It won’t be long and Oconto County’s three Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest campgrounds will be open for business for the 2026 season.

Those campgrounds are located in the Bagley Rapids Recreation Area near Mountain, Boot Lake Recreation Area near Townsend and Boulder Lake Recreation Area near White Lake.

With the addition of Shawano County’s 413th barn quilt April 17, the barn quilt project started by local photographer Jim Leuenberger in June 2010 has come to an end.

“People will still be able to enjoy the nearly 400 quilts that remain on display throughout the county,” Leuenberger said. “We just aren’t going to be painting new ones.”

A month after Shawano County supervisors agreed to spend up to $121 million for a new courthouse, jail housing pod and jail auxiliary services, some officials are now saying the county is moving too fast.

“There are many missing pieces that haven’t been outlined to us or considered,” Supervisor Jeremy Gretzinger said at the April 21 meeting of the county board.

Kopitzke Logging, of Tigerton, removed 27 ash trees from the Shawano County Fairgrounds the week of April 20. The work also included grinding down the stumps and removing all of the debris. Trees may be replanted after the 2026 Shawano County Fair, and officials will investigate whether any grant money is available to help cover that cost.

It only took 15 minutes for the Shawano Common Council to complete its reorganization April 21, and very few changes ended up taking place.

Alderman Kevin Barkow was unanimously elected to serve as council president with no one else being nominated. With that, Barkow recommended the council posts on various committees, boards and commissions remain the same with only a few changes:

Most Americans support banning members of Congress and their families from trading stocks in individual companies.

So says a 2023 University of Maryland study that surveyed about 3,000 registered voters.

Lawmakers in Washington are privy to information the general public may not be and can use it to make advantageous stock trades.