Verna M. Albert, 92, of Clintonville, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. Eberhardt-Stevenson Funeral Home and Crematory, Clintonville.

• James W. Lyons Jr., 45, Green Bay, pleaded no contest Feb. 7 to possession of methamphetamine. Judge Katherine Sloma levied fines and sentenced Lyons to 12 months in county jail with Huber work-release privileges and credit for 191 days already served. • Allyn C. Dodge, 50, Keshena, pleaded no contest Feb. 8 to eight counts of felony bail jumping, and a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct.

Shawano County Sheriff’s Department Feb. 11 Deputies responded to 21 incidents, including trespassing on state Highway 187 in the Town of Navarino; criminal damage on South Warrington Avenue in Cecil; operating without a license on state Highway 22 in the Town of Belle Plaine; four 911 calls; three reckless driving incidents. Feb.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) encourages anyone considering hunting for the first time in 2024 to enroll in a hunter education course now before courses begin filling up in spring. Many hunting incidents in Wisconsin involve hunters older than 40, decades after learning firearm safety rules in their hunter education courses.

Carol Anne Cieslak passed away Jan. 10, 2024. She was born in Granton to Molly and Louis Hahm on Dec. 15, 1943. As the sixth of seven children, Carol had an austere childhood with her family moving several times. She put herself through school, starting in one-room schoolhouses before graduating from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1966, with a degree in medical technology.

After serving the Menominee Indian School District (MISD) for 34 years, Superintendent Wendell Waukau has announced he’ll retire on June 20. Starting as a teacher with the district, Waukau has also been a coach, athletic director, dean of students and principal before becoming superintendent in 2003. “It’s been a privilege and an honor to work in the district and community I grew up in, working with outstanding teachers, staff, board and communit

Usain Bolt said: “I trained four years to run nine seconds, and people give up when they don’t see results in two months.” What is the price of excellence? So many of us want to see results immediately. We want to know that our diet is working and we want it to show in the way we look and feel right now. We want to go eight for 10 from the field, rarely miss that jump shot and expect that to be the case whenever we step on the floor.

BOWLING Lakeshore Masters Lakeshore Lanes, Jan.

For years, I’ve been following my husband’s direction. When I say that, I literally physically mean it. He uses hand signals. Quite often, we correspond without words. That doesn’t mean we don’t correspond with words. Oh, many times words are used, especially when hand signals don’t necessarily cut the mustard. Back in the day, I spent much of my time outdoors during harvest season in the tractor cab handling the chopping and baling duties.