It took the help of two overturned touchdowns in the last minute, but the University of Wisconsin lost to Northwestern 13-7 last week and bid adieu to any freak, long-shot national title chances that might have still flickered. Although, in reality, for the Badgers that ship sailed on Oct. 3. On that Saturday they lost 10-6 to Iowa.

Former coach Chris Kellett created a solid foundation for the Shawano Community High School boys basketball program before resigning in June. New coach Dave Ambrosius, who was an assistant under Kellett, has taken over the reins and will get the chance to prove himself with a young team. “He’s always been in Kellett’s shadow,” senior Zeke Gueths said immediately after the hiring, “so I’m excited to see how he is as a true coach now.” Kellett went

Aaron Rodgers often speaks with pride about the history of the Green Bay Packers, a franchise that has been fortunate to have three of the game’s best quarterbacks on its side. All three of them could be at Lambeau Field for one memorable Thanksgiving night. Rodgers is a definite with the Packers facing the Chicago Bears on Thursday.

A prime-time game between the longtime NFC North rivals Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers is usually enough to make for must-watch viewing on Thanksgiving. It will have to compete on Thursday with Brett Favre returning to Lambeau Field. At halftime, Favre’s No.

Thanksgiving was very special for Cory Huffman and his family last year — and will be again this year — after he was nearly killed in an automobile accident on Oct.

The hunt is on for whoever shot and killed two sandhill cranes last weekend in Shawano County. The birds were found shot to death Sunday morning in a field north of Gresham, where officials believe they were gunned down just hours earlier. Beau Miller, conservation warden on the nearby Stockbridge-Munsee reservation, said it was fairly obvious to him that the shooting was no accident and was probably just a thrill kill. “Somebody deliberately sho

The Oconto Hospital Citizens’ Foundation recently received a $5,000 bequest from the Wilma H. Cook estate in support of Oconto Hospital. Patty Heier and Lynn Exford hand delivered the gift to the foundation office on Nov. 5. For more than 30 years, Cook was a surgical nurse at the Oconto Hospital on First Street. Dr.

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Proceedings from Nov. 19 A waiver preliminary hearing was held for Jason J. Samsa, 28, Oconto, on a felony charge of possession of THC, second-plus offense, and a misdemeanor charge, which allegedly occurred Nov. 15 in Abrams. A $2,500 cash bond was reduced to $2,000. An arraignment and possible plea and sentencing hearing are scheduled Dec. 3. Proceedings from Nov. 18 A sentencing hearing was held for Mohmednoor S.