🎃 Child friendly haunted hayride to pick your own pumpkin in the pumpkin patch!
2025-10-26 09:00 - 17:30 (America/Chicago) | BerryLand Pumpkins – Abrams, 5687 Steinkraus Ln, Abrams, Wisconsin, United States
Child-friendly haunted hayride to pick your own pumpkin in the pumpkin patch. Lots of activities… munchkin maze, duck races, obstacle course, climbing wall, bale fort, giant corn box, safe ”axe” throwing, inflatables and more. Great picture opportunities! It’s a great family experience, which most have turned into a family tradition! Or take your significant other or best friend out for a day of fall fun!**Starting Monday, September 15th, 2025, BerryLand will be open daily from 9am-5:30pm through October 30th for all the fall fun! October 31st hours 9am-3pm.Saturday & Sundays:

Child friendly haunted hayride includes a pumpkin you pick from the pumpkin patch and all the fall fun activities, games and picture opportunities for just $12/person

Just the fall fun activities, games and picture opportunities is $4/person admission.

Monday – Friday:

$4/person admission for all the fall fun activities, games and picture opportunities. NO hayrides during the week, purchase pumpkins upfront.

**Children under 2 are free (this does not include a pumpkin)

**If just purchasing pumpkins upfront or holiday decor there is no admission.We will have squash, gourds, decorative pumpkins, mums, cornstalks, pumpkins of all sizes and more for sale! Come get your fall decor at BerryLand!For up-to-date information check social media.

🧁 Halloween Celebration
2025-10-26 11:00 - 14:00 | Caked It LLC, 110 Clark St, Wausau, Wisconsin, 54401, United States

👻🎃 Family Day - Not Scary Haunted House
2025-10-26 11:00 - 16:00 | Spooks on Spurr, W10121 Spurr Rd, New London, Wisconsin, 54961, United States
Family Day is a fun day to bring little ones out to the house to enjoy the day!!Admission is $5 for ages 3 and up.Activities:>Fun music and dancing>Face painting>Slingshot apples across the water>Slide down the mansion slide.>Caramel apple slices with sprinkles bar>Wagon ride out to the haunted forest for trick or treating with some of our not-so-scary actors.>The concession stand will be open and selling food and drinks as well.Make sure to dress up and come enjoy the day at Spooks On Spurr!

El Tequila New London Food Truck
2025-10-26 11:00 - 18:00 | Fire & Iron Gathering, South Main Street 291, Clintonville, WI, 54929, United States
El Tequila New London is bringing their food truck to Clintonville Every Sunday!

Menu:

🎃👻🪣 Heritage Park Trick or Treating
2025-10-26 13:00 - 15:00 | Heritage Park – Plover, 2700 Madison Ave, Plover, Wisconsin, 54467, United States
Join the Portage County Historical Society in partnership with the Portage County Business Council at Heritage Park for historically themed trick-or-treating!Kids and their parents are encouraged to dress up and stroll amongst 11 historical structures while collecting candy and swag from at least 20 different local businesses. Admission is Free, and while historical costumes are encouraged, they’re not required.Organizations interested in handing out candy can sign up here: https://forms.gle/yEaih8xvm47RaSwt9

TRUNK OR TREAT🎃
2025-10-26 13:00 - 15:00 | St Mary’s Church Pickerel, N9184 Highway 55, Pickerel, Wisconsin, United States
Bring your kids to this year’s Pickerel Pearson community Trunk or Treat! Truly a community-sponsored event by local organizations offering fire trucks, crafts, photo booth, games and most importantly candy, from whimsically decorated trunks!Looking for volunteers to help with this children’s event. Decorate a trunk, guide a game, donate bagged candy. Contact Mary or Connie

👻🎃 Spooktacular Halloween Party
2025-10-26 13:00 - 16:00 | Shawano Area Masons, 2324 E Richmond St, Shawano, Wisconsin, United States
🥤 Free Sundrop Soda (ages 2-12)

🌭 Free Hot Dogs (ages 2-12)

🍬 Free Candy (ages 2-12)

Many Children’s games with prizes

🥤🌭 Soda and Hot dogs for adults (13+) $1 each

👻🎃 See one of the largest Halloween Displays

🎃👻 Trunk Or Treat
2025-10-26 14:00 - 16:00 | Peace Lutheran Antigo, 300 Lincoln St, Antigo, Wisconsin, United States
Join us for our Annual Trunk or Treat Event on Sunday, October 26 from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm. This fantastic event is hosted by our Family Ministry Action Team and features family-friendly trick or treating, community booths, and Optimist Cheese Curds.

The Antigo Optimist Club will be serving up our “almost” famous cheese curds at the Trunk or Treat event. All kiddos in a costume will receive a FREE Kid’s size of the “Almost” famous Optimist Club Cheese Curds! Regular Sized curds can be purchased for $7.

**Trunk or Treat organizers ask that costumes worn are not scary or include weapons. Please use discretion.**

🎃👻 Village of Mattoon - Trick or Treat
2025-10-26 15:00 - 17:00 | Village of Mattoon, Mattoon, Wisconsin, United States
Participanting Houses – Please leave your porch light on to welcome trick-or-treaters!

Businesses and Organizations also participating

Special Houses to Visit

Trunk or Treat

Do you need to be included in one of the sections above? Contact us at MarieV@RuralNEWfamilies.com or Message us on Facebook

AA Meeting
2025-10-26 18:30 - 20:30 | Christus Lutheran Church, North Main Street 120, Clintonville, Wisconsin, 54929, United States

Al Anon Meeting
2025-10-26 19:00 | Salvation Army, New London, Wisconsin

AA Meeting
2025-10-26 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-10-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Clintonville United Methodist Church, 13th Street 24, Clintonville, Wisconsin, 54929, United States

Library Programs for October
2025-10-27 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-10-28 00:00 - 23:59 | Shawano County Library, 128 South Sawyer Street, Shawano, WI, 54166, United States

🛍 Shop Small Support Local
2025-10-27 00:00 - 23:59
We are working on creating a new and improved Rural Northeast Wisconsin Families Restaurant Guide! Let us help make the mealtime decisions easier.

As a hockey family, knowing who is open after games and practices, that serves something for my entire family is a MUST-HAVE! (so any restaurants within a 90-minute drive of Shawano is ideal)

We know a lot of people love to support their local businesses, but may not know all the services that are provided. We’re working on closing that gap by offering a business directory. If you’re interested in becoming part of our business directory, you can find out more here We are also rolling out a Farm Fresh Directory.

We have many affiliate partners where purchases you make with them, will also help our small business. (The following links are affiliate links and we may earn a commission on qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you.)

Plant Therapy

Amazon

Think Board – use Code MarieVandenberg to save 20% off site-wide

Try The World –

Really Good Stuff

Chess. com – my teenager recently discovered a love of chess.

Hockey Monkey

Steve Spangler Science – Save up to 60% off with our Clearance Sale

Naturally Nestled

mSpy – what are your kids doing on their phone/tablet that you can’t see?

Mud/Wtr – Save 20% sitewide with this link (first order only) (My Dr suggested trying this when I suffered consequences from drinking too much coffee. I use both the Mud/Wtr latte and Rest to help at bedtime when I can’t shut my brain off) I’ve recently added the Hot Cocoa and Nourish.

Zenni Optical – save $30 when you use my discount link. I’ve been ordering glasses from Zenni for over 15 years. To order from Zenni, you will need the PD number (pupillary distance). For adults, the number shouldn’t change. It will change for kids. Zenni accepts 1 and 2 number PDs.

Ting Mobile – get a $25 credit on your first bill when you use this link. Plans start as low as $10/month and you can bring your own phone (or in my case, I just used an old phone.) For more details, see my post regarding the Cellcom outage and my solutions to always stay connected.

Gabb Wireless – Code: 9203979786 (discount on your first order) Kids’ Phones and Watches with additional parental controls. Are you thinking about getting your child a device? Check these two resources. Parent Guide Officer Gomez

Purchases made through the above links allow us to earn commissions when you use our links which we will put towards our business expenses, keep our lights on, and keep our content FREE for YOU- our readers and LOW for our local advertisers, and sponsors.

We are hosting one fundraiser. This is an on-going fundraiser.

Mabel’s Labels – (Select Rural Northeast Wisconsin Families as the organization) – NO MORE Lost Mittens (coats, shoes, hats, water bottles, jackets, etc) Follow our Facebook Page– there are often sales and discounts.

The funds earned through the fundraisers will be split. Our portion will be used towards website/calendar upgrades, community events, giveaways, and business expenses.

We will choose a new beneficiary for each distribution check. We’ll take suggestions for our first check. (We still have $50 to go before we’ll get our first check)

If you’d like to donate directly to our fundraisers instead of purchasing from our partners. We can accept cash, Square, or Venmo.

One of the fundraisers is set up as an open-ended so we’ll be able to help several organizations for as long as there is interest in the products.

These are a few of my favorite products. This is my “toolkit” for the Flu Season. It also has some hints about getting started with essential oils.

If you are looking for the fundraising socks that we had available, we do still have them, but you’ll need to make an appointment.

These are a few other ways to support us. Prices range from Free to $30.

Links: Charger Cord Charger with Flashlight without Flashlight Slim Charger Keychain Flashlight Desk Accessory Clock

ICYMI– My dog locked himself in my car. PD’s tools didn’t work for my car. I bought this amazing tool the next day. At under $6, you really can’t beat it. Definitely cheaper than a locksmith or a broken window.

Here are a few more favorites that I’ve found. How many of you are the keepers of the “road trip drinks” and chargers? You’ll love the water bottle and Beef Jerky below.

Links: Green XL Stanley, White Travel Mug, “Green” Air Purifier, Electronic Air Purifier, Charger Water Bottle, Wireless Camera (I highly suggest getting the extra battery.), Pan Cam, V4:

Links: Emergency Radio, Charger

Venmo

Square

Buy Me A Coffee

Links: Beef Jerky Gift Cards, Boba Tea Kits, Cordless Table Lamps

Game Day Shirts, School Spirit/Halloween Flannel , All Things Halloween, Tie-Dye Hoodies, Magnetic, Motion Sensor, rechargable lights, Grinch Style Hoodie, portable rechargeable handwarmers, Inflatable Halloween Costume, Emotional Support Dumpster Fire, Dumpster Fire Socks

🎄🇺🇸 Operation: Christmas Angel Program
2025-10-27 00:00 - 23:59, 2025-10-28 00:00 - 23:59
Veterans who need assistance for Christmas can apply through their local county Veteran Service Office. Registration is open now through Nov 14.

For families that would like to help Veterans with Christmas – the program is run through the Patriot Guard Riders – Operation: Christmas Angel

They have an Amazon Wishlist that will get updated as new families get added to the list. There will also be opportunities for volunteers to help wrap gifts.

Halloween Costume Swap- Clintonville
2025-10-27 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-10-28 08:00 - 17:00 | Clintonville Public Library, 75 Hemlock St, Clintonville, WI 54929, USA, Hemlock Street 75, Clintonville, WI, 54929, United States

Costume Swap - Marion
2025-10-27 09:00 - 17:00, 2025-10-28 09:00 - 17:00 | Marion Public Library, 120 North Main Street, Marion, WI, 54950, United States
Stop in and see FREE costumes that need new homes!

Sanctuary Storytime at Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
2025-10-27 10:00 - 11:00 | Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary, East Shore Drive 1660, Green Bay, WI, 54302, United States
Sanctuary Storytime at Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary is awesome!Pre-registration is required by calling (920) 391-3677.Ms. Jody is excited to see everyone on Mondays 10am-11am.Held in the lower level of the Nature Center.Join Ms. Jody for a story and a simple craft/activity geared towards preschoolers. Adult remains with child.Here are the upcoming topics:September 20259/8 Wood Turtle9/15 Saw-whet Owls9/22 Kingsnake9/29 Peaches the Cockatoo

October 202510/6 Opossums10/13 Fox snake10/20 Barn Owls10/27 Tarantula

Oconto Falls Playgroup
2025-10-27 10:30 - 11:30 | Oconto Falls Library, 251 North Main Street, Oconto Falls, WI, 54154, United States
Join us for playgroup every Monday as your schedule allows! Activities for children ages infants to 4/5 years old! Toy stations, stories and snacks!

AA Meeting - Back to Basics
2025-10-27 11:00 - 12:00 | First Presbyterian Church, West Presbyterian Street 100, Shawano, WI, 54166, United States

Clintonville Finance and Personnel Meeting
2025-10-27 16:30 - 17:30 | Clintonville Community Center, South Main Street 30, Clintonville, Wisconsin, 54929, United States
october_27_2025_finance_personnel_agenda.docx

october 27 2025 Clintonville finance and personnel packet

Onward Clintonville - Downtown Revitalization
2025-10-27 17:30 - 19:00 | Clintonville Chamber, South Main Street 1, Clintonville, WI, 54929, United States
Onward Agenda 102725.docx

Clintonville Board of Education Annual and Regular Meeting
2025-10-27 18:00 - 21:00 | Clintonville High School, Green Tree Road 64, Clintonville, WI, 54929, United States
The Board Meeting will be held in the CHS IMC. If you’d like to speak at the Regular meeting, the form can be found here or there are forms available on arrival. If you plan on speaking, please arrive a minimum of 15 minutes early.

More information on the Clintonville Board of Education can be found here

All Meeting Agendas and Packets can be found here (January to June 2024 meeting will be under 2023-2024 BOE Agenda Packet) July begins the 2024-2025 BOE Meetings.

The link to watch the YouTube Live can be found here The meetings are recorded so you can go back to watch a previous meeting.Annual Meeting – “The Peanut Gallery” is able to speak and vote during the Annual Meeting. Please maintain professional and respectful boundaries during the meeting.

Budget & Annual Meeting Agenda 10-27-25

YouTube Recording

2025 Annual Meeting Booklet

2025-2026 Budget Publication (Final Publishing)

10-27-25 Agenda

YouTube Recording

10-27-25 Board Packet

YouTube Recording

Previous Meetings

Rural NEW families School Board YouTube Playlist

Audio Only Recordings

AA Meeting
2025-10-28 09:30 - 10:30 | Hope Community Church, Tristan Drive 302, Shawano, Wisconsin, 54166, United States

Story Time
2025-10-28 10:00 - 13:00 | Shawano County Library, 128 South Sawyer Street, Shawano, WI, 54166, United States
Join us Tuesdays at 10:00 a.m. for a fun program of stories, activities, songs and dancing followed by a craft. We can’t wait to see you there!
