Area grade school and middle school students are invited to create artwork for The Enchanted Trail, an outdoor student art exhibit that will be featured during the Mountain-Bay State Trail’s 30th Anniversary Celebration on Sept. 26.

Friends of the Mountain-Bay State Trail-Shawano is accepting submissions now.

Students are invited to create artwork inspired by the theme “Things You Can See or Do on the Mountain-Bay State Trail.”

Bank of Wisconsin, a branch of Bank of Sun Prairie, welcomes Rick Bondowski as new senior vice president, market president. Bondowski is the executive leader of the Bank of Wisconsin brand of banks now with locations in Birnamwood, Wittenberg, Hatley and Antigo.

His areas of expertise include strategic planning, leadership development, data analysis and forecasting, new product development and operational excellence.

Wisconsin had 4.6 days suitable for fieldwork statewide for the week ending July 5, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Temperatures well above normal spurred crop growth while heavy rains fell across a swath of the state, impeding some field work.

Northern Michigan University

Northern Michigan University announces the dean’s list for the winter 2026 semester.

Ella Gagnon and Maddy McRae, both of Birnamwood, qualified with a GPA of 3.05-3.99.

Bemidji State University

Bonduel’s Logan Sipple and Shawano’s Elliott Lowney were named to the dean’s list at Bemidji State University (Bemidji, Minnesota) for the spring 2026 semester.

Officials at Oconto Falls High School have released the honor roll for the fourth quarter of the 2025-26 school year.

Seniors

Highest Honors: Allie Brehmer, Abigail Clausen, Madisyn Duncan, Sylvia Krause, Natalie Rieth, Paris Welte.

Running errands around Shawano, I noticed a little light had popped up on my car’s dashboard. I was gun-shy, as just a few weeks earlier another little light had appeared — that one much more serious than this one.

This light was one I could decipher easily. A tire was low. Reasoning with myself, I figured I could probably make it home and have my husband pump it up with our air compressor.

We try to keep our family vacations real and natural. That means we avoid Disney World and other theme parks like the plague. The natural world is so much more unpredictable, and it’s reality, not fake concrete waterfalls and $20 plastic mugs.

Getting outdoors and enjoying the warmer weather conditions may require a bit of extra planning for those managing seasonal allergies.

ThedaCare medical experts have advice on how to do so more effectively this spring.

Douglas Allen McMahon, 84, of Suring, died Friday, July 3, 2026, at Evergreen Health Services, Shawano.

Born on Feb. 7, 1942, to Clarence and Lola (nee Hodgins) McMahon of Gillett, Doug first attended Spring Hill School in the Town of Gillett. He graduated from Gillett High School in 1960.