Oconto County News

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

Door County fared much better in unemployment for the month of May with a rate of 7.6 percent compared with 9.4 percent in April, according to a report released this week by the Department of Workforce Development.

A recent audit of the village government structure suggested several new positions should be created: A director of community development who is a certified planner.

Oconto County's public health department staff, directed by Debby Konitzer, is well prepared should a pandemic situation arise this fall with a more severe outbreak of the H1N1 flu, commonly known as the Swine Flu.

The Village Board changed the conditions for a future Class B beer and liquor license for AM Investments LLC, which plans to build an Anduzzi's Sports Club on Lineville Road.

A shaft of yellow-gold sunlight runs the length of the concrete floor of the barn at Schleis Farms near Kewaunee.

Work is scheduled to begin Thursday for the reconstruction of a portion of Wisconsin Street near City Hall.

Oconto County was recently awarded a second Milk Volume Production loan/grant by the Wisconsin Department of Commerce.

The State of Wisconsin is facing more than a 6 billion dollar budget deficit but that is not stopping some legislators from doling out money for what opponents call "pet projects" "The fact that these were slipped in at 2 or 3 in the morning after 12 hours of debate behind closed door is suspect," said Rep.

Oconto County investigators say the recent murders of three people are not related.

Authorities don't think three recent homicides in Oconto County are related, Sheriff Mike Jansen said Friday.

Justine Hasz, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources senior biologist for Adams, Juneau and Wood counties, will speak on "A Guide to Fisheries Management" at the June 13 Adams County Lake Alliance meeting.

Rescuers in Marinette County are searching for a man who fell into Montana Lake on Saturday.

David Bintz's appeal for a new trial was denied Tuesday for his role in killing Sandra Lison in 1987.

North Bay is one of the many dealerships under review. North Bay issued this update: The letter received from GM by the dealers on May 15th stated in the event a dealership is targeted for closure or consolidation it would take effect October of 2010 or later.

The well-known EAA Warbirds of America's Wisconsin Badger Squadron 6 has found a new home at the J. Douglas Bake Memorial Airport in Oconto which is co-owned by the City of Oconto and Oconto County.

The 1,100 fingerlings that made the road trip from Ontario, Canada, to their new homes in three northeastern Wisconsin lakes are among new efforts this spring in the decades-long quest to restore a self-sustaining population of the Great Lakes strain spotted musky to Green Bay.

At 11:30 a.m. ceremonies Saturday, May 30, colors will be raised making J. W. Bake Memorial Airport in Oconto the official new home of Wisconsin Warbirds, one of 16 Warbird Squadrons in the United States.

The AllouezFest Precious Metals Car Show and Family Fun Day, sponsored annually by the Allouez Optimist Club, is June 14 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Green Isle Park.

The town of Doty is having an open house starting at 11 a.m. Saturday. The community is celebrating its new Go Green Fire Station, Community Center and Town Hall, 14899 County Road T, Mountain.