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data-tb-link=""><img class="rounded-0 img-fluid" fetchPriority="high" loading="eager" alt="Grandfather-granddaughter duo keeps Fox Locks history alive" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/DXG4Y5EQPZDAJFDLFK254BDNUY.jpg?auth=4c942a98d192298d6799766a9882f158bcae9f886f084690b3d836d159035880&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/09/17/grandfather-granddaughter-duo-keeps-fox-locks-history-alive/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Grandfather-granddaughter duo keeps Fox Locks history alive</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Sep. 17, 2026 at 5:24 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Pat Spaay and his granddaughter, McKenzie, work together tending the Fox Locks in Kaukauna.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-3 py-3 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-start me-2"><a href="/2026/09/10/suamico-baby-entered-in-baby-of-year-contest/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100 rounded-0"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg, rgb(150, 150, 150) 0%, rgb(150, 150, 150) 5px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8) 5px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 80%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/09/10/suamico-baby-entered-in-baby-of-year-contest/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="rounded-0 img-fluid" fetchPriority="high" loading="eager" alt="7-month-old Theo Johnson is entered in a Baby of the Year contest" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/SQATDJW42RDELJFDDF6MAY7DIE.jpg?auth=5f239a8c4b69d21b3113d184c2fd3f5266785ad05c6fc246934946b384073859&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/09/10/suamico-baby-entered-in-baby-of-year-contest/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Suamico baby entered in Baby of the Year contest</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Sep. 10, 2026 at 6:27 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">A local family hopes to share their 7-month-old's laugh with the world.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-3 py-3 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-start me-2"><a href="/2026/09/03/take-look-back-some-our-small-town-visits-summer-2026/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100 rounded-0"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg, rgb(150, 150, 150) 0%, rgb(150, 150, 150) 5px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8) 5px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 80%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/09/03/take-look-back-some-our-small-town-visits-summer-2026/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="rounded-0 img-fluid" fetchPriority="high" loading="eager" alt="Labor Day weekend means the unofficial end of summer. It also means another Small Towns Special." data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/NEJAV3MPWRDLVONG3ZMAFZ77XE.jpg?auth=4ce2a8edfd54b0a9d1025137ac5a656b484ce119ad2b167c25d01165c349ce49&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/09/03/take-look-back-some-our-small-town-visits-summer-2026/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Take a look back at some of our Small Town visits from the summer of 2026</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Sep. 3, 2026 at 5:39 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Labor Day weekend means the unofficial end of summer. It also means another Small Towns Special.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-3 py-3 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-start me-2"><a href="/2026/08/27/small-towns-couple-takes-over-manitowoc-coffee-shop/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100 rounded-0"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg, rgb(150, 150, 150) 0%, rgb(150, 150, 150) 5px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8) 5px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 80%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/08/27/small-towns-couple-takes-over-manitowo
119c-coffee-shop/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="rounded-0 img-fluid" fetchPriority="high" loading="eager" alt="Couple takes over Manitowoc coffee shop" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/ZILY7REY5RH5LBRBD6GMQVQWRM.jpg?auth=76092f0b953945bae1e0ec62dc9b28069900a8740a3ad6d3f712f5673859de9d&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/08/27/small-towns-couple-takes-over-manitowoc-coffee-shop/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Couple takes over Manitowoc coffee shop</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Aug. 27, 2026 at 6:26 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">After their mobile coffee trailers proved to be popular, April and Cody House decided to open their first brick-and-mortar shop in Manitowoc.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div></div></div></section><section class="top-right-rail | rail d-flex flex-column flex-lg-fill"><div class="arc-ad | d-flex flex-column ad-type-cube ad-flex-cube include-disclaimer justify-content-center text-center"><div class="arc-ad-wrapper |"><div id="ad-LCAOn8hjus31GJPamLvgOXbjbraVVQT11jH9iINf1o0vcYv1j8" class="wbay/web/news/small-towns arcad py-2 mb-3"></div></div></div></section></div><section class="middle-wrapped | col-12"></section><div class="col-12 d-flex flex-column flex-lg-row w-100"><section class="middle-featured | flex-lg-fill me-lg-3"><div class="w-100" style="height:90px"></div><div class="flex-feature-feed | mb-0" data-tb-region="flex-feature-feed-0fu8qufbnrg"><div class="card-deck mx-n2 mb-0"><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-start me-2"><a href="/2026/08/20/montello-theater-carries-160-years-history/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/08/20/montello-theater-carries-160-years-history/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="high" loading="eager" alt="Montello theater carries on 160 years of history" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/MBO3BZOBEBHOZLVZBVH5UF3UIM.png?auth=03cab3a87b461d25a26eb3a15ee4e1d1383761bd971ff413bdb158ad9f42e378&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/08/20/montello-theater-carries-160-years-history/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Montello theater carries on 160 years of history</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Aug. 20, 2026 at 6:23 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">A building on East Montello Street in Montello has a lot of history, now serving as the townâs only movie theater after starting as an opera house.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-start me-2"><a href="/2026/08/13/retired-nursery-owner-spends-his-days-creating-art-luxemburg-property/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/08/13/retired-nursery-owner-spends-his-days-creating-art-luxemburg-property/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="high" loading="eager" alt="From barbed-wire buffalo to bonsai trees, Jerry Marcelle has spent 15 years building a barn..." data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/7WXL7HJZPJBUZDEDEQKXEEEM5A.jpg?auth=b4943a3bc22ac988e0ecff30348e54e92acd6a52eefa71dd32570f21c0842192&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/08/13/retired-nursery-owner-spends-his-days-creating-art-luxemburg-property/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Retired nursery owner spends his days creating art on a Luxemburg property</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Aug. 13, 2026 at 6:29 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">From barbed-wire buffalo to bonsai trees, Jerry Marcelle has spent 15 years building a barn gallery and filling his land with sculptures</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-start me-2"><a href="/2026/08/06/small-towns-fox-cities-strong/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/08/06/small-towns-fox-cities-strong/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="high" loading="eager" alt="Fox Cities Strong" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/VNZ4RRCG65GJBBBQ3OHMOEOH7I.jpg?auth=0391d855c109d03b62e90e8af5f63efd072b111364136eb2f0fd896487ed8a5d&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/08/06/small-towns-fox-cities-strong/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Small Towns: Fox Cities Strong</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Aug. 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">For the last week and a half, we've shown you the destruction of the Fox Valley Tornado. But we have also seen small town pride as communities stepped up to help their neighbors.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-start me-2"><a href="/2026/07/30/chilton-city-band-brings-christmas-july-calumet-county/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/07/30/chilton-city-band-brings-christmas-july-calumet-county/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="high" loading="eager" alt="Annual concert draws families with music, decorations, and a visit from Santa" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/5UBIZHWYSFA53ARBMDW6SGP2WA.jpg?auth=705e9a3d7e2081b38aa745fd90a30f0f02c08a36a921b9ce8a7137c53a2e5d93&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/07/30/chilton-city-band-brings-christmas-july-calumet-county/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Chilton City Band brings Christmas in July to Calumet County</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Jul. 30, 2026 at 7:13 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Annual concert draws families with music, decorations, and a visit from Santa</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-start me-2"><a href="/2026/07/23/ripon-farms-patriotic-corn-maze-draws-attention-airventure-pilots/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/07/23/ripon-farms-patriotic-corn-maze-draws-attention-airventure-pilots/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="high" loading="eager" alt="Ripon farmâs patriotic corn maze draws attention from AirVenture pilots" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/HDLVPUHCKRFUTC7XGUM7FT5MGM.jpg?auth=089b275bb5080e766bd2206b11f2ad771b5f99a9eb8674bcd2923dad7a305bc4&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/07/23/ripon-farms-patriotic-corn-maze-draws-attention-airventure-pilots/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Ripon farmâs patriotic corn maze draws attention from AirVenture pilots</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Jul. 23, 2026 at 7:42 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Fourth-generation farmer and his wife designed an 18-acre maze to mark the countryâs 250th anniversary</div></div></div
119></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-start me-2"><a href="/2026/07/16/small-towns-81-year-old-organist-has-served-freedom-moravian-church-nearly-seven-decades/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/07/16/small-towns-81-year-old-organist-has-served-freedom-moravian-church-nearly-seven-decades/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="high" loading="eager" alt="81-year-old organist has served Freedom Moravian Church for nearly seven decades" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/446IABYBCVF2BJX7L2I2UDFGZM.jpg?auth=fe38de1b88f5ec6d223f34cf06df700f2e0be044d511cce8b385407b211421db&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/07/16/small-towns-81-year-old-organist-has-served-freedom-moravian-church-nearly-seven-decades/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: 81-year-old organist has served Freedom Moravian Church for nearly seven decades</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Jul. 16, 2026 at 6:21 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Shari Nachtwey has been a part of the church for more than half of its 160-year history.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div></div></div></section><section class="middle-right-rail | rail d-flex flex-column flex-lg-fill"><div class="featured-imagery | weather d-flex flex-column rounded mb-3"><div class="wx-images | mx-auto w-100 list-group"><div class="wx-image | list-group-item py-2 px-2"><div class="title | pt-1 mb-2" role="button"><h6 class="mb-0 fw-bold pointer"><div class="title-name | text-truncate">Pinpoint Digital Doppler</div></h6></div><div class="image-container | position-relative collapse show mt-1"><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset" href="/weather/" rel="" target="_self"><img class="img-fluid pointer" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Pinpoint Digital Doppler" src="http://webpubcontent.gray.tv/wbay/weather/wbayradar_720.gif"/></a></div></figure> </div><div class="w-100" style="height:50px"></div></div></div></div><div class="w-100" style="height:250px"></div></section></div><section class="middle-top | col-12"><div class="w-100" style="height:250px"></div><div class="flex-feature-feed | mb-0" data-tb-region="flex-feature-feed-0foyxuy1nrz"><div class="card-deck mx-n2 mb-0"><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-start me-2"><a href="/2026/07/02/small-towns-weekly-meeting-veterans-peshtigo-includes-104-year-old-wwii-vet/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/07/02/small-towns-weekly-meeting-veterans-peshtigo-includes-104-year-old-wwii-vet/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Weekly meeting of veterans in Peshtigo includes 104-year-old WWII vet" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/5ODDMUTMKRAMPJDVD2XFI6AIZE.jpg?auth=bf57d8ad82f839fba36d1f107221559293f61389bcfc7c07f2713a46cbb7b282&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/07/02/small-towns-weekly-meeting-veterans-peshtigo-includes-104-year-old-wwii-vet/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Weekly meeting of veterans in Peshtigo includes 104-year-old WWII vet</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Jul. 2, 2026 at 6:24 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Arden âArdieâ Nelson served as an aviation cadet in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1946.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-start me-2"><a href="/2026/06/24/appleton-man-hopes-memory-lake-will-help-families-facing-medical-challenges/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/06/24/appleton-man-hopes-memory-lake-will-help-families-facing-medical-challenges/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Appleton man hopes Memory Lake will help families facing medical challenges" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/GH63ZL3EKJFX3GPN5BG6MM5G4A.jpg?auth=b9a00ebf1feb3039d5dc82577d64408aaadf6eb09bd25bf21c9f3ba7677fb73d&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/06/24/appleton-man-hopes-memory-lake-will-help-families-facing-medical-challenges/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Appleton man hopes Memory Lake will help families facing medical challenges</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Jun. 25, 2026 at 6:31 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Health issues forced Dennis Nagan to put his mission helping families with sick kids on hold in 2025.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-start me-2"><a href="/2026/06/18/byron-ice-cream-shop-wisconsin-staple/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/06/18/byron-ice-cream-shop-wisconsin-staple/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Ice cream at Kelley Country Creamery" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/FWE7JDJ37JBHPNJXI7C5X7NM54.jpg?auth=e8bfc60
1195873550c869e5f259f6aa550d5cb3e1a7b8511bfc0e3bcadec9cf2fc3&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/06/18/byron-ice-cream-shop-wisconsin-staple/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Byron ice cream shop a Wisconsin staple</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Jun. 18, 2026 at 6:40 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Karen Kelley turned a childhood dream into a reality, and her ice cream into an icon.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-start me-2"><a href="/2026/06/11/larrand-dairy-family-farm-teaches-community-about-food-sources-during-june-dairy-month/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/06/11/larrand-dairy-family-farm-teaches-community-about-food-sources-during-june-dairy-month/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Larrand Dairy in Freedom" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/I6N7BEVRHREFPCHODKC7S5JLKI.jpg?auth=43fad333c74704b16ea0f4aab689fef57c7823a8fa131dc014a5cbc1462fde6f&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/06/11/larrand-dairy-family-farm-teaches-community-about-food-sources-during-june-dairy-month/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Larrand Dairy family farm teaches community about food sources during June Dairy Month</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Jun. 11, 2026 at 6:25 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Freedom farm produces 1.2 million pounds of milk monthly while educating the next generation.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-start me-2"><a href="/2026/06/04/fifth-generation-farmer-carries-family-dairy-tradition-denmark/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/06/04/fifth-generation-farmer-carries-family-dairy-tradition-denmark/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Fairview Pastures in Denmark" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/CALQHYPL4FFW5JKTBJURHXGG24.jpg?auth=a25c971713985a752cf8c1862a8ddc290e844b18ea8fe34a20875f5fadedde1c&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/06/04/fifth-generation-farmer-carries-family-dairy-tradition-denmark/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Fifth-generation farmer carries on family dairy tradition in Denmark</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Jun. 4, 2026 at 6:24 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Luke Wavrunek grew up in the industry but never thought farming was what he wanted to do.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-start me-2"><a href="/2026/05/28/shiocton-artist-creates-flood-relief-painting/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/05/28/shiocton-artist-creates-flood-relief-painting/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Shiocton artist creates flood relief painting" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/7NETY4LZOZBY
119LFEIG7MHXDFJMU.jpg?auth=b57314efa68d0077ed904a27fc9cd90bc9614ae24701d3f0edf919913ae85948&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/05/28/shiocton-artist-creates-flood-relief-painting/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Shiocton artist creates flood relief painting</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->May 28, 2026 at 6:24 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Spencer Young plans to auction a sturgeon masterpiece to benefit the flood-affected community.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-start me-2"><a href="/2026/05/14/paper-valley-model-railroad-club-celebrates-80-years-with-open-house/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/05/14/paper-valley-model-railroad-club-celebrates-80-years-with-open-house/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Model railroad" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/DYAJMN5PTBFQNB6OPSBFZUPJBE.png?auth=3a10b21b8b704dad1a8bc0b035c754e30b2da2b80670073a66c80227597df933&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/05/14/paper-valley-model-railroad-club-celebrates-80-years-with-open-house/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Paper Valley Model Railroad Club celebrates 80 years with open house</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->May 14, 2026 at 6:22 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Kaukauna club invites community to see model train layouts this weekend.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-start me-2"><a href="/2026/05/07/st-ann-church-st-anna-prepares-celebrate-175th-anniversary/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/05/07/st-ann-church-st-anna-prepares-celebrate-175th-anniversary/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="St. Ann Church in St. Anna prepares to celebrate 175th anniversary" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/BYGC6THP4BHGDN4Z4DQMX
119ZGWHE.jpg?auth=ec9314c9db7cdf2ff4d7c38ac4478df50efb329e17481a309ece4b167ee19736&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/05/07/st-ann-church-st-anna-prepares-celebrate-175th-anniversary/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>St. Ann Church in St. Anna prepares to celebrate 175th anniversary</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->May 7, 2026 at 6:34 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">A rural Calumet County congregation marks a milestone this month.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-start me-2"><a href="/2026/04/30/small-towns-underwater-hockey-club-green-bay-draws-players-across-region/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/04/30/small-towns-underwater-hockey-club-green-bay-draws-players-across-region/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Underwater hockey club in Green Bay draws players from across region" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/WX6VGX2EYRGRXBEAVMPJ4U42BY.jpg?auth=26e16ed2a8c908574e0907aabc04e45f6ca8358b5a5fd8f67d95dfa7676a7bf7&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/04/30/small-towns-underwater-hockey-club-green-bay-draws-players-across-region/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Underwater hockey club in Green Bay draws players from across region</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Apr. 30, 2026 at 6:44 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">"Itâs such a small sport, getting people into it young is really important to help the sport grow," says a local, elite athlete representing the U.S. in underwater hockey.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-left position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-start me-2"><a href="/2026/04/23/small-towns-dale-family-volunteer-firefighters-honors-fire-service-with-distillery-old-station/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/04/23/small-towns-dale-family-volunteer-firefighters-honors-fire-service-with-distillery-old-station/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Dale family of volunteer firefighters honors fire service with distillery in old station" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/QUIKZMFZNVCWBE2KLH6QJJB6QI.jpg?auth=80e6d77034c0771c43e49cb05de06f2c5a733b7cc8e8d2c320998441de87f461&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/04/23/small-towns-dale-family-volunteer-firefighters-honors-fire-service-with-distillery-old-station/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Dale family of volunteer firefighters honors fire service with distillery in old station</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Apr. 23, 2026 at 6:24 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">A volunteer firefighter converted a former firehouse into a distillery and museum.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div></div></div><div class="w-100" style="height:90px"></div><div class="flex-feature-feed | mb-0" data-tb-region="flex-feature-feed-0fmqhshmmihqn4p"><div class="card-deck mx-n2 mb-0"><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2026/04/16/annual-walleye-run-is-peshtigo-treasure/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/04/16/annual-walleye-run-is-peshtigo-treasure/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Annual âWalleye Runâ is a Peshtigo treasure" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/THG4ZEQMQFALDLWP7ZGVHD7N5A.jpg?auth=71fb68c10bde8d489d271313ae434fcd8c21c0f78c6159485e4a277b1188031d&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/04/16/annual-walleye-run-is-peshtigo-treasure/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Annual âWalleye Runâ is a Peshtigo treasure</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Apr. 16, 2026 at 6:33 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Annual spring migration draws spectators and anglers, fuels local fundraising efforts</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2026/04/09/astronomers-oshkosh-duo-builds-music-career-home-studio/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/04/09/astronomers-oshkosh-duo-builds-music-career-home-studio/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="The Astronomers: Oshkosh duo builds music career from home studio" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/FUZQ6ZI7NJDU7OUO2J77E7A22I.jpg?auth=d235314a38652b26c2f1ec0b41ba57e644926de71d706349f3b30a68a86fb6d7&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/04/09/astronomers-oshkosh-duo-builds-music-career-home-studio/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>The Astronomers: Oshkosh duo builds music career from home studio</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Apr. 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">A local duo reaches 216,000 monthly Spotify listeners while staying rooted in Wisconsin</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2026/04/02/90-year-old-volunteer-continues-70-year-education-career-
119oakfield-school/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/04/02/90-year-old-volunteer-continues-70-year-education-career-oakfield-school/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Betty Lange, 90, continues her education career as a volunteer at St. Luke's Lutheran School..." data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/Y35D2SWN6VGFJNT24HRFLY4MLQ.jpg?auth=f89eef0dc5e2cff11eecefb0140a16997a47f2521262712f5ea03d69523f36d2&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/04/02/90-year-old-volunteer-continues-70-year-education-career-oakfield-school/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>90-year-old volunteer continues 70-year education career at Oakfield school</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Apr. 2, 2026 at 6:24 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Betty Lange has been working in education since she was 19 years old.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2026/03/26/small-towns-former-church-turned-into-coffee-shop-langlade/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/03/26/small-towns-former-church-turned-into-coffee-shop-langlade/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Jamee Peters converted her childhood church in Langlade into Wolf River Roots coffee shop" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/YUJ527T3Z5HKXNYNAWK3OPI65M.jpg?auth=f3d5ab62c6c80c51d85e8f0fa58a6626019e9e86680f16e98a181d1c2bc3841b&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/03/26/small-towns-former-church-turned-into-coffee-shop-langlade/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Former church turned into coffee shop in Langlade</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Mar. 26, 2026 at 6:22 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Owner Jamee Peters said she did not want to see another church fall into ruin in the Northwoods.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2026/03/19/small-towns-hilbert-superintendent-retiring-after-20-years-leading-hometown-district/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/03/19/small-towns-hilbert-superintendent-retiring-after-20-years-leading-hometown-district/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Hilbert superintendent retiring after 20 years leading hometown district" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/OMAOOAFD75B2TOZQ2AZP6Q4W2A.jpg?auth=82aba16f7cf3b45c5295c31b490a52fd170d5ef7b8304e4d2b87a8fe1b59958e&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/03/19/small-towns-hilbert-superintendent-retiring-after-20-years-leading-hometown-district/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Hilbert superintendent retiring after 20 years leading hometown district</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Mar. 19, 2026 at 6:29 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Tony Sweere graduated in Hilbert schools in 1989. Now he's leaving the district again, this time for retirement.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2026/03/12/small-towns-waupaca-curling-club-wants-sport-keep-growing/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/03/12/small-towns-waupaca-curling-club-wants-sport-keep-growing/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Small Towns reporter Emerson Lehmann learns the sport of curling" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/E4JVTUYQ4FHSFIJNRBN4HUOOUA.jpg?auth=c41e01821b933bb0d8b1343b0e39099c442558073ea2bcd635c9dd01141c6b0e&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/03/12/small-towns-waupaca-curling-club-wants-sport-keep-growing/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALLÂ TOWNS: Waupaca Curling Club wants the sport to keep growing</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Mar. 12, 2026 at 6:24 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">The winter town is swept up by the sport with a learning curve.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2026/03/06/small-towns-winneconne-middle-schoolers-paint-pet-portraits-learn-leadership-skills/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/03/06/small-towns-winneconne-middle-schoolers-paint-pet-portraits-learn-leadership-skills/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Winneconne middle school students paint pet portraits to raise money for the local Humane Society" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/W6FUHNMRQBD2JCXJ4K5FM34T4A.jpg?auth=e223831f47f1a4c5c6e91a70d5ddfcfd709325565963098036cc4b2cc65c4840&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/03/06/small-towns-winneconne-middle-schoolers-paint-pet-portraits-learn-leadership-skills/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Winneconne middle schoolers paint pet portraits, learn leadership skills</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Mar. 5, 2026 at 6:18 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Students in a new leadership class raised money for a pet supply store, helping animals in their hometown.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2026/02/27/green-bay-barber-builds-community-connections-through-
119his-craft/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/02/27/green-bay-barber-builds-community-connections-through-his-craft/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Hansel Canady of Hancan Barbershop serves as a barber for Green Bay Packers while giving back..." data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/3EF4ECEMEREJ3MVY63UIINKYVQ.jpg?auth=dbd0bff684f58179ca219f2ea633dfc44c6758a4d7d8d7984cb8d5c08816ee86&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/02/27/green-bay-barber-builds-community-connections-through-his-craft/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>Green Bay barber builds community connections through his craft</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Feb. 26, 2026 at 6:24 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Hansel Canady of Hancan Barbershop serves as a barber for Green Bay Packers while giving back to local families</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2026/02/20/small-towns-marinette-catholic-school-celebrates-150-years-education/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/02/20/small-towns-marinette-catholic-school-celebrates-150-years-education/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="St. Thomas Aquinas Academy in Marinette celebrates 150 years" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/FOWZLNPOCBG55GVZFLPX6Q3HEU.png?auth=c029a654a6da20b7497ca40e0686fa7a459bc4cdc4c7c00bc08ead5923fa9ede&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/02/20/small-towns-marinette-catholic-school-celebrates-150-years-education/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Marinette Catholic school celebrates 150 years of education</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Feb. 19, 2026 at 6:25 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">The school has operated under several names, but the sense of community has stayed the same.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2026/02/13/small-towns-racers-gather-30th-annual-steel-shoe-fund-endurance-race-lake-winnebago/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/02/13/small-towns-racers-gather-30th-annual-steel-shoe-fund-endurance-race-lake-winnebago/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="A 3-hour motorcycle race on frozen Lake Winnebago raise
119s money for injured flat track racers" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/VSCMK5RYQNCFBCDGI4JRDCWNC4.jpg?auth=abc8dc372a0aaf3bd064854f55761f98bfa306351870e95781d99fa9dd8e49f5&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/02/13/small-towns-racers-gather-30th-annual-steel-shoe-fund-endurance-race-lake-winnebago/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Racers gather for 30th annual Steel Shoe Fund endurance race on Lake Winnebago</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Feb. 12, 2026 at 6:29 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">An annual endurance race on the frozen lake raises money for injured flat track racers.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2026/02/06/small-towns-student-run-pulaski-news-continues-long-legacy-local-journalism/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/02/06/small-towns-student-run-pulaski-news-continues-long-legacy-local-journalism/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Pulaski News, the community's newspaper, is the oldest student-run newspaper in the country" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/3M6GI2FQZJBFRI6FOJNNDHQVWQ.jpg?auth=0ea0fa5b1341c0caa18cadf71eced727d7417fedfa0c1b84aa732d4f1008cde0&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/02/06/small-towns-student-run-pulaski-news-continues-long-legacy-local-journalism/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Student-run Pulaski News continues long legacy of local journalism</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Feb. 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Pulaski High School students produce the countryâs longest-running student newspaper.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2026/01/30/small-towns-sheepshead-players-gather-weekly-fun-camaraderie/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/01/30/small-towns-sheepshead-players-gather-weekly-fun-camaraderie/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Sheepshead card players at Fudgieknuckles Sports Pub in Glenbeulah" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/BEBKT5XEPFDUJE6N72ZIIETAEY.png?auth=4458fb0e1fcd3eb62297f837c47f6bfe8ba41191749d24cf4420173515c20132&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/01/30/small-towns-sheepshead-players-gather-weekly-fun-camaraderie/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Sheepshead players gather weekly for fun, camaraderie</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Jan. 29, 2026 at 6:32 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Card tables are hot even on cold days as sheepshead players gather weekly to test their skills and connect with other people.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2026/01/23/small-towns-90-year-old-jazz-pianist-brings-weekly-performances-oshkosh-restaurant/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/01/23/small-towns-90-year-old-jazz-pianist-brings-weekly-performances-oshkosh-restaurant/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="John Harmon, 90, performs on Manila Resto restaurant'
119s grand piano on Friday nights" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/6ODPSAH2XFEITDHDMR2QUMGJAQ.jpg?auth=0fd8bb57a670c7d4a88a656ca93c279732d9486e2f408a5ff3b0e05f7d05bdbd&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/01/23/small-towns-90-year-old-jazz-pianist-brings-weekly-performances-oshkosh-restaurant/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: 90-year-old jazz pianist brings weekly performances to Oshkosh restaurant</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Jan. 22, 2026 at 6:21 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Every Friday night, John Harmon takes his reserved seat at the grand piano at Manila Resto.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2026/01/16/small-towns-princeton-wood-carving-club-brings-people-together-through-craft/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/01/16/small-towns-princeton-wood-carving-club-brings-people-together-through-craft/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="A club of wood carvers meets Tuesday mornings in Princeton" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/XNUQIEDJWNDCLIMFYBXAAXH5II.jpg?auth=d7d898f4f9e78abdd6d6ad446ac7dbdf1ccd6ae4078c61191bf89567848c8312&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/01/16/small-towns-princeton-wood-carving-club-brings-people-together-through-craft/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Princeton wood carving club brings people together through craft</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Jan. 15, 2026 at 6:23 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Meet the Wood Wizard Carvers.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2026/01/09/small-towns-porterfield-sawmill-is-family-affair/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/01/09/small-towns-porterfield-sawmill-is-family-affair/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Porterfield sawmill is a family affair" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/P5LGCJAJFVCZZCE66X4Q42IR2A.jpg?auth=a5991b3bfa1e09a364213195ecd431802cb787f98e4779659d51bf6bf8d767e1&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/01/09/small-towns-porterfield-sawmill-is-family-affair/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Porterfield sawmill is a family affair</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Jan. 8, 2026 at 6:24 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">The small-town sawmill is big business that spans generations.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2026/01/02/small-towns-look-back-all-places-2025-took-us/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2026/01/02/small-towns-look-back-all-places-2025-took-us/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Small Towns" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/ARMLI5DF6VETHHZAI3BEKEEAYU.png?auth=ef5a2657a39e44f950458844bce8dca41608142bf618b637158be233fcdf311d&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2026/01/02/small-towns-look-back-all-places-2025-took-us/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: A look back at all the places 2025 took us</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Jan. 1, 2026 at 6:23 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">From Fond du Lac to Marinette and many places in between, 2025 was a busy year for Small Towns.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2025/12/19/small-towns-clauson-family-music-show-celebrates-26th-holiday-season-coloma/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2025/12/19/small-towns-clauson-family-music-show-celebrates-26th-holiday-season-coloma/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Clauson'
119s Barn Theater and the Clauson Family Music Show" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/6Y5ITZ63NBH5DJ2JEXTLYOQ574.jpg?auth=d5b13ee10094cf5874bc71d465f7a2d9d40cdd93005c4a4e4e5e48fda2b8c78a&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2025/12/19/small-towns-clauson-family-music-show-celebrates-26th-holiday-season-coloma/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Clauson Family Music Show celebrates 26th holiday season in Coloma</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Dec. 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">The show and barn theater venue have developed a loyal following.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2025/12/12/small-towns-oneida-man-spreads-christmas-joy-with-elaborate-holiday-display/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2025/12/12/small-towns-oneida-man-spreads-christmas-joy-with-elaborate-holiday-display/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Christmas decorations outside Jeremiah Cottrell-Duebner's home in Oneida" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/PIXGVBQXB5FA3AH4TUPPQ5TC5A.png?auth=47ccdc2c18d8e5536fff5f6172a90774adb7fc01b97f9f0dd5f272e6c4d3302a&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2025/12/12/small-towns-oneida-man-spreads-christmas-joy-with-elaborate-holiday-display/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Oneida man spreads Christmas joy with elaborate holiday display</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Dec. 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Jeremiah Cottrell-Duebner knows how to light up the holidays, and his spirit extends beyond his gingerbread-like home.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2025/12/05/small-towns-83-year-old-keeps-christmas-tree-tradition-alive-after-67-years/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2025/12/05/small-towns-83-year-old-keeps-christmas-tree-tradition-alive-after-67-years/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="83-year-old keeps Christmas tree tradition alive after 67 years" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/Q5N3HZMZ6NFDTGBRW5NH5WEEEA.jpg?auth=e40dc52ab05bb578ec3e3de13abf2e24d37bb5a0b15ae9bda2e4deed6b7d75a6&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2025/12/05/small-towns-83-year-old-keeps-christmas-tree-tradition-alive-after-67-years/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: 83-year-old keeps Christmas tree tradition alive after 67 years</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Dec. 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">On a dead end street in Casco, youâll find a tree lot that has been a Kewaunee County staple for almost seven decades.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2025/11/28/small-towns-horse-racing-stable-out-pulaski-celebrates-first-year/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2025/11/28/small-towns-horse-racing-stable-out-pulaski-celebrates-first-year/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="SMALL TOWNS: Horse racing stable out of Pulaski celebrates first year" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/AHKS46N27VFU7A4KFRY443YIMU.png?auth=decbd6b6e241376df78485af799539be268d598d99b16fc27d255d0d519b5217&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2025/11/28/small-towns-horse-racing-stable-out-pulaski-celebrates-first-year/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Horse racing stable out of Pulaski celebrates first year</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Nov. 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Joe Moore says his leap into the competitive world of horse racing was inspired by his daughter.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2025/11/21/small-towns-algoma-dog-breeder-handler-earns-westminster-invite/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2025/11/21/small-towns-algoma-dog-breeder-handler-earns-westminster-invite/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Algoma dog breeder, handler earns Westminster invite" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/EAYEBQBJDVCQ3M5M5MMLS6SURI.jpg?auth=f7dfac80c50cba2e5ace08dd7f611175ae7cd146e87382329caf947fa078bdf8&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2025/11/21/small-towns-algoma-dog-breeder-handler-earns-westminster-invite/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Algoma dog breeder, handler earns Westminster invite</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Nov. 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">
119After achieving success in numerous American Kennel Club competitions, Jay Livesey is preparing to take his Cavalier King Charles Spaniels to the prestigious Westminster Dog Show.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2025/11/14/small-towns-howard-couple-works-beautify-community-give-back-nature/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2025/11/14/small-towns-howard-couple-works-beautify-community-give-back-nature/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="SMALL TOWNS: Howard couple works to beautify community, give back to nature" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/RW5DZ7AS2RDW5C56MIJYM6WIMQ.png?auth=31b554739f57a105805c1cbb6a42623936f67f7641bd4e4b86d665eb4bd52f25&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2025/11/14/small-towns-howard-couple-works-beautify-community-give-back-nature/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Howard couple works to beautify community, give back to nature</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Nov. 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">For the better part of the last six years, Ken and Judy Sikora have been planting, and decorating, and planting some more, turning what was once an eyesore into a Small Town treasure.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2025/11/06/small-towns-jacksonport-artist-makes-career-drawing-mans-best-friend/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2025/11/06/small-towns-jacksonport-artist-makes-career-drawing-mans-best-friend/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="SMALL TOWNS: Jacksonport artist makes a career drawing âManâs best friendâ" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/I4IXOAU6ZVE6PJYVSLAFAW2BIY.jpg?auth=96daa88308e4521650bcf874cdad2656f115b91fc7b1f1258b8be5b813cc436f&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2025/11/06/small-towns-jacksonport-artist-makes-career-drawing-mans-best-friend/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Jacksonport artist makes a career drawing âManâs best friendâ</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Nov. 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM CST</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Mike McCartney turned a weekend favor for his mother at a dog show into a decades-long career creating whimsical dog art.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2025/10/30/small-towns-markesan-man-wants-make-world-better-place-with-his-art/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">News</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2025/10/30/small-towns-markesan-man-wants-make-world-better-place-with-his-art/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="SMALL TOWNS: Markesan man wants to make the world a âbetter placeâ with his art" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/DQIEACLVIVGS5HRF4DLHES4EJI.jpg?auth=e1cf9b2c57aba578901e8ab115df054b56fc37f8ce6e48d7b7db32d1682ee5ca&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2025/10/30/small-towns-markesan-man-wants-make-world-better-place-with-his-art/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Markesan man wants to make the world a âbetter placeâ with his art</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Oct. 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">On a quiet Markesan road just off Green Lakeâs West short, youâll find the home Mark Kanitz shares with his mother.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2025/10/23/small-towns-meet-man-charge-elkhart-lakes-road-america/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2025/10/23/small-towns-meet-man-charge-elkhart-lakes-road-america/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Turn at Road America" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/46ADXQK63VAS3LWAF7UBYYWJOM.png?auth=4f1c85cd98017bbb100489b0b992140f2bc2d4fa00db865ce8072ad9ade0c817&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2025/10/23/small-towns-meet-man-charge-elkhart-lakes-road-america/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Meet the man in charge at Elkhart Lakeâs Road America</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Oct. 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Mike Kertscher moved up from car washer and detailer to president and general manager.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2025/10/16/small-towns-couple-installs-holiday-lights-raise-money-adoption/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2025/10/16/small-towns-couple-installs-holiday-lights-raise-money-adoption/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="SMALL TOWNS: Couple installs holiday lights to raise money for adoption" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/64KX27INH5DAFE72UN4WL5RRCA.png?auth=a94c915df0c25b8594d50bbf4d5fe2b8101833ad0ee659f18aa75e2e2bb4f9a5&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2025/10/16/small-towns-couple-installs-holiday-lights-raise-money-adoption/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Couple installs holiday lights to raise money for adoption</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Oct. 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">The holiday season will be here before we know it, and for one couple in Small Town De Pere, theyâre hopeful to help you add some twinkle and shine in your neighborhood.</
119div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div class="image-container position-relative mb-0 pt-0 w-33 float-end ms-2"><a href="/2025/10/09/small-towns-98-year-old-still-selling-roadside-apples-sturgeon-bay/" class="link | text-reset" data-tb-link="" rel="" target="_self"><div class="overlay | position-absolute overflow-hidden flex-row align-items-start d-flex h-100 w-100"><div class="label | overflow-auto" style="position:Top Left;background:linear-gradient(90deg,rgb(150,150,150) 0%,rgb(150,150,150) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.8) 5px,rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 80%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%);width:auto;color:white"><div class="h-100 p-2 d-flex flex-column flex-row align-items-start"><p class="overline | pe-2 small fw-bold text-uppercase fw-normal isText d-block mb-0" data-tb-category="">Small Towns</p></div></div></div></a><figure class="media-item | figure media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2025/10/09/small-towns-98-year-old-still-selling-roadside-apples-sturgeon-bay/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Ivy Nelson, 98, has been selling apples by the roadside in Sturgeon Bay for 45 years" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/MYZSUZMAPVBQRJUC6OQ4KHZRIU.png?auth=a29a7ab81a1e09e5df1110d0e81b101caceeb20164c2cd7c5f6345a96cb31d81&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2025/10/09/small-towns-98-year-old-still-selling-roadside-apples-sturgeon-bay/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: 98-year-old still selling roadside apples in Sturgeon Bay</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Oct. 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">She picks the apples herself, loads them in her vehicle, and shows up at an empty lot day after day.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div 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media-item-image mb-0 lazy-load constrained image-ratio-16x9"><div class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2025/10/02/small-towns-family-community-makes-all-inclusive-playground-reality-clintonville/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="SMALL TOWNS: Family, community makes all-inclusive playground a reality in Clintonville" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/FZZKH2DTVVBP7KPBC3HC3OUY34.jpg?auth=4cf4e8450fd093431cf8bd9778bdffec5837ef8984186519c43ff59240b2777a&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2025/10/02/small-towns-family-community-makes-all-inclusive-playground-reality-clintonville/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Family, community makes all-inclusive playground a reality in Clintonville</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Oct. 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Born with Down syndrome, Myles couldnât play like the rest of the kids at the playground.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-sm-block d-md-block d-lg-block d-xl-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border 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class="figure-wrapper img-wrapper figure-img mb-0"><a class="link | text-reset d-block h-100 w-100" href="/2025/09/25/small-towns-little-suamico-fab-five-has-220-years-service/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="5 members of the Little Suamico Fire Department have a combined 220 years of service." data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/H7RLP474AZC6FBEEN5PYK5CROM.jpg?auth=8a3facb934d1e6b21e8605ef59fa8b5734006c702c1807a920acebb08068bce9&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2025/09/25/small-towns-little-suamico-fab-five-has-220-years-service/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Little Suamico âFab Fiveâ has 220+ years of service</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Sep. 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">Experience isnât hard to find within the ranks of volunteers at the Little Suamico Fire Department.</div></div></div></div><div class="feed-divider | w-100 d-none d-md-none d-lg-none d-xl-none d-sm-block"></div><div class="flex-feature | card mx-2 mb-3 align-items-start border image-right position-relative w-100" data-tb-region-item=""><div class="card-body w-100 px-2 py-2 image_headline_byline_deck"><div 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href="/2025/09/18/small-towns-hilbert-petting-farm-celebrating-big-anniversary/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><img class="img-fluid" fetchPriority="low" loading="lazy" alt="Mulberry Lane Farm petting zoo in Hilbert" data-tb-thumbnail="" src="https://gray-wbay-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/RTDPLV5HRZFT5LWGFA5GSO7FQI.jpg?auth=74d7f5a512418d4643c0b9cff2f079be8265864e703865bf7140c374bb64e268&width=800&height=450&smart=true" width="800" height="450"/></a></div></figure></div><div class="headlines | card-title mb-1"><h4 class="headline | mb-0 fw-bold"><a class="text-reset" href="/2025/09/18/small-towns-hilbert-petting-farm-celebrating-big-anniversary/" rel="" target="_self" data-tb-link=""><span data-tb-title=""><i class="far fa-play-circle"></i><span style="textDecoration: none;"> </span>SMALL TOWNS: Hilbert petting farm celebrating big anniversary</span></a></h4></div><div class="bylines | d-block small fw-normal"><div class="date-time | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><span class="date-time updated-date-time" data-tb-date="">Updated<!-- -->: <!-- -->Sep. 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM CDT</span></div><span class="mx-2">|</span><div class="byline | d-inline-block small fw-normal"><div class="authors |"><span class="">By<!-- --> </span><span class="author |" data-tb-author1="">Emerson Lehmann</span></div></div></div><div class="deck | normal fw-normal fw-normal isText d-block"><div class="w-100" data-tb-description="">"I want nothing to do with it," Farmer Bonnie recalled saying about opening the farm in 2005. 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