Wisconsin’s 11 tribal nations can now reap the benefits of increased gaming revenues by offering online sports betting, thanks to Gov. Tony. Evers signing Assembly Bill 601 in April.

NorthLakes Community Clinic in Oconto is partnering with the Oconto Area Humane Society to host a Gather & Give community event from 4:30-6 p.m. May 20 at the NorthLakes clinic, 155 Memorial Drive, Oconto. The event is sponsored by Molina Healthcare.

Names of students listed on the honor roll for Oconto Falls for the third quarter of the 2025-26 year have been announced.

Highest Honors

Seniors: Paige Burt, Abigail Clausen, Natalie Rieth.

Juniors: Landon Delfosse, Norah Jahnke.

Sophomores: Lillian Mielke, Kathryn Moody.

Cutting positions to eliminate $1.7 million in red ink from the 2026-27 Shawano School District budget continues to draw objections from people to the Shawano School Board.

The board voted in February to cut positions to bring the district in alignment with its own student-to-staff ratios after learning that existing expenditures would leave it well in debt when the time comes in October to approve its final budget.

The Shawano School Board approved more than $500,000 in raises for employees at every level April 27, but some bristled at the idea of approving them all in one stroke.

All employees will be receiving a 2.63% cost-of-living increase. Support staff will also receive an additional 0.37% increase to round out the wage hike to 3%. Administrators will only see the cost-of-living increase.

It took almost four years for Michael Ingold’s homicide case to come to trial, but it took just a few hours for a jury to return April 28 and say he wasn’t guilty in Sheila Laudon’s death.