The Shawano Plan Commission signed off on several items Oct. 29 to help St. Gambrinus Properties, LLC, which operates Stubborn Brothers Brewery, move forward on expansion efforts.

The repair project on the dam on the Wolf River near Balsam Row Road is going smoothly, say officials with the company that owns and operates the dam.

Eight winners of the 2025 National FFA Agricultural Proficiency Awards were named during the fourth session of the 98th National FFA Convention and Expo on Oct. 31 in Indianapolis.

Joel Wondra, Shawano School District athletic and activities director, will be retiring in December after the Shawano School Board approved it Oct. 27.

The best time of the year for bow and crossbow hunters is upon us, but if you drive through deer country or run an insurance agency during the rut, you may not be smiling.

The rut is simply the whitetail deer’s mating season. While there are actually a couple times when bucks chase does in heat, the primary rut in our area starts around Nov. 1 and continues for a week or two. There is a secondary rut in December.

Now that it’s November, it feels like fall is finally here. The days and nights are colder, the leaves on the trees are thinning out, the garden produce is almost done, and Thanksgiving is right around the corner.

Green Bay will host Carolina at noon Sunday at Lambeau Field.

Packers’ offense vs. Panthers’ defense

Jordan Love was good in the first half of Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

He would have been even better if the Packers’ receivers did not catch an all too familiar illness.

Green Bay’s pass catchers caught a case of the dropsies in Pittsburgh.