Oconto Falls High School senior Rylie Shallow was a unanimous selection for the North Eastern Conference defensive first team all-conference award for girls basketball.

Shallow was also the only Panther named to the all-conference first team.

Junior Ella Jahnke was named honorable mention.

Two Lena wrestlers and one from Gillett/Suring were among those named to the first team all-conference for the Marinette & Oconto Conference.

Lena seniors Lucas Heimke and Max Peterson were joined by Gillett/Suring junior Davis Staszak in earning the award.

Earning honorable mention honors were Gillett/Suring freshman Vince Kohls and Lena senior Erik Kosch.

Elevated and raised bed gardens can expand your planting options and make planting and maintenance easier and more convenient. You’ll be able to plant, weed and harvest with minimal bending or even from the luxury of a chair or bench.

Local 4-H educator Megan Suehring worked with 4-H colleagues recently to provide “Level Up in Life: 4-H Teen Leadership Winter Camp” at Spencer Lake Camp in Waupaca.

Partnering with six additional eastern Wisconsin counties, Suehring and others presented a winter leadership camp experience for 4-H members to learn, grow and lead.

Thomas T. Cota, 88, of Gillett, passed away Monday, March 16, 2026.

Tom was born Dec. 16, 1937, to the late Ted and Mildred (Hohn) Cota in Oconto. He graduated from Gillett High School with the class of 1955 and then served two years in the Army.

It’s not the actual green light needed to build a new courthouse in Shawano County, but it’s close as you can get until then.

Supervisors will meet at 3 p.m. March 25 to vote on a maximum amount to borrow to build a new courthouse — a decision that will guide them when any future borrowing votes are taken.

Reactions were mixed after a 60-minute presentation about the proposed plans to construct a new courthouse and jail pod in Shawano County, as several dozen residents gathered March 12 at Shawano Community High School.

• Louis E. Ellwart, 54, Shawano, pleaded no contest March 10 to felony bail jumping and a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct. Judge William Kussel Jr. sentenced him to 240 days in county jail with credit for 154 days already served.

• Randy L. Brempell, 54, Lena, pleaded no contest March 10 to burglary to a building or dwelling. Judge Michael Judge withheld sentencing and placed him on two years of probation with conditions including five months in county jail.