The number of inmates booked into the Oconto County Jail hit an all-time high of 100 on Nov. 4, and a record 37 inmates were housed in other counties’ facilities on Oct.

Senior center Taylor Kohls will be one of the returning letter winners expected to lead the Gillett Secondary School’s girls basketball team during the 2014-15 season. The Tigers came within one game of capturing the WIAA Division 5 regional championship last season but lost in the final to visiting Green Bay N.E.W. Lutheran. “She wants to lead this team to a conference championship.

Fireside Road, a 4.5-mile stretch shared by four towns north of Oconto Falls, will become the property of Oconto County. The County Board approved the transfer on Thursday. On Dec.

About a dozen years ago, I wrote a silly little piece about my propensity for peanut butter.

Despite two consecutive severe winters, Oconto County deer hunters should have about the same number of deer to pursue this fall as they did last year, the Department of Natural Resources predicted in its annual Whitetail Deer Forecast. The DNR is projecting “modest increases” in the buck harvest for most of the Northeast District, with a few exceptions where the harvest is expected to be the same or somewhat lower than last year. Northeast Wisco

Proceedings from Nov. 13 Wendy S. Pogrant, 51, Oconto Falls, was sentenced to two years incarceration at Taycheedah Correctional Institution and three years extended supervision for second degree recklessly endangering safety and manufacturing/delivering amphetamine from March 1 and May 28 in Oconto Falls. The court dismissed all other charges. A continued initial appearance was held for Gary J.

Rainy weather, followed by snow and cold, have slowed construction of a sports complex at Oconto Falls High School. This fall’s whirlwind start to the 1,800-seat stadium and nine-mile track has slowed considerably but remains on schedule, according to Jerry Moynihan, OFHS athletic director and construction manager for the project. “We’re still on track for what we wanted to get done for Thanksgiving,” he told the School Board on Nov.

HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital is a recipient of a 2014 Outstanding Clinical Site award from the nurse anesthesia program at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago, Illinois. HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital is one of 28 health care facilities across Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana that serves as a clinical residency program for students in the RFUMS nurse anesthesia program.

The city administrator of Oconto Falls was granted a 10 percent raise, effective Oct. 3, following a closed session meeting of the City Council on Oct. 21. Vicki Roberts, city administrator since January 2009, will earn an annual salary of $80,000, up from $72,905.