Madeline Stuewer believes storytelling is vital for communities, especially in times of uncertainty.

“It’s something that is more important than a lot of people realize — having that comfort, having a way to share your experiences with future generations, said Stuewer, director of “Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play,” which will be performed in October at the Mielke Arts Center.

In a typical ranch-style home in Gresham, Amy Haffner practices the not-so-typical ancient healing methods of Reiki.

Haffner is a Reiki master practitioner. She combines the techniques of Reiki with Native American healing practices and Irish healing lore in her business, Inner Wisdom Healing and Massage.

Reiki has its roots in ancient Japanese healing practices and is considered a form of energy healing.

Green Bay true crime author Lynda Drews will share how a college-educated woman and a servant in the 19th century got caught in the web of a sadistic doctor when she comes to Shawano on Oct. 20.

When we were dairy farming, we bred our cows, keeping the heifer calves to replenish our herd, and selling the bull calves. Once in a while a heifer couldn’t, for one reason or another, get bred. That one would be raised until she could be butchered.

My wife and I celebrated our 27th anniversary Sept. 19. We (she) decided to celebrate our mostly blissful, sometimes tumultuous years together (9,862 days) not by traveling to a warm beach or remote tropical paradise but by sharing her dad’s lakefront cabin (Wausau home) on Lily Lake near Pickerel.

National Taco Day is Oct. 4. Taco pie is a delicious new spin on normal tacos.

UW-Eau Claire

A total of 430 incoming freshmen received scholarships from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire for the 2025-26 academic year, with many students receiving multiple awards. Each award varies in amount and criteria.

Local recipients include:

Krakow: McKenna Rohloff, Pulaski High School, Freshman Honors Scholarship

It was back and forth throughout the five-game match, but in the end, Marion topped Bowler 3-2 on Sept. 25.

Scores for the winning Mustangs were 25-21, 21-25, 25-19, 16-25, 15-11.

Suri Beilfuss led Marion with 11 kills, and Madeline Wudstrack led with nine aces. Madeline Wudstrack also had 15 digs, and Sophia Wudstrack had 10.

Pulaski 3, Ashwaubenon 0

Oconto Falls runner Emma Meissner placed 10th with a time of 20:40.23 among large-school participants at the 52nd Jim Bremser Memorial Cross Country Meet in Mishicot on Sept. 25.

Lily Meissner placed 13th in 20:57.99.

Sydney Braund finished in 49th place, followed by Mackenzie Lotto in 52nd and Alexandria Braund in 53rd.

For the boys, Isaiah Holtz placed 30th with a time of 18:38.63.