Lena News

With official totals expected to be released by the DNR later this week, it still appears Oconto County's deer harvest for the nine-day 2004 gun season will be up slightly.

Cooperative Network bestowed its Cooperative Builder Award, the organization's highest honor, on three cooperators at its annual meeting in Bloomington, Minn.

OCONTO - The Lena Lions donated $10,000 toward the purchase of a digital sign for the Lena High School property.

The opening weekend of the nine-day gun deer season in Oconto County overall showed a decrease in the number of deer bagged for the second year in a row.

Just a few years ago we had four stoplights in Oconto County, but today we only have one.

All Oconto County boys and girls basketball teams are gearing up for season openers during preseason drills.

Donna M. Lipp, 80, of Oconto, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2009, at home with her children by her side.

Chairperson Leland T. Rymer called the October meeting of the board to order at 9:00 a.m. 30 County Board members were present; 1 absent .

NER Farms, Oconto, ranked as third largest in registering the most Angus beef cattle in Wisconsin having recorded 142 head of Angus with the American Angus Association during fiscal year 2004, which ended September 30, according to John Crouch, executive vice president of the American Angus Association.

Authorities believe icy conditions caused a deadly crash in Oconto County Tuesday morning.

One man is dead after a rollover accident in Oconto County. Officials say the accident happened around 4:30 this morning at Highway 141 and State Highway 22 in the township of Stiles.

Township of Stiles a ' Sheriff Deputies say a 24-year-old Lena man died in an Oconto County crash.

A 24-year-old Lena man was killed early today when his pickup truck lost control on an icy overpass and rolled down an embankment on U.S. 141 in the town of Stiles, the Oconto County Sheriff's Department said.

Last Thursday morning, the long-awaited groundbreaking for the Oconto County Area Humane Society Humane Shelter was held at the site of the proposed structure in the city's Industrial Park.

The Oconto Falls Friends of the Arts named the recipients of the 2009 scholarships in Choir, Band, Art and Drama.

Earlier this year, Oconto County's employment took staggering blows with massive layoffs at Cruisers Yachts in Oconto and also at the nearby former Carver firm in Pulaski---both boat manufacturing firms.

Michael T. Judge, a practicing attorney in Oconto the past 32 years, has announced he will be a candidate for the Circuit Court Branch I judgeship next year.

Oconto County's six public libraries have struggled in recent years with limited staffs as a result of what some described as meager budgets.

Mildred H. Staalson, a resident at the Wisteria Haus, 2741 45th St., Two Rivers, Wisconsin, found peace on Wednesday morning, Sept.

Minnie Wulterkens, formerly of Kimberly, passed away after a long illness at Rennes Health Center in Appleton on August 30, 2009.