10 July 2013

Geneva ‘Gen’ Lefeber

Geneva M. “Gen” (Snortum) Lefeber, 86, of Mountain, was laid to rest in the arms of our Lord on July 2, 2013, at Villa Loretto Nursing Home, Mt. Calvary. She was born on Oct. 25, 1926, in Chilton, daughter of the late Albert and Anna (Jannsen) Snortum. Gen attended school in Gravesville. On May 31, 1944, she married Edwin W. Lefeber in Chilton. Edwin preceded her in death on Feb. 28, 1998. Gen worked at Tecumseh Products, New Holstein.
10 July 2013
Back-to-back years of deficit proposed for Suring
The Suring School Board in June approved a preliminary $7 million budget with a deficit of $175,000, and for a second year in a row, will tap into its $3 million fund balance to cover the shortfall. Last year the budget was projected at a $169,000 deficit, which Suring Superintendent Robert Ray said is on target. “We don’t have all the June bills in yet, but it’s going to be that or a little bit more,” he said.
10 July 2013
Oconto County Sheriff’s Department
At 12:05 a.m. June 20, a car driven by a male left County Road V in the town of Underhill and overturned several times. He was cited for failure to notify police of an accident and driving after his license was suspended. It was undetermined which direction the vehicle, which sustained severe damage, was traveling before the accident. At 2:05 p.m.
10 July 2013
Carol Kaiser
Carol Kaiser, 72, Oconto Falls, died peacefully Sunday morning, June 23, 2013, at home surrounded by her family. She was born Nov. 8, 1940, in Green Bay, to Frederick and Grace (Vanden Elzen) Baake. Carol grew up in rural Pulaski, where she attended Pulaski Public Schools. On July 19, 1958, she married Gerald “Big Jer” Kaiser at Hofa Park.
10 July 2013
Funding approved for assistant DA
After more than two decades of waiting, Oconto County has secured state funding to expand its assistant district attorney position from half time to full time. A biennial budget signed June 30 by Gov. Scott Walker includes $77,800 for a 0.5 full-time-equivalent assistant position. Robert Mraz, Oconto County ADA for 32 years, has decided to move to full-time work.
10 July 2013
Rita M. Fehrman
Rita M. Fehrman, 82, of Clintonville, formerly of Embarrass, passed away Monday morning, July 8, 2013, at the Pine Manor Health Care Center in Embarrass. The Eberhardt-Stevenson Funeral Home & Crematory of Clintonville is assisting her family with the arrangements.
10 July 2013
Greenwood to coach Gillett boys
New Gillett Secondary School boys basketball coach William Greenwood II says his teams and his program will focus on character, and the result will be winning basketball. “I think building a program must be based on character,” Greenwood said.
10 July 2013
’73 baseball team recalls state title
The old adage that pitching and defense win championships couldn’t ring more true for the 1973 Oconto Falls High School baseball team. The Panthers (16-1) used their defensive prowess to run off eight straight postseason victories while allowing just 10 runs en route to the program’s first state baseball championship. Forty years after the team’s remarkable run, players and coaches still recall many memories quite fondly.
10 July 2013
Boat landing blitz spreads message
Lake associations statewide spent the Independence Day weekend educating boaters and other water enthusiasts about invasive species and the threat they pose to native fish and plant life. Berry Lake drew about 40 people Friday morning at a boat landing blitz as officials talked about phragmites, eurasian milfoil and other invasive species and how some boaters could be transporting them from one lake to another without realizing it.
10 July 2013
Trial delayed in 2009 double homicide
The trial of a rural Shawano man accused of killing his former mistress and her brother has been postponed. The trial of Daniel Lee Schmidt, 30, scheduled to start on Monday will be delayed until Oct.
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