The College of Menominee Nation (CMN) has announced a collaborative effort between CMN’s Teacher Education Department and the Menominee Tribe’s Language and Culture Commission (MLCC) to strengthen the Menominee tribal language reclamation efforts. MLCC created an immersion language nest program housed at Menominee Day Care/Early Head Start Services and Head Start seven years ago.

Oconto County School Supply Drive Inc. was recently awarded a $5.000 grant from the Leon H. and Clymene M. Bond Foundation Inc. The foundation’s target area is focused on Oconto County and its surrounding areas.

Lead has been in the news often in the past several months with reports about contaminated food products and concerns about popular drinkware. Children who are exposed often do not look sick, but even small amounts of lead can harm the brain and cause learning and behavior difficulties. “It’s important for parents to know the risks and take steps to protect kids from lead exposure,” said Dr. Michelle Gerow, a ThedaCare pediatrician.

Hillside Assembly Royal Rangers Boys’ Ministry is teaming with B3 Recycling Solutions of De Pere for an electronics recycling day and car wash from 9 a.m. to noon May 11 at the church, 5890 State Highway 22, Gillett. Most items are free to recycle. There is a small fee for monitors, televisions, refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers and air conditioning units.

Anthony “Tony” Janiak, 77, Oconto Falls, died Wednesday morning, April 24, 2024. at home. He was born July 24, 1946, in West Allis to Henry “Fritz” and Joyce (Newstrom) Janiak. The family lived in Amberg before moving to Abrams where Tony attended Oconto Falls public schools, graduating with the class of 1964. Tony lived in Abrams for most of his life where he lived on the family farm and began a long career as a semi-truck driver. On Nov.

Dennis M. Maas, age 77, of Mountain, passed away on Monday, April 22, 2024. Dennis was born Jan. 23, 1947, to the late Norbert and Gertrude (Jezeski) Maas. He loved riding his UTV. Dennis is survived by son, David Maas; two grandchildren, Connor and Carley; brother, Duane (Delight) Maas; sister-in-law, Sherry Maas.

Menominee Indian 15, Tigerton 5 Menominee Indian won its first game of the year, a 15-5 non-conference victory over Tigerton. Wittenberg-Birnamwood 23, Rosholt 6 Wittenberg-Birnamwood used a 14-run fourth inning to run away with a 23-6 win over Rosholt. Jayda Moenke hit 3-for-4 including a home run and five RBIs. Kendall Lex hit 2-for-2 with a pair of RBIs. Hitting 2-for-3 were Brieleigh Ladika and Camryn Miller.

April 23 Scoreboard Tigerton 8, Menominee Indian 7 Wittenberg-Birnamwood 12, Rosholt 1

Xavier 6, Shawano 1 Evan Anderson, playing at No. 4 singles, served up Shawano’s only win in a 6-1 loss to Xavier. Anderson defeated Hunter Thiel 6-0, 6-2. Andrew VanDenHeuvel, Ben Langlois and Cristian Hernandez lost in singles matches for the Hawks. Coming up on the losing end in doubles were the teams of George Buerman and Tristan Sheldon, Tristan Tetting and Isaac Welander, and Abraham Kim and Ryan Buerman.