Wabeno Art and Music Fest returns to the Northwoods on July 19 at the downtown bandshell in Wabeno. The festival will feature live music and performances by local and regional musicians beginning at 11 a.m. through the evening headliner, Adam Trask, at 8 p.m. There student art show will be in the Legion Hall from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for viewing art from middle and high school students from Laona and Wabeno.

Concordia University Wisconsin Reece Stoltenow, a Bonduel resident and Concordia University Wisconsin student, has received a LeRoy C. Schmidt 150-hour scholarship for $3,000 from the Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants Educational Foundation. The scholarship is named after former WICPA Executive Director LeRoy C. Schmidt, who was executive director from 1990-2006.

University of Maryland Global Campus Nearly 18,000 University of Maryland Global Campus students were named to the dean’s list for the spring 2025 term.

I recently participated in the 27th annual Acadia Birding Festival in Maine. After each bird festival I attend, I reflect upon my experience. Not only does it help to solidify what I learned while birding, e.g. bird identification field marks and new bird calls, but it also helps to bring some thought-provoking lessons to light.

The Shawano FFA Chapter was named the state-winning Nursery/Landscape Career Development Event (CDE) team. Team members include Levi Wendorff, Camden Kern, Aiden Kern and Tucker Reinke.

Minnesota Crookston Drew Amdall, of Gresham, graduated from University of Minnesota Crookston with a bachelor of science degree in accounting. Amdall was also named to the spring 2025 dean’s list. To qualify for the dean’s list, students must complete 12 or more letter-graded credits while attaining a 3.66 GPA. College of Charleston Olivia DeKeyser, of Pulaski, was named to the College of Charleston (South Carolina) spring 2025 president’s list.