When I selected “Earth to Emily,” I didn’t notice that it was the second in Pamela Fagan Hutchins’ Emily Bernal series. Emily Bernal grew up very close to her rodeo riding father and devoted mother. Things were near perfect until her father simply disappeared. Due to her riding skills, Emily secured a college scholarship.

• Juan M. Chavez, 22, Shawano, was charged June 24 with strangulation and suffocation and misdemeanor counts of battery and disorderly conduct. Judge Katherine Sloma set a $500 cash bond and scheduled a preliminary hearing for July 3. • Kaylean J. Frechette, 27, Shawano, was charged June 24 with two counts of child abuse, four counts of felony bail jumping and two misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct.

Shawano County Sheriff’s Department June 27 Deputies responded to 51 incidents, including a warrant on state Highway 47 in the Town of Lessor; sick animal on Stony Hill Road in the Town of Pella; DNR violation on County Road MMM in the Town of Richmond; identity theft on Breaker Road in the Town of Germania; warrant on Pioneer Drive in the Town of Wescott; lost property on West Eagle Drive in Shawano; fireworks on Mork Avenue in the Town of Wesco

Proceedings of June 27 Bond was set at $1,000 cash for Ashley L. Lulloff, 40, Abrams, after she was charged with possession of THC (second or subsequent offense) and misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct and bail jumping, in connection with an incident that allegedly occurred June 25. Judge Michael Judge adjourned her initial appearance until July 18. Proceedings of June 26 Phleecee K.

Richard and Sue Van Ark are scheduled to ride in style as grand marshals of the 2024 Independence Day parade through Gillett. The longtime Gillett area residents were nominated by Dick Jewell, who has volunteered with Richard Van Ark on the Gillett Civic Club for more than 40 years. They arrived in town when Richard Van Ark became vice president of what was then the Gillett State Bank, which later became part of Wells Fargo.

Many school districts in northern Wisconsin are dealing with steadily declining enrollments, but Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District is dealing with the opposite dilemma as its student population is continuing to trend positively. There’s some breathing room at two of the district’s three schools, but Wittenberg Elementary-Middle School is looking at having every available classroom space filled to almost overflowing, which is leading the distr