Proceedings from July 17 A motion hearing was held for Shawn L. Paholke, 34, Suring on 12 felony child abuse charges that allegedly occurred from July 2012 to May 2013. A cash bond of $175,000 continues. A motion hearing and a final pretrial is Sept.

The 60th recruit class of the Wisconsin State Patrol includes a man from Oconto. David Marquardt is among 52 recruits at the State Patrol Academy at Fort McCoy. On July 13, they began an intense 23-week training program that will culminate with their graduation as troopers or inspectors on Dec.

Five northern Oconto County towns have decided to discontinue funding for the county’s Northern Satellite Office, turning instead to the county to pay for the building’s lease or move to another facility. Since 2000, the satellite building has brought county services—law enforcement, zoning and veterans assistance, among others—to Northwoods residents, saving them the 60-mile trek from the Townsend area to the Oconto County Courthouse. “The idea

Changes are coming to the 2014 Oconto County Fair in a number of areas. The 2014 fair will return to its traditional third weekend in August, Aug. 14-17, although a number of junior fair judging events take place the preceding weekend. The junior horse show will take place Saturday, Aug. 9. The small pet and cat shows and dog obedience trials will be held Sunday, Aug.

Friday night lights would give way to an afternoon at the ballpark, based on the school district’s vision for Memorial Field if voters approve a referendum to build an athletic stadium near Oconto Falls High School. A proposed switch from football field to baseball diamonds at Memorial Field was outlined for the Oconto Falls City Council on July 8 by Oconto Falls High School Athletic Director Jerry Moynihan. The school district leases Memorial Fi

Gillett Elementary School Principal Tammy Lipsey and Special Education Director Brian Grill have resigned. The School Board accepted their resignations Thursday. “We would have loved to keep them both,” Superintendent Todd Carlson said. “They’re both quality people. “It’s a loss. What those two did was remarkable. But we’re going to move forward.” Lipsey, who had been with the district four years, will be principal at Freedom Elementary School.

What would happen if I wanted to buy exactly one gallon of gasoline? How would they give me my change? My guess is they’d round it up to the next cent, right? They’re not going to round it down because they’d lose nine-tenths of a cent, right? Better that I should take a one-tenth of a cent loss than they should lose nine-tenths, right? I can’t think of any other business that deals in nine-tenths of a cent. Why do gas companies do it?

With temperatures getting into the mid-80s this week, it will feel like summer settling in on the path around the Falls. With the temperatures heating up, things on the political wire heated up at the end of last week when Gov. Walker announced that he was requesting that the state Legislature repeal the Common Core Standards. The request received a fair amount of attention in the media, and that may have been the intention.

Gladstone 4 Oconto Falls 3 Infielder Alex Johnson batted 3 for 4 but was unable to score for Oconto Falls, which dropped Saturday’s game to Gladstone, Michigan, 4-3. Three Oconto Falls players had one RBI apiece: Mike Manns, Hunter Magnin and Sam Shroyer. Bo Shroyer took the loss after allowing four runs, two earned, in 5 2/3 innings.