The Shawano County Barn Quilt Project was envisioned as a maximum of 25 quilt pieces to help celebrate the county’s rich dairy history. That number has increased 12-fold, as the 300th barn quilt in the project was installed Wednesday at the Chuck and Mary Lou Kugel farm in the town of Waukechon.

Oconto County is making a name for itself as a mecca for the trail rider and the walleye fishermen. “We are a kind of place that a person who really wants to be in the outdoors — not in the gift shops — is going to go,” said Paul Ehrfurth, executive director of Oconto County Economic Development Corporation. He said the bay of Green Bay is one of two premier destinations in the nation for walleye fishing, the other being Lake Erie.

A Wausau middle school principal with military experience has been selected to replace Dave Polashek as superintendent of the Oconto Falls School District. After conducting interviews with two finalists Thursday night, the School Board offered the position to Dean Hess, John Muir Middle School principal. “There are a lot of good things going on in Oconto Falls.

The Gillett City Council on Thursday agreed to several changes to the deputy clerk/deputy treasurer position due to an impending retirement. Leone Christensen, 64, will retire July 31, following 25 years as clerk/treasurer or deputy clerk/deputy treasurer. The council will cut Christensen’s deputy position from full time to 20-25 hours a week, starting July 31.

A manhunt that began Friday afternoon in Oconto Falls triggered emergency phone alerts to approximately 8,000 people in southern and central Oconto County. In a message from Tim Magnin, director of Oconto County Emergency Management, people were told to be on the lookout for a white man, 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighing about 130 pounds, with short black hair and tattoos on his face, neck and arms.

Local history buffs’ attempts to preserve a two-room school house appear to have failed. The Oconto Falls School District has received a $61,000 offer to purchase the Spruce School from a person who reportedly plans to renovate the building for a home. School officials told the Oconto Falls Area Heritage Center, which planned to move to the school and use it as the centerpiece of a historical attraction, that it has until Thursday to match the pr

May 7 Deputies logged 38 incidents, including the following: Suspicious - Authorities investigated a report of someone entering a home on Bramschreiber Road in Little Suamico.

The Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest announces its ATV, horse and bicycle trails opened May 1.

Proceedings from May 8 An initial appearance was held for Isaiah M. Perez, 20, Oconto, on felony charges of burglary of a building or dwelling (party to a crime) and two misdemeanor charges, which allegedly occurred Aug. 20, 2014, in Oconto. The court set a $5,000 cash bond. An adjourned initial appearance is June 11. A waiver preliminary hearing was held for Daniel S.