A record $6 million in patronage has been deposited into the accounts of members who borrowed and saved with CoVantage Credit Union in 2023. This is the largest patronage payment in the history of CoVantage Credit Union.

To the editor: In 2024, we will be facing a presidential election. As a swing state, Wisconsin will be flooded with television commercials, mailers and phone calls. Opponents on both sides will try to attack the other. Voters will have to do their homework and try to decide what is true and what is false. There will be obvious differences when it comes to maintaining democracy at home and abroad.

To the editor: It is supposed to be an American standard that we are all created equal. If our gifts and talents were equal, the supermarkets and the department stores would not exist. These blessings exist because millions of people from all walks of life are gifted and talented differently. However, we all have the same equal birthright. If we respect God as our father, he respects us individually as his personal family members.

A Cecil girl is among seven athletes nominated to represent the United States at the Gangwon, South Korea, 2024 Youth Olympic Winter Games. Talia Tonn is one of two girls who met the standard to race in the singles completion for USA Luge. Other athletes are competing in boys’ singles, boys’ doubles and girls’ doubles.

The Shawano girls kicked off the second half of their season with a trip to Bay Conference rival Seymour on Jan.

Ervin “Bob” Peitersen, 84, Oconto Falls, died Thursday morning, Jan. 4, 2024, at St. Clare Hospital. A lifelong Oconto Falls resident, he was born Nov. 6, 1939, to Ervin and Eleanor (Rhode) Peitersen Sr. Bob grew up on the family farm in the Town of Morgan and attended Oconto Falls Public Schools and graduated in 1958. As a young man, he served in the U.S. Navy. On Oct.

Eugene “Ducky” Lee Luepke, 77, was called to his eternal home Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. He figured it would give him a much better view to continue managing the Brewers from afar as he fell just short of getting the nod to replace Craig Counsell. His trade was crafted through many years in the Bonduel Broncos organization (player, manager and fan).

Law enforcement officers in Winnebago County shot three people in 2023, one fatally. While we know the names of the people shot, the identities of those who pulled the trigger remain secret. The fatal shooting, on Aug.

It’s another year, and all things seem filled with renewal and possibility. Except, sadly, the ongoing record of futility racked up by the super-secret cabal known only as Forecasters Anonymous. Super-secret in order to spare its members the acute embarrassment of publicly showcasing their mass ignorance. Each December, the group gathers for lunch and a stab at predicting events of the coming year. The members are very good at eating, as their wa