Shawano County Sheriff George Lenzner, left, provides background on Landen Christen, who was sworn into his new role as deputy with the Shawano County’s Sheriff’s Department at the public safety meeting May 6. A graduate of Bay Port High School, the 21-year-old started as community service officer in Appleton, worked as an officer with the Black Creek Police Department and was with the Stockbridge-Munsee Police Department the past 18 months.

It’s been nearly two decades since the Shawano County Sheriff’s Department bought a new boat for patrolling county waters, search and rescue efforts, and recovery cases.

That may change soon.

Dana Ritchie, office manager, presented the case for a new boat to the public safety committee May 6. The committee agreed to forward the request to the capital improvement projects committee for consideration.

Sara Rodriguez has been Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor for the last four years, but now she’s hoping to move up.

Luke and Terri Erb’s family business, Erb’s Farm and Flower, offers more than just plants and flowers.

Together with son Ezra Erb, the couple desires to instill in youngsters the love of growing. Erb Farm is a big supporter of the Bonduel School District garden, hosting June summer-school field trips annually.

The busy morning is full of activity.

When my husband and I first married, we weren’t golfers. One day, a good buddy of his asked him if he’d like to golf a round. My husband got hooked and dragged me along with him in his quest to conquer the links.

Ending up buying our own set of clubs, we’d golf with friends and family or on our own, just for fun. With anything, practice makes perfect, but even if one practices, a golf game will seldom be perfected.

The magazines and the internet trolls make it sound so easy, but it’s a rare hunt that goes down simply and quickly.

Wild animals are never predictable, and wild turkeys never seem to do what they are supposed to do, according to those experts.

The internet is now full of “what if” hunting scenarios, and a recent one that caught my eye said, “A gobbler hangs up at 50 yards and you have tungsten shot. Do you shoot?”

In Wisconsin and across the nation, family caregivers are the invisible backbone of the healthcare system, providing essential support to loved ones with chronic illnesses, disabilities or age-related needs — often with little recognition, training or relief.

Lorry Runge has been chosen as American Legion Auxiliary Unit 44 Member of the year for 2026 by President Karen Prueter.

Sacred Heart Catholic School announced students Hadlynn Kast and Katie Fowler‑Doxtator achieved unprecedented success in the Knights of Columbus “Keep Christ in Christmas” Poster Contest, advancing further than any Sacred Heart students before them.