The Lena Police Department will hold National Night Out from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, at the St. Anne Parish grounds.

Holt & Balcom Logging Camp Museum in Lakewood attracted a standing room-only crowd at its special event on Saturday, June 27. Don DeWitt, great-grandson of W.A. and Lucy Holt, was the guest speaker. Using carefully researched historical information he supplemented with photos and maps, DeWitt detailed his family’s role in the lumbering history of northern Oconto County.

The Machickanee Players will hold tryouts at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 3 and 4 for their fall production of “Dearly Beloved.” The play requires an assorted cast.

Several events will take place Saturday, Aug. 1, in northern Oconto County, and “Discover Wisconsin” TV crews will be in the area filming segments. Oconto County will be featured on an upcoming “Discover Wisconsin” episode. The Aug. 1 events include the Townsend Flowage Association Corn Roast and Family Fun Day from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Townsend Town Hall; the Legion Auxiliary brat fry from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

One-room schools are a thing of the past, but the memories are still vivid for a group of Claywood School alumni who met last week for a reunion. The graduates met on Wednesday at the Farm Inn in Shawano.

July 16 Deputies logged 38 incidents, including the following: Accident - Authorities investigated a report of a vehicle that swerved to miss a deer and went into a ditch on County Road C in Oconto Falls. Accident - Authorities investigated a report of a hit-and-run accident involving a vehicle and a pedestrian on Smith Avenue by Wagner Shell in Oconto. Theft - Authorities investigated a report of an ex-spouse taking a cell phone without permissi

Proceedings from July 17 An initial appearance was held for Bowe D.L. Gagnon, 19, Abrams, on a felony charge of burglary to a building or a dwelling, party to a crime, and two misdemeanor charges, which allegedly occurred July 10 in Stiles. The court set a $5,000 cash bond. A continued initial appearance is Aug. 13. Proceedings from July 16 A waiver preliminary hearing was held for Robert R.

Bridging Dairies Together is the topic of this summer’s farm social gathering. The Marinette County Holstein Association and Oconto County Dairy Promotions will merge their annual Twilight Meeting and Dairy at Dusk events for a single event. Bridging Dairies Together will be hosted on Friday, July 31, by the Dean and Wanda Good family and Dewgood Holsteins, located at 7937 Elm Lane Road, just north of Oconto.

While Wisconsin is known as America’s Dairyland, interest in raising beef cattle is on the rise. A recent USDA census showed that a majority of cow/calf operations have fewer than 50 head of cattle but raise nearly one-third of the U.S.