Forestry consultants have until Nov. 5 to submit bids to assist the Suring School District with its forest management plan. Greg Jaeger, Suring School director of building and grounds, said the district extended the deadline past Oct.

Color-coded images presented to Oconto County supervisors Wednesday provided an early view of how a law enforcement center will be designed to fit the property north of the courthouse. Ken Anderson, of Potter Lawson, showed views of the facility, both from above and from the side, to convey the size of the footprint the facility will make on land where 14 residential and commercial buildings are now located. County committees met with the archite

Chuck Grady, manager of Oconto Falls Municipal Utilities for over 10 years, was placed on paid administrative leave on Oct. 3, following an emergency meeting of the Oconto Falls Municipal Utilities Commissions. Grady was hired by the city in April 1977 and served as a city employee for more than 37 years.

Improvements at ball fields in How and Breed are off to a promising start this fall, in preparation for the first high school softball and baseball games scheduled next spring for the Gillett-Suring co-op programs. Two games, against White Lake and Niagara, are scheduled in the Suring area for the co-op team, with baseball and softball played on the same night.

In less than three weeks, the landscape east of the Oconto Falls School District office has been shaped into the bowl of a football stadium school officials say will be ready for games in the fall. RelyCo, of De Pere, was scheduled to finish earthwork this week for the 1,800-seat stadium built with $1.1 million in referendum funds approved by voters in August. “It’s been a whirlwind three weeks.

To the editor: Lest we not forget! Remember how the Democratic senators ran to Illinois instead of staying in Madison to do their job? Remember how the demonstrators took over our beautiful Capitol building and thrashed it while disrupting our government?

One of my favorite words is “serendipity.” I like the sound of the word, and I like the concept that it names.

Those who travel the path around the Falls know there are a variety of hints of a coming change in the season, and many were in the air this weekend. The first may have been the nail-biting finish to the Green Bay Packers game in Miami. Many shots showed the glistening skin or wet hair of the players who played under temperatures that bumped up against the 90-degree mark.

The Suring High School Music Department will hold its Fall Festival fundraiser from 6-9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, in the Suring High School gym. Admission is $5. Tickets are available from high school music students and at the door. The Swing City Dance Band, a semiprofessional 17-piece swing/dance band, will perform from 7-8:30 p.m.