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Carleigh Kaczmarek and Cheyenne Kruger watch as the rest of the 2023 graduating class walks into the Gillett gymnasium during the 2023 Gillett graduation on May 28. Luke Reimer | NEW Media
The 2023 Wittenberg-Birnamwood graduating class pops confetti, marking their completion of high school, during the school’s commencement ceremony on May 26. Luke Reimer | NEW Media
Tigerton graduating senior and class president Tyler Dent is all smiles as he walks through the audience to his seat during the 2023 Tigerton graduation at the Tigerton High School gymnasium on May 19. Dent was one of 17 graduating seniors to walk across the stage and hear their name called. Luke Reimer | NEW Media
Shawano Area Waterways Management members and volunteers place buoys into the Wolf River and Shawano Lake as is the traditional spring ritual on May 18. Greg Mellis | NEW Media
Wittenberg-Birnamwood 6-12 Vocal Music Director Melissa Gauderman kicked off the 2023 WBHS/Community Variety Show by singing “You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are” by Keaton Henson on May 12. The show allowed Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District students and community members to give their renditions of popular songs spanning all genres. Luke Reimer | NEW Media
Timberland Invasives Partners Technician Alex Forster, right, walks students through what different plants look like, including honeysuckle during the the 2023 spring Youth Conservation Field Day at Wilson Creek Orchard on May 11 in Wittenberg. Luke Reimer | NEW Media
Sturgeon splash at Sturgeon Park next to the Shawano Dam, as the the 2023 spawning run gets underway on May 5. Luke Reimer | NEW Media
Visitors to Chet and Emil’s, 388 Main St. in Birnamwood, were treated to a spaghetti dinner April 23 to help raise funds for the Birnamwood Lions Club. Luke Reimer | NEW Media
One child reaches to the ground for an Easter egg during the Shawano Parks and Recreation Easter Egg Hunt at Kuckuk Park on April 8. Visitors filled the park in search of Easter eggs, with each egg containing a prize for those you found them. Luke Reimer | NEW Media
Frank Renel, 2, of Oconto Falls, grabs a colorful Easter egg to bowl in a game April 8 at Hillside Assembly’s annual Easter Eggstravaganza in Gillett. (Lee Pulaski | NEW Media)
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 44 treasurer Lorry Runge, right, presents a $500 donation to Lakes Country Public Library Director Katie Essermann. (Contributed)
Lane Brunker, Bryson Bystol and Anahkosaeh Grignon take part in the Stations of the Cross presentation March 30 at Sacred Heart Catholic School. Second and third grade students worked for months learning their parts and feeling the emotion behind the play. (Contributed)
An April pink moon lights up the night sky over state Highway 32 in Pulaski. The moon reached its peak during the early morning hours of April 6. Greg Mellis | NEW Media
Green Bay Packers former center Evan Smith, left, talks Wittenberg-Birnamwood High Schoolers through what respect is and what it means on April 11. Smith was one of seven representatives from the Packers who appeared at the high school on the team’s annual Tailgate Tour. Luke Reimer | NEW Media
A nubian goat sticks its head out of its pen at Nueskes Farm on March 26 in Wittenberg. Workers at the farm recently moved many 10- to 12-week-old goats to outside pens on the farm. Luke Reimer | NEW Media
Bonduel sophomores Adrian Ford, left, and Teagan Engel open the Bonduel High School Choir’s Once Upon a Time concert at the high school on March 25. Luke Reimer | NEW Media
Teams had fun decorating their tables for Wolf River Lutheran High School’s annual trivia contest March 19 and even donned sports jerseys to reflect the theme “Number One Sports Fan.” (Lee Pulaski | NEW Media)
Eighth grade student Claire Dudek helps 4-year-old kindergarten student Aliyah Redmerski with a kindness plant project at Sacred Heart Catholic School. Sacred Heart celebrated the first of two weeks of Random Acts of Kindness from March 6-10. Middle school students visited various classrooms during the week to teach them about kindness and to do a fun activity with each class, and on Friday students and staff were encouraged to wear kindness-themed shirts. (Contributed)