The committee in pursuit of a new law enforcement center will take a fresh approach to the issue next month, delaying the issues of location and design and instead asking supervisors to back a plan to start billing taxpayers for the $25 million project. The Law Enforcement/Judiciary Committee hopes to muster the 24 votes needed, reckoning the 75 percent supermajority support for funding will indicate sufficient backing for the overall project. “Y

Coincidence is a funny thing.

Anyone growing up in rural areas likely has memories of attending a local county fair.

A burglary was reported Aug. 5 at Tom Mary Trail, town of Little Suamico. Taken from a locked construction equipment truck parked on the roadway were a miter saw, generator, air compressor, stapler gun, six 100-foot extension cords and six air hoses. At 4:07 p.m. July 23, a car driven by a male from Pound failed to negotiate a curve on Goatsville Road in the town of Lena, struck a road sign and entered a ditch. The driver was not injured.

A sell-out crowd of 1,200 watched the first-ever demolition derby at last year’s Oconto County Fair, and organizers are hoping for another crowd pleaser this year. The track area was enlarged in 2012, providing room for the demolition derby for the first time in fair history. “People go to races to see action, and they like to see cars crash,” said race organizer Dennis Piepkorn.

Proceedings from Aug. 8 A preliminary hearing is set Sept. 16 for Daniel J. Vandenack, 53, Fond du Lac. He is accused of being party to burglaries between May 26, 2012, and May 28, 2012, at Commando Paint Ball, at Helmle Construction on June 9, 2012, New Visions, all town of Abrams, between June 17 and 18, 2012, of Jo Jo’s Diner, and Firelite Ice Service, town of Stiles, between June 1 and June 22, 2012.

The Gillett Secondary School football team took a big hit last year. After going 1-7, there generally are not many bright spots going into the following season.

The county’s sick leave policy should be modified to allow the payout of nearly $26,000 to the former corporation counsel, a committee decided Aug.

Jamie Gen Kellogg, 22, Shawano, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013. Jamie was born Sept. 7, 1990, to Randall Kellogg Sr. and Amy (Cochenet) Knippenberg. She graduated from Gillett High School with the Class of 2009. Jamie was studying graphic design at Menominee College.