Aspirus Health is empowering women with vital information to recognize the many ways breast cancer can appear.

While most women understand the importance of breast self-checks, many have only been trained to feel for a lump or small mass. Dr. Cecilia Stroede, Aspirus breast surgeon, urges women to also be aware of other potential breast changes that may signal that something is wrong.

UW-Madison

Just over 1,500 students received doctoral, bachelor’s, master’s and professional degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in August 2025.

They included:

Mountain: Lucy Kneeley, College of Engineering, bachelor of science-materials science and engineering.

“Until death do you part” is a standard phrase in most wedding vows today, but it doesn’t seem to hold true in “Queens,” a historical drama about King Henry VIII and his wives that Shawano Community High School will perform this weekend.

FRIDAY, OCT. 24

NAVARINO: Farmtoberfest, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Porter’s Patch, W4314 State Highway 156. Variety of family activities, 60 varieties of pumpkins for sale, food, live music. Details at porterspatch.com. Weekends through Oct. 26. Admission $12.32 plus tax per person; ages 3 and younger free.

Sacred Heart Catholic School’s eighth grade class joined students from across the Diocese of Green Bay on Oct. 15 for Bishop David Ricken’s All School Mass at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion.

Carthage College

Olivia Holschuh, of Little Suamico, participated in Carthage College’s nursing class of 2027 White Coat Ceremony on Sept. 20 in the A. F. Siebert Chapel on campus in Kenosha.