Hortonville scored three second-half goals to deny Shawano Community High School’s bid for a Bay Conference soccer title Thursday in Hortonville. The Hawks matched intensity with Hortonville for 55 minutes, but Marco Delbecchi scored his 22nd goal of the season, unassisted at the 55:22 mark to get the Polar Bears moving en route to their 3-0 win. “Basically it was 0-0 at halftime, we came out and still had some intensity in the second half,” Shaw

Green Bay Packers Don’t Miss Matthews The Green Bay Packers will have to adjust quickly to life without Clay Matthews, who will miss multiple weeks with a broken thumb. Someone on the defense will need to step up and provide the pass rush. The absence could be an opportunity, as the Packers’ outside linebackers feel the pressure to perform with the spotlight trained fully on their performances.

The Green Bay Packers have a running game. Not only that, it’s the kind of running game that is helping the Packers win games. Rookie running back Eddie Lacy’s performance Sunday — 23 carries for 99 yards — is exactly the reason the Packers committed to improving the running game and moving away from a pass-happy, one-dimensional offense. Following a 15-1 season in 2011, but a one-and-done playoff run, the Packers’ coaching staff identified the r

Dottie (Dorothy) Peters, 74, Oconto Falls, died Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, in the presence of her family. She was born April 27, 1939, in Oconto Falls to John and Mae (Lambert) Bohl. Dottie grew up in Oconto Falls, where she attended St. Anthony Catholic Grade School, before moving with her family to the Kewaunee area, where she graduated high school with the Class of 1957. On April 27, 1963, she married Eugene Peters at St.

In the early morning hours of Oct. 2, 2013, Dodie (Dorothy Mae O’Brien) Kinziger-Chancellor, 68, went to her eternal home after a courageous fight with several illnesses. Born Dec. 6, 1944, she was raised in Amberg, Wis. Upon her high school graduation she married Nicholas Kinziger, of Pound, Wis.

Kenneth Klusman, 72, of Mountain, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Kenneth was born Feb. 12, 1941, to the late Herman and Dolores (Czaplewski) Klusman. Kenneth served his country in the United States Army for 23 years. He married Janice Venturini in Milwaukee on June 28, 1986. He worked for the city of Milwaukee and later retired and moved to the Mountain area in 1995.

Monday morning’s commute to work along the path around the Falls wasn’t quite like getting hit with a ton of bricks but it did confirm that things are changing. Commuting to work is a part of life for just about every worker, except for people living and working only on the family farm, and those people are just about as rare as albino whitetail deer. Commuters who work the same schedules will notice traffic patterns.

“Grandpa, what’s Smokey’s middle name?” “I don’t know, Ella, what is Smokey’s middle name?” “It’s THE, silly! You know, Grandpa, Smokey the Bear!” Uproarious giggling comes from 5-year-old Ella. She’s 13 now and probably doesn’t remember her joy at making me laugh way back then. A couple of years ago, I started writing a column about Smokey the Bear, but never finished it.

Lena residents approved a $1.6 million tax levy for Lena Public Schools, down 7.4 percent from last year’s levy of $1.73 million. The tax rate will be determined in late October when all figures are finalized and the School Board certifies the tax levy. In a budget presented at the annual meeting Sept. 23, expenditures were up 6.8 percent, to $4.86 million.