State Rep. Jeff Mursau (R-Crivitz) and State Rep. David Steffen (R-Howard) introduced legislation requiring schools to provide sextortion prevention education beginning in sixth grade.

The victim of a fatal crash in the Town of Pensaukee was identified Dec. 22 by the Oconto County Sheriff’s Department.

Stephen Paul Carr Cummins, 34, was the driver of the sport utility vehicle involved in the Dec. 15 rollover on U.S. Highway 41 east of Moody Road. A passenger, Lauren Marcy Jiardini, 31, also of Milwaukee, was hospitalized in Green Bay in what the traffic report indicates were suspected serious injuries.

• Charley E. Estep, 40, Shawano, pleaded no contest Dec. 23 to possession of narcotic drugs. Judge William Kussel Jr. imposed and stayed a prison sentence, then placed him on two years of probation with conditions.

• Moxie J. Barke, 19, Kincheloe, Michigan, was charged Dec. 22 with theft of movable property — special facts and a misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia. Judge Jay Conley set a $2,000 cash bond and adjourned his initial appearance until Jan. 15.

Shawano County Sheriff’s Department

Dec. 27

Deputies responded to 26 incidents, including an animal bite on Tile Drive in the Town of Maple Grove; automobile theft on Holy Hill Road in the Town of Green Valley; two traffic hazards; one crash.

Dec. 26

Oconto County Sheriff’s Department

Dec. 22

Deputies responded to 38 incidents, including a K-9 deployment at Suring High School, 411 E. Algoma St., Suring; animal neglect on County Road D in the Town of Morgan; two traffic offenses, one citizen assist, three miscellaneous traffic incidents, one welfare check; two open-line 911 calls; six ambulance calls; eight crashes, two involving deer.

FRIDAY, JAN. 2

SURING: Recovery Talking Circle, 6-8 p.m. South Branch Community Center, W1281 County Road M.

SATURDAY, JAN. 3

SHAWANO: Northern/Bass Ice Fishing Tournament, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Bamboo Bar, W5884 Cedar Court. Every hour on the hour; details at Bamboo Bar Facebook page. Breakfast pizza available starting at 5:30 a.m.

Around Christmas time every year, my dad gets a panettone cake from his work. That is one of the few things I have ever eaten that contains candied orange peel.

Shawano Community High School girls basketball star Leah Nordin started 2025 out on a winning note, as the Hawks beat Green Bay East 61-22.

The 6-2 junior sank a short jumper from the left side of the lane with 9:16 left in the first half at Green Bay East to become Shawano’s all-time leading basketball scorer, boys or girls.