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Eight is enough

For many Oconto Falls area residents, high school football has been as much a part of fall as back-to-school shopping and the smell of burning leaves. Football field lights have shined as beacons across the Friday night sky, as the Panthers, Tigers, Hawks, Bears, et al.
Oconto County Sheriff's Department
At noon Sept. 2, a chain-reaction accident took place on state Highway 32 north of Section Four Lane, town of Mountain, as a man from Milwaukee stopped for a vehicle ahead of him. To avoid the accident, a Menominee, Mich., man entered a ditch, but a pickup truck driven by an Oshkosh man and a pickup truck operated by a Suamico man were damaged when they were unable to avoid the crash. No injuries were reported. At 1:08 a.m. Sept.
Oconto County Circuit Court
Proceedings from Sept. 12 Laura L. Dey, 33, Oconto Falls, pleaded not guilty to charges of being party to burglary of a building and party to theft between July 15 and 24 in Oconto Falls, to being party to theft between May 1 and Aug. 4 in Oconto Falls, and to bail jumping. A $5,000 signature bond continues. She also faces a preliminary hearing Oct. 7 for being party to theft of movable property on July 10 in Oconto Falls. Nicholas M.
Gillett Elementary honored as School of Recognition
For the third consecutive year, Gillett Elementary School has been recognized as one of the best performing Title I schools in Wisconsin.
Flu clinics scheduled
Oconto County Public Health will hold walk-in flu clinics from 9-10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 7 and Oct.
Mlados faces February homicide trial
An Oconto Falls man will stand trial in February for his alleged role in the shooting death of a Green Bay teen. A jury trial is scheduled to begin Feb. 14 for Charles Mlados, 54, charged with first degree intentional homicide — party to the crime in the death of Chad McLean, 19, of Green Bay. According to a criminal complaint, Mlados acted as an accomplice to Peter Hanson, who allegedly pulled the trigger in February 1998.
Public Record
Shawano Police Department Sept.
Cumberland named Shawano superintendent
The Shawano School Board unanimously named Gary Cumberland as the district’s new superintendent Monday night and learned of two more key resignations. Jim Heinz ended his 15-year stint on the board with an email sent to board president Julie Van Dyck on Sunday, and Tim Mayer, Shawano Community High School associate principal and athletic director, will leave his post in December. Cumberland was assistant superintendent and has served as interim s
William Stuart Woodward
On Friday, Sept. 13, 2013, at Angel's Touch Assisted Living in De Pere, William Stuart Woodward, a Green Bay businessman and community leader for half a century, died precisely as he would have wished: surrounded by his wife of 57 years and his children. "Bill," as he was universally known, was a victim of metastatic melanoma, detected only four months earlier.
Packers demolish records, Redskins
As record after record fell Sunday in the rain at Lambeau Field, the Green Bay Packers dominated the Washington Redskins 38-20 in a Week 2 match-up between teams looking to avoid the dreaded 0-2 start. The day started with a record crowd of 78,020 packing into Lambeau Field, the most fans to ever see a game at the historic stadium, boosted by the 7,000-seat addition in the south end zone. From there Aaron Rodgers took over the record setting, tyi
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