The 2025-26 smallmouth bass fishing season opened in the northern bass management zone June 21 and runs through March 1, 2026. While anglers in the southern zone have been able to harvest bass since May 3, this harvest season gives anglers a chance to catch and keep smallmouth bass in waters north of state Highway 77 to the east of state Highway 27 and north of state Highway 64. The northern zone also includes: • Inland waters north of state High

East/West Division June 22 Clintonville 12, Marion 3 Winning pitcher Hunter Vollmer had three hits, including a triple and a double, as the A’s headed to Marion and returned home with a nine-run win over the Meisters. Brock Smejkal and Austin Hoffman added three hits for Clintonville. Bobby Brunker led the Meisters with three hits, while Blake Weatherwax and Hayden Miller added two each. Joe Weyenberg took the loss for Marion. Gresham 9, Shawano

It looks like the heat and humidity took its toll on scheduled Dairyland League baseball games June 20 and June 22, as results from only one of seven scheduled games were reported. A full slate of games are slated for June 27-29. Updated schedules may be available on the teams’ individual Facebook pages. June 22 Bonduel 9, Nichols 1 Nichols took a 1-0 lead in the second inning, but Bonduel’s pitchers held the Nitros scoreless the rest of the way.

After being rained out the previous two weeks, cars were welcomed back to the Shawano Speedway on June 21 for a hot night of racing – that is, action on the track and sweltering, muggy weather. Clintonville’s Lucas Lamberies won the 20-lap feature race for the modifieds after staring in fifth place.

At a time when it seems organized religion is struggling to keep its audience and many rural churches are closing, Calvary Lutheran Church in Antigo is looking to expand its facility and create a space that will allow them to increase their service to the communities they serve. Three years ago, the congregation decided to create a community meal event they call Food With Friends as a way to reach out and provide a home-cooked meal open to anyone

A Shawano man has been charged in federal court with the production of child pornography, allegedly involving a two-year-old girl, an offense punishable by a statutory minimum of 15 years in prison. According to an affidavit by FBI Agent Sharon McLaughlin, Brandon M.

The Wittenberg-Birnamwood School Board unanimously approved upping daily pay for substitute teachers June 23. The current pay scale for substitute teachers is $120 per day, with the pay jumping to $130 per day if a sub has worked more than 50 non-consecutive days in the district.

Two women were seriously injured in a one-vehicle rollover crash the afternoon of June 22 in the Town of Wittenberg. Names of the women involved in the crash are not being released at this time, but the Shawano County Sheriff’s Department reported the driver was a 45-year-old woman from the Mattoon area, and the passenger was a 20-year-old woman from the Oshkosh area. At about 3:30 p.m., multiple 911 callers reported a crash near the overpass of

Spring and summer may mean an outbreak of orange road construction barrels, but it also brings out construction crews for new businesses in the Shawano community. Several projects are underway in the city.