Oneida News

ASHWAUBENON - Loretta Webster has done beadwork for 50 years, and proudly shows her work to others.

ONEIDA - Thursday was the first time Douglas and Rachel Limon attended the Oneida Cultural Festival, but the couple from White Bear Lake, Minn., said it probably wouldn't be the last.

Some Green Bay area residents are heartbroken after a friendly deer from the neighborhood died.

A provision in the newly passed state budget allows the Oneida Tribe of Indians to bypass local municipalities, like Hobart, and go right to the state to obtain its liquor licenses.

The tradition of coming together with friends and family on the Fourth of July weekend is not specific to any one person's culture.

ONEIDA - The majority of tribal members responding to a 2008 survey said the Oneida Indian Reservation was a good place to live and thought the most important goal for the tribe is changes to the tribal government.

If it grows in the ground, chances are good Jean Vande Hey has canned it, pickled it or dried it.

The Oneida Tribe of Indians could bypass the village of Hobart and instead seek class B beer and liquor licenses from the state under a provision in a budget bill lawmakers approved Friday.

Eleven-year-old Anastasia Delgado Barajas squeezed a tube of green paint all over her hands before firmly pressing them both on the canvas in front of her.

After three months of "road closed" signs, Oneida Street is flowing once again. "Oneida opening up again is awesome," said Mary Shaw.

Summer art camp students will show their stuff today during a fashion show and public art show at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Sunday, the Beaver Dam Area Arts Association will unveil a Native American Art Exhibit.

DE PERE - This is no shaggy dog story, but it has shaggy dogs aplenty. A bad back, two big hairy dogs and a desire for a job with less standing led to Jodi Hoffman opening Soggy Dog Do It Yourself Pet Wash at 910 Main Ave.

The ninth annual Konop and Long Jr. Golf Classic is scheduled for 11 a.m. Aug. 25 at Thornberry Creek at Oneida, in Hobart.

State Rep. Dean Kaufert claims the statewide smoking ban that's going into effect in July 2010 is flawed because it excludes Indian casinos.

After more than 22 years of service, former U.S. Marine Corps drill instructor Frank Cornelius continues to carry out the Marine Corps tradition with pride.

Wal-Mart, 2040 W. Mason St., is hosting a grand-opening event Wednesday following an extensive remodeling of the store the past three months.

Bain, Sr., Paul R. - Friends may call at the gathering area of St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish, St.

Despite a recession that weighed heavily on many sectors of Wisconsin's economy in 2008, tourism remained strong in Vilas and Oneida counties, bringing more than $470 million into the local economy, officials said.

Health care reform and its future are expected to be at the top of President Barack Obama's town hall meeting agenda in Green Bay today.