excellence and innovation.

New View retail and training center nears completion

Published by admin on Mon, 05/02/2022 - 12:14pm

New View Industries should be able to start moving into its New Beginnings retail store and training center in Gillett within a few weeks.

The Oconto County Board on April 21 approved spending $21,655 to purchase furnishings from KI Inc. for the new building, which is almost finished next to the main New View Industries facility on West Park Street in Gillett.

Oconto County Circuit Court proceedings

Published by admin on Mon, 05/02/2022 - 12:09pm

Proceedings of April 22

Judge Jay N. Conley postponed the April 26-28 jury trial of Christopher M. Earley, 47, Oconto, who is charged with injury by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle and injury by use of a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood alcohol percentage, in connection with an incident that allegedly occurred Jan. 26, 2019. He scheduled a status conference for May 19.

Oconto County Sheriff's Department dispatch logs

Published by admin on Mon, 05/02/2022 - 12:08pm

April 20

Deputies responded to 28 incidents, including a death investigation in Oconto Falls, a disturbance on Elm Avenue in Oconto Falls, two traffic stops, one traffic offense, one miscellaneous traffic incident, five welfare checks; one crash, involving deer.

April 19

Gillett School Board discusses post-referendum plans

Published by admin on Mon, 05/02/2022 - 12:06pm

The failed operations referendum for Gillett schools means some tough decisions are ahead for the school district.

“We have to shave $450,000 off of next year’s budget,” Superintendent Todd Hencsik told the Gillett School Board on April 21.

Voters rejected a referendum that would have allowed the district to exceed state-imposed revenue limits by $450,000 a year for the next three years. School officials must decide whether to try again with the same or a revised question in November.

Mistrial ordered in child sex assault case

Published by admin on Mon, 04/25/2022 - 10:38am

Prosecutors and defense attorneys are scheduled to meet with Oconto County Judge Michael T. Judge on April 29 to review the status of the case against David J. SanRoman, whose child sexual assault trial ended in a mistrial April 20.

Judge granted defense attorney Brad Hansen’s motion for a mistrial after Molly Heimke of the county health and human services department referred in her testimony to a report that had not been provided to Hansen during the discovery process.

New judge assigned to Casper case

Published by admin on Mon, 04/25/2022 - 10:36am

Brown County Judge Marc A. Hammer has been assigned to preside over the felony case against suspended Suring Superintendent Kelly Casper.

Casper is charged in Oconto County Circuit Court with six counts of false imprisonment for allegedly ordering students who had been caught vaping to strip to their underwear in a small room in a search for contraband.

Suring man dead in one-vehicle crash

Published by admin on Sun, 04/24/2022 - 1:47pm

A Suring man is dead following a one-vehicle crash on April 21 in the Town of Brazeau.

An Oconto County Sheriff’s Department traffic report identified the victim as Ronald G. Kalous, 79, who was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash that occurred at 8:38 p.m. just west of the intersection of County Road G and Parkway Road.

The report says Kalous was driving a pickup truck west on County G went it left the roadway, entered the south ditch and struck a tree.