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CHS Alum Named to Dean’s List

A total of 372 Doane University students made the university's Fall 2025 Dean's List. To make the Dean's List, undergraduate students enrolled on the university's Crete campus must earn a grade point average of 3.70 or higher in at least 12 graded credits during the semester.

Finding Her Voice

Natalie G’Schwind has been writing poetry for as long as she can remember. “I didn't realize it was poetry until I took a writing class in college and heard a poet reading his work.
Callaway native Natalie G'Schwind will be traveling to Rotterdam next year as part of a select group of poets to attend the Poetry International Festival. Much of her writing is inspired by her love of agriculture and the land. (Photo courtesy Natalie G'Schwind)

BLAST FROM THE PAST

The boys' basketball holiday tournament will be held in Brady on Dec. 29-30. Teams that will participate will be Callaway, Brady, Wallace, and Oconto. Residents are reminded to keep all dogs chained or penned, as Callaway citizens have been complaining of overturned garbage cans and strewn garbage.
* The photo below appeared in the Dec. 22, 2005, edition of the Callaway Courier. Reindeer Hayley Stryker, Rebecca Still, and Michaela Waverka are baffled because Santa somehow fell off his sleigh. It was not until penguins found him that the big night was saved in the elementary school production of “The Penguins that Saved Christmas” on Dec. 6, 2005.

Rain Report

December 15 0.000 December 16 0.000 December 17 0.000 December 18 0.030 December 19 0.000 December 20 0.000 December 21 0.000 Total for Week: 0.030 Total for Month: 0.031 Total for Year: 26.337.

BRIEFS

Ring In The New Year The Callaway Senior Center will host a New Year’s Eve party on Wednesday, Dec. 31, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Dear Editor

Dear Friends, Family, and Community, Our hearts are overflowing with gratitude for the incredible kindness and support you have shown our family since we lost our home in the house fire on Dec. 8.

Celebrating Improved Attendance

The December meeting of the Callaway Board of Education began, as they always do, with acknowledging something or someone deserving of a special shout-out…a district celebration. This month, there was plenty to celebrate, as the AQUeSTT scores were released and Callaway Public Schools did very well.
Fourth-grade students at Callaway Public School work on a science exploration of rock layers. Improving school attendance is an issue the CPS administration has been working on for the last few years, and they have seen that effort pay off. (Photo courtesy CPS)
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