Pro angler Gary Parsons and Chris Hansen earned the $20,000 payout at last week’s AIM Pro Walleye Series tournament in Oconto. The boat caught a total weight of 137.13 pounds over the three-day tournament. The first-day catch of 55.31 pounds put Parsons and Hansen in the lead, but a 31.82-pound catch on Day 2 left the duo needing a big day Saturday.

Two people who provide services through Oconto County’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Department will transition from contracted workers to county employees. “Without the unions here now, we want to have the ability to hire people in these positions,” said Craig Johnson, director of HHS. Contracted employees tend to leave the positions because they don’t have insurance, retirement and other benefits, he said. The County Board on Thursday

Cancer survivors, along with friends and family, will come together this week to raise money for the American Cancer Society by participating in the 18th annual Relay For Life of Oconto County. Teams of people will camp out, compete in contests and walk laps around the Memorial Field track in Oconto Falls from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m.

A proposal to build a law enforcement center in the town of Little River faces new uncertainty, this time due to an updated wetlands map that changes the boundaries at the proposed site. According to the map, the flood fringe boundaries are now closer to the proposed center, nearer to where a parking lot is proposed.

When I tell people that I write a weekly column, they often ask “What is it about?” And I usually say, “It’s kind of like ‘Seinfeld’; it’s about nothing.” So, it was interesting to me when a reader stopped me in church recently and said he liked my latest column.

School officials in Oconto Falls struggling to find a high school Spanish teacher may rely on online instruction for advanced students for the 2013-14 school year. The School Board on July 15 approved the resignation of Jessica Wettstein, a five-year veteran who accepted a position in the Coleman School District.

A seasoned attorney who spent 10 years commuting between Walworth County and the city of Oconto has been selected as Oconto County’s corporation counsel. Cheryl Mick put down permanent stakes in Oconto on April 1, after commuting between Walworth County where she ran a private practice, and Oconto, where her husband runs a business, Hi Seas Marina, which the couple purchased in 2002. “We love it up here,” Mick said.

Shawano County authorities have issued a public notice regarding a convicted sex offender who moved into the village of Tigerton this week. Dale R. Schultz, 47, was released from prison Thursday after serving a sentence for first degree sexual assault of a child.

The 2002 Shawano American Legion Post 117 baseball team went 33-10 on its way to a state title.