Gillett News

Clara Miller, 96, Suring, died on Monday, July 6, 2009. She was born February 4, 1913, in Milwaukee to the late Fredrick and Clara Wolter.

"Help Rainbow House Stand By Others By Standing By Us" Rainbow House Domestic Abuse Services' 4th annual fund-raiser will be held at the Spirits of Gillett on Friday, July 10, from 7 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Spirits of Gillett is located at 145 N. McKenzie Ave.

Robert 'Bobby' D. Frank, 60, Sobieski, died Friday morning, July 3, 2009, at home with his family present.

The Oconto County Commission on Aging has nutrition sites for noon lunches throughout the county at six locations.

Gillett Baptist Church will celebrate its 100th anniversary with a pig roast picnic, music and outdoor games on July 12.

Helen Westness, 90, passed away at her daughter, Paulette Klose's home in Waterford on Monday, June 29.

The polka category in the Grammy Awards is dead, gone, kaput. 'Oh my gosh, polka's been out there for many, many, many years, going way back,' said Harold Otto of Pulaski, organizer of Pulaski Polka Days.

America's Polka Celebration returns this week for three days of music and dancing at Zippel Park in the center of the city.

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

A backhoe working on a street construction project in Gillett was stuck for three days in a brook and drew a steady stream of onlookers this week.

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

Leonard B. Reinhold, 87, Newburgh, Ind., died Sunday morning, May 31, 2009, at his niece's home in St.

LITTLE CHUTE - About the only flowers left this spring at Bill and Rosa Bons' home abutting a wooded area of Heesakker Park are metallic tulips sprouting from two boxes near the driveway.

One hundred World War II veterans from the state - including seven from the greater Green Bay area - had the opportunity to see the memorial built in their honor in Washington, D.C., April 25, thanks to the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight-Wisconsin program and Panera Bread.

As authorities continue to search for answers in the double murder case, friends and family members of 32-year-old Kimberly Rose and her brother, 21-year-old Leonard Marsh, are coping with the loss.

A double homicide investigation in Oconto County, a brother and sister are found dead in their Town of Gillett home.

Authorities say a 21-year-old man and his 32-year-old sister were found shot to death Tuesday in the rural home they rented in the Oconto County town of Gillett.

Two local teens who were having trouble in school say a boot-camp program is helping turn their lives around.

The Oconto County Sheriff Department is investigating a double homicide that happened Tuesday morning, May 19, at a home south of Gillett.

Oconto County Sheriff Mike Jansen says 21-year-old Leonard Marsh had only been living with his sister, 32-year-old Kimberly Rose for a short time when they were found dead.