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Rhubarb Festival munches on

The effort to preserve a country church tied in nicely with a day devoted to rhubarb Saturday at the seventh annual Rhubarb Festival in Heritage Park in Shawano. The event is the largest fundraiser of the year for the Shawano County Historical Society, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary. “We have had a steady flow of people and it is right around where we were last year,” said Karen Grover, society board member.
Family holds memorial service for Heather Szekeres
The obituary notice for Heather Szekeres, posted on the Swedberg Funeral Home web page, lists her date and place of death as May 10, 2014, in the town of Richmond. That’s when and where she was found nearly a year after going missing, but the real date, as well as the cause, remain either unknown or at least not disclosed by authorities.
Springside Cheese closes Stiles retail store
Springside Cheese closed its retail Wine & Cheese store at 5068 U.S. Highway 141 in Stiles on June 7 and plans to open a new location, not yet identified, in the greater Green Bay area. Springside’s customers will find products available at several outlets along the 41/141 corridor: Stiles Junction Food & Fuel, 5908 Duame Road, Lena; The Store, 5070 U.S.
Oconto Falls Police Department
A man, 50, wanted on a felony warrant for sexual assault of a child was taken into custody June 2 on North Franklin Street. A woman, 44, reported a suspicious vehicle was parked in her yard June 4 on Mead Avenue.
Oconto County Circuit Court
Proceedings from June 12 A plea/sentencing hearing was held for Adam J. Kuczynski, 28, Oconto Falls. He pleaded no contest to a felony charge of bail jumping March 18 in Oconto Falls. A sentence of three years incarceration was imposed and stayed, and he was sentenced to three years probation concurrent with a Brown County sentence. He received jail credit of 177 days.
More street construction coming
Street repairs are planned for the city of Oconto Falls, even as improvements are being made on state Highway 22 in the city. On June 9, the Oconto Falls City Council approved quotes from Joe Barley, of Menominee, Michigan, and Oconto County for improvements to Munsert Avenue, Monroe Street, Cherry Avenue, Ridge Road, Indianwood Drive and the City Hall parking lot. The project will cost about $310,000, paid for in bonds already issued to the city
Board approves staffing changes
The Oconto Falls School Board on June 8 approved hiring Hannah Zidon, Spanish teacher at Oconto Falls High School, and the retirement of library media specialist Marsha Mellen. Resignation requests were approved for Joanna Gross, elementary teacher at Abrams; Cathy Ehlert, elementary guidance teacher at Abrams; and Bret Iverson, agriculture teacher at WMS. The resignation of Tania LaChapell-Wusterbarth, special education teacher at Washington Mid
Oconto County Sheriff’s Department
June 11 Deputies logged 27 incidents, including the following: Juvenile Problem - Authorities investigated a report of a juvenile alcohol party on Brehmer Road and West Stiles Tower Road in Abrams. Trespassing - Authorities investigated a report of trespassing on Liegeois Road in Abrams. Accident - A two-vehicle accident occurred on County Road S in Sobieski. Welfare Check - Authorities investigated a report from a delivery man whose packages wer
Farm agency issues crop reminder
Nancy Swenty, executive director of Oconto-Marinette County USDA Farm Service Agency, reminds producers to report prevented planting and failed acres in order to establish or retain FSA program eligibility. Producers must report crop acreage they intended to plant, but were prevented from planting due to natural disaster.
Milwaukee man charged in drunken driving fatality
A Milwaukee man has been charged with homicide in an alleged drunken driving accident that left one person dead and another injured. Daniel O. Grostad, 40, faces six charges related to the death of Erick R. Smith. Grostad made his initial appearance in Oconto County Circuit Court on June 8. According to a criminal complaint, Smith was injured when Grostad lost control of his Dodge Magnum while driving north on County Road T in Doty about 11 p.m.
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