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155 Eighth St., Clintonville 715-460-3076 For nearly 60 years, the building at 155 Eighth Street in Clintonville, which offers scenic views of Pigeon Lake, has welcomed generations of Clintonville families not only for Friday night fish fries but also for birthdays, anniversaries, celebrations and countless other memorable moments. Today, that tradition continues under a new…

Clintonville • 715-304-8815 After working various jobs since graduating from Gresham High School in 2007, Brent Berkholtz and his wife, Raven, who he met in 2018, decided it was time for a change and started a junk-hauling business in Clintonville in April. “We wanted more personal freedom in life and to be able to spend…

816 E. Green Bay St., Shawano raisingpynes@gmail.com After living in places such as Virginia and Texas with her husband while he was in the service, Rachel Pyne, a Sheboygan native, now calls Shawano home and recently opened Raising Pynes Refillery and Homestead Wares, a business that offers natural health products, eco-friendly everyday products and a…

750 E. Green Bay St., Shawano (715) 701-6419 “I have had many different careers including certified veterinary technician, dialysis technician, corrections officer, management at a clothing retailer, and for the last five years, I have been with Associated Bank in Shawano where I started as an assistant manager,” she said. “Then, I was promoted to…

W10755 County Rd. M, Shawano 715-881-3867 While Pella Pumpers just started serving the Shawano area in March, the liquid waste and septic pumping service has roots that go back 30 years. “In 1996, my uncle, Phil Allen, started a septic pumping business in La Farge,” said Pella owner and operator Chase Erickson. “I started riding…

N2754 County Hwy Y, Clintonville (715) 701-9375 After a four-year absence, Sandy and Mick Jesko are back serving drinks and cooking up customer favorites at Mickster’s Grill on Cloverleaf Lakes in Clintonville. Having owned and operated the business from 2005 to 2022 — when they sold it to a former employee — they became owners…

720 S. Cecil St., Bonduel • 715-758-2113 Karl and Elvesta Yoder have set up shop in their Bonduel machine shed to fabricate stall gates and fence and corral panels and have been rounding up business for the past two years. The shop location on Hwy 47 (S. Cecil Street) just south of Hwy. 29, and…

N10969 Hwy 22, Clintonville (262) 470-5633 When Quentin Rickert bought a small parcel of land near Clintonville in 2023, his intentions were to run a small, off-grid AirBnB and then build a food forest demonstration site, but that changed quickly and that space today is home to Three Springs Native Nursery. Rickert, who had worked…

132 S. Main St., Shawano | 920-637-4748 When Bree Hornes started Twisted Chic Co. in Shawano on January 1, she envisioned her boutique as being only online. That all changed on April 18 when she opened a store at 132 S. Main St. above Thornberry Cottage. “It didn’t take long for me to realize that…

Owner Felty Yoder N5759 Division Road, Cecil 715-701-3734 Felty Yoder and his crew are ready for the driveway sealing season to begin this month. Yoder, who owns Yoder’s Asphalt Maintenance & Sealcoating, has been in the industry for five years. He learned the business working with Jeremy Kauffman, who owned Jeremy’s Asphalt, and bought the…