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Morgan Musings

Greetings, residents of Morgan and the surrounding communities! Welcome back to the column written with the interests of town of Morgan residents in mind. If you or your organization has a news item, event information or photograph to share, please contact megan.stranz@gmail.com or visit the Morgan website, www.townofmorgan.org. Fire Prevention Week is from Oct. 4 through Oct. 10, with the 2015 theme being “Hear the Beep Where You Sleep.
Oconto County Sheriff’s Department
Sept. 24 Deputies logged 29 incidents including the following: Traffic Miscellaneous - Authorities investigated a report of construction barrels tampered with overnight on U.S.
Oconto County Circuit Court
Proceedings from Sept. 25 A jury found John E. Brabant, 62, Oconto Falls, not guilty of three counts of repeated sexual assault of same child (at least three violations of first-degree sexual assault) from Nov. 1, 2010, to Dec. 31, 2013, in Oconto Falls. Proceedings from Sept. 24 A bail/bond hearing was held for Heidi M.
Clinic to host open house
Bellin Health Oconto Falls will celebrate its new and improved location with an open house from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, at the clinic, 107 E. Highland Drive. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet Bellin’s Oconto Falls providers and tour the 9,000-square-foot facility, which replaces the former clinic at 833 Main St.
OEC employees raise $10K for charities
Oconto Electric Cooperative employees recently gave $5,000 to the Lena Public Library and $5,000 to Little Hearts for Life Inc. Each spring OEC employees choose a charity and raise money throughout the year via employee lunches, a candy bar sale, bake sale, raffle and employee golf outing. The Lena Public Library will use the funds to update its adult and child nonfiction section with books about health, dieting, cooking, crafts, decorating, quil
Third set of bids approved for LEC
Oconto County will spend $4.6 million for electricity and electronic security at a law enforcement center under construction adjacent to the courthouse in Oconto.
Tons of e-waste removed from Giese property
Stockpiles of electronic waste, hazardous waste, abandoned containers and lead-contaminated soil were successfully removed from the site of former recycling business in the town of Oconto Falls. “It’s 100 percent better than what it was,” said Pat Virtues, head of the county’s planning, zoning and solid waste department. The property of Arthur and Ruth Ann Giese, 6509 County Road K, was designated as an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund s
Walker has much to accomplish
To the editor: Gov. Scott Walker’s decision to withdraw from the presidential campaign is very disappointing but also politically realistic. Scott Walker would have been a good president of the United States. Scott Walker is a good man. He is grounded in conservative principles and knows how to govern. As a political leader, he felt he needed to bring his success in Wisconsin to the national level to save the USA as we once knew it.
Poetic tribute to Oconto
To the editor: River of many fishes is the meaning of the name, once you have seen it, you’ll never be the same. Watch the sunrise over the bay that’s called Green, then when one speaks of beauty, you’ll know what they mean. In 1969 Oconto was 300 years old, the bondage and friendship have never gone cold. Explore the town and see the beautiful homes from the old lumber days, then you’ll know why the people want to stay. The county seat as it is
Like stepping into time warp
I’m going to cheat a little bit this week and use some comments I made two weeks ago at a joint reunion for the Oconto Falls High School classes of 1956 and 1957, my class. So there we were at Romy’s Holiday Inn in Kelly Lake. It was like we were in a time warp, coming back for a reunion with friends from 58 or 59 years ago whom we seldom see otherwise. Words like “nostalgia” and “the good old days” don’t cut it.
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