Oconto County Times Herald

New rules for Oconto Falls High School’s junior prom and homecoming courts were generally well-received when they went into effect this year, although there was some pushback from one school board member when the results were reviewed Nov. 14.

Principal Dan Moore said students were generally happy with the changes, which were developed by a group that included members from the student council and district staff. The plan was further refined after a survey of the student body.

The Oconto County Board on Nov. 17 renewed contracts for two special sheriff’s deputies who are specifically assigned to serve the towns of Little Suamico and Chase and a group of six northern towns, respectively.
The five-year contracts cover the salaries and benefits for a full-time deputy covering each area. State law does not require towns to provide their own police protection services — that is considered the purview of the county sheriff — but also allows towns to contract with the local sheriff for additional police protection.

Four people were injured, three seriously, in a head-on collision on a snow-covered Oconto County road in the Town of Spruce the evening of Nov. 15.

According to an Oconto County Sheriff’s Department traffic report, officials were notified just after 7:15 p.m. that two vehicles had collided on County Road B about 1,000 feet south of Arndt Road.

For the second time in a year, the director of the Lena Public Library is moving to Oconto Falls.

Rachel Pascoe is the new director of the Oconto Falls Community Library, effective Nov. 21. She comes to the library from Lena and previously taught in the Oconto Falls School District, City Administrator Peter Wills said.