A pickup truck operator was driving drunk Aug.

The task of finding receivers who will fill the void left by Jordy Nelson’s season-ending injury has started in earnest in Green Bay. Coach Mike McCarthy said no one man can pick up the slack. Randall Cobb caught 91 passes last year from MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers, second on the team to Nelson’s 98.

It was no coincidence earlier this week that, following the news of Jordy Nelson’s torn anterior cruciate ligament, the Dow Jones did a massive belly flop off the 3-meter board. Or so you would think, anyway, from some of the fans’ immediate reaction to the injury. In various corners of Green Bay Packers fandom, the sky was falling – plummeting to earth like a Seattle onside kick, with collapse and ruin soon to follow. You can’t blame them.

State Highway 22 between Shawano and Cecil has been closed for replacement of a bridge over the Shawano Tributary in the town of Washington. The state Department of Transportation said both north and southbound lanes would remain shut down between Hillcrest Road and Cedar Lane until late October. The tributary bridge is located near the historical marker on Highway 22. Motorists heading to Cecil from Shawano will be detoured onto Highway 47-55 to

The driver authorities believe was responsible for the death of highway worker Derek Stempa at a road construction site in May has died, the Shawano County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday. Sheriff Adam Bieber said his office was intending to refer charges against Dennis St. John, 69, of Tigerton. But the office learned earlier this week that St. John had passed away on Aug.

Storytellers from each of 11 sovereign nations located in Wisconsin share the unique histories of their people and communities in a new Wisconsin Public Television series of Tribal Histories documentaries. The three newest programs, featuring the Ho-Chunk, Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican and Bad River Band of Ojibwe tribes, premiere on WPT at 9 p.m.

With a little negotiating, Shawano County has resolved its lease on the Mielke Arts Center for another five years. The County Board approved a new lease Wednesday that requires the Shawano County Arts Council to pay more of the utility bills and handle more property maintenance at the center. Arts council members had raised objections about the county’s efforts to shift new responsibilities and costs to the nonprofit group, which organizes the Sh

Hillside Assembly of God Church in Gillett will begin a new year of youth and children’s programs on Wednesday evenings, beginning with an open house at 6 p.m. Sept. 9. Prizes will be awarded, and hot dogs and ice cream will be served. Royal Rangers is a boys program for ages 3-11.

People interested in learning how to safely install a child’s car seat are invited to a car seat event from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 19.at Koehne Buick Pontiac GMC in Oconto. Certified child passenger safety technicians will check car seats for safe installation, check car seats for recalls, answer questions and assist with the safe and correct installation of car seats. New car seats will be available for $55 and booster seats for $35.