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Northeast Region
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May 6 Opening Day of Fishing
May 6 Laono - Rescue Squad Bear 100 Bike Race
May 6 Crivitz - Craft Show
May 13 Aurora - Aurora Parks & Rec Summer Kick Off
May 14 Oconto - The Ruins Mini Golf Mother’s Day
Special
May 20 Florence - Run Like a Zebra 5K Race
May 20 Lena - WUMPA Truck Pull
May 26-29 Oconto Falls - Memorial Day Celebration
May 27 Oconto Falls - Dash O.F. Color
May 29 Hiles - Memorial Day Celebration
June 1-4 Crivitz - The Service Wall that Heals
June 2-3 Shawano - Sundrop Dayz
June 3 Crivitz - Car Show & Music
June 3 Florence - Rummage and Craft Sale
June 3-4 Free Fishing Weekend in Wisconsin
Oconto Falls Goes All Out for Memorial Weekend
OCONTO FALLS - Oconto Falls welcomes the start of summer with a four-day celebration over the long Memorial Day weekend.
Most everything will take place on Memorial Field off Jefferson Street. Kids of all ages will enjoy the carnival, which starts Friday, May 26 and goes through Monday, May 29
Scheduled for all four days is a modified pitch softball tournament. Food and refreshments provided by the Oconto Falls Lions Club & Oconto Falls High School Future Farmers of America will keep the taste buds and tummy well satisfied throughout the four days.
The “Dash O.F. Color” 5k Run/Walk organized by the Oconto Falls Lioness Club, is set for 9 a.m., Saturday. Live music featuring “308” can be enjoyed from 7-11 p.m. Saturday. Fireworks will light up the sky Saturday night (rain date is Sunday night). They are lit over the football field.
Sunday brings the Show-N-Shine Car & Truck Show, featuring cars, trucks, motorcycles, ATVs, UTVs and tractors. Music, beverages, door prizes and 50/50 raffles are being offered by the Oconto Falls Sno Jokers. There’s also a beanbag tournament Sunday.
The Memorial Day services on Monday will be held at the Oconto Falls Veteran’s Memorial (Farm Road) at 10 a.m. Then the parade units will step off at 12:30 p.m., starting in the downtown and ending up at Memorial Field. The parade theme is “Everything Wisconsin”.
