Randy Berndt, owner of the U.P. Fly Angler, will discuss the lightly fished area of the western Upper Peninsula when the Oconto River Watershed Chapter of Trout Unlimited meets on Wednesday, Jan. 8. The group will meet at 7 p.m. at Lone Oak Gun Club, located one mile north of Gillett on state Highway 32.

Heading into the always difficult Northern Exposure tournament at Merrill, Oconto Falls tri-head coach Marc Kinziger knew his team would have an uphill climb after sustaining a couple of injuries in the previous week. The Panthers cruised in the first four rounds of the tourney before running into three solid teams and ended up placing eighth out of 24 teams during the two-day event Friday and Saturday. “Eighth was about the best I thought we cou

After a tough beginning to the season, the Gillett/Suring wrestlers are starting to come into their own. However, the Tigers are still looking for their first victory. “With those first matches, we were down in the dumps. We can’t start much worse than that,” first-year head coach Mitch Szwet said. “But I was glad to see that they didn’t quit, they didn’t back down and showed up with a workman-like attitude every day at practice.

At 4:44 p.m. Dec. 20, an Oconto Falls man was traveling north on a John Deere skid steer on County Road C in the town of Morgan. At the same time he observed an Oconto County Highway Department truck plowing snow approaching from behind, also driven by an Oconto Falls man. The driver of the farm equipment turned left into a driveway, and the truck driver was unable to avoid a collision. There were no injuries. At 2:08 p.m. Dec.

Proceedings from Dec. 20 A $10,000 cash bond for Richard K. Garrigan II, 21, Oconto Falls, has been revoked. He is accused of being a repeater of delivering a controlled substance on May 2, 2012, in Oconto, and armed robbery on June 21, 2011, in Oconto. A status conference is scheduled for Feb. 11. Sentencing will take place Feb. 11 for Heith M. Warner, 42, Oconto Falls.

Ever since Joan and Owen Farrell started dating in high school, Joan knew of Owen’s dream to own a restaurant.

A new business on Main Street in Oconto Falls offers a little bit of everything. The Pawn Shop has been doing steady business since opening Nov. 25. The business is an offshoot of American Cash and Loan, a pawn shop owned by Jim Campbell in Eau Claire.

Allen’s Inc., a vegetable processor, will permanently lay off seven employees at its Oconto Falls warehouse by Feb.

Schools across Wisconsin are launching one-to-one technology programs that put an iPad, laptop or other device in the hands of every student. In the Oconto Falls School District, seventh-grade students at Washington Middle School were the first to be issued laptops that are incorporated into daily lessons. “It’s a great supplemental tool to help out the textbooks,” Principal Lou Hobyan said.