Shawano’s Leah Nordin and Logan Sipple each were unanimous selections for the Bay Conference first team all-conference teams for the 2023-24 season. Nordin, a sophomore who plays guard and forward, hit the 1,000-point mark this season.

Oconto Falls sophomore Rylie Shallow earned first team honors as guard as well as the defensive all-conference team for the North Eastern Conference in 2023-24. Freshman Isaiah Holz and senior Garrett Ganter also earned all-conference honors for boys wrestling. Joining Shallow with girls basketball awards were senior guard Kathryn Raddatz, junior forward Madeline Maloney and junior forward Amber Otto, all earning honorable mention status. As for

Gavin Paul Kowalski, 12, of Wittenberg, died unexpectedly on Monday, March 11, 2024, at his home. Gavin was born on Sept. 30, 2011, at Madigan Army Hospital in Washington, the beloved son of Ted and Christine (Czerwonka) Kowalski. He was currently in sixth grade at Wittenberg Elementary-Middle School.

We are seeing American goldfinches in the company of house finches at our feeders now. The breeding males seem to glow in the sunlight as they show off their bright yellow plumage. Accented by black wings with white markings, dark eyes, a black cap and stout orange bill, this is a handsome bird.