The Oconto Falls School Board will review bids for renovations at Abrams School when it meets at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 13, in the district office conference room, 200 N.
A 36-year-old man and 45-year-old woman from Oconto Falls were issued warnings March 21 regarding an exchange of harassing text messages.
A 35-year-old woman from Oconto Falls reported receiving harassing text messages March 24 from a 56-year-old man.
Singled out as one of the top teachers in the state, Keri Hicks is entitled to the fist pumping and strutting associated with sports victories.
Instead, the Gillett coach and secondary school teacher is quick to share the spotlight with her colleagues and focus on the small ways she influenced her students en route to receiving the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Fellowship Award.
“There’s not any of that ‘I’m out saving the world’ thing or anyt
Oconto County ranks in the middle of the pack for health in the state, according to the annual County Health Rankings released by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The rankings are a snapshot comparing the health of nearly every county in the nation.
The Machickanee Players’ May production of “Thanksgiving on Serendipity Lane” will be held at the Park Avenue Playhouse in Oconto on weekends from May 1 through May 10.
This full-length comedy, which is the seventh play written and produced at the Playhouse by local playwright Kathy Campshure, portrays a dysfunctional family sharing a holiday together.
When Jane, the mother, asks each family member to share a serendipitous event from the past yea
The Oconto County Genealogical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, April 20, at the Oconto Falls Community Library, 251 N. Main St.
On April 20, the OCGS will share examples of how to preserve family history, and participants are invited to bring their samples of family history writings and scrapbooks.
The OCGS will meet at 5:30 p.m.
Anita L. (Lust) Schroeder, 91, a resident of The Cottages at the Meadowlands in Oconto Falls, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 2, 2015, surrounded by her family.
She was born on Sept. 16, 1923, the daughter of Louis and Henrietta (Eick) Lust. Anita was baptized on Sept. 30, 1923, at St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church in Oconto Falls and confirmed on March 21, 1937, at St.
John “Buzzy” C. Olsen, 69, Gillett, died on April 4, 2015, surrounded by his loving family at home. He was born on Oct. 22, 1945, to John and Ruth (Dickson) Olsen in the town of Lessor.
John attended Gillett High School, graduating in 1964. John and Mary (Westenberger) were united in marriage at St. John’s Catholic Church on Oct. 25, 1963. She preceded him in death on Jan.
Greg Martens, 92, Oconto Falls, died peacefully on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015, at a Madison-area hospice care facility. He was born March 13, 1923, in Coleman to Charles and Julia (Rabichaud) Martens.
Following graduation from high school and attending college in Oshkosh, Greg entered the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, now known as the U.S.
