Bonnie Jean Wiewel was born July 14, 1956, in Oklahoma City to Frank and Berniece (Holland) Welch.

She passed away Aug. 9, 2025, after a brief battle with a rare illness.

Bonnie married Billy Wiewel in 1975. Soon after they married they moved to California where they raised their four children. During her time in California she worked at her family geothermal drilling business serving as an office manager. She also spent time as a consultant in the geothermal drilling community. 

CALUMET – Without an extra base hit, Calumet High School’s baseball team kicked off the 2025 fall season with a 7-2 wire-to-wire victory over Drummond.

Calumet, the Class B state runner-up, outhit the Bulldogs 9-3 with Konnor Thiessen and Talon Arnold logging three singles each on seven combined trips to the plate. Kaleb Thiessen added a one-bagger as did Jackson Burns and Wade Reed.

The Chieftains outscored Drummond 4-0 over the final two and a half innings after the Bulldogs closed the gap to 3-2.

November 13, 1951 - August 5, 2025

Keith Goodwin passed away Aug. 5, 2025. He was a decent man and was raised by his father as a Southern gentleman. He was a strident socialist Democrat. He truly believed that the government should do everything to take care of the people financially, medically and security.

He tried to live with good karma and felt he was successful. Good karma came back upon him numerous times in his life. 

Proposed non-structural design changes are being reviewed for the third and fourth floors of the new Canadian County Courthouse project. 

Construction will start this fall on a four-story county courthouse at 201 N. Choctaw. The new courthouse is due to open during the third quarter of 2027.

The building’s third and fourth floors will house Canadian County District Court offices and courtrooms. Canadian County government departments will occupy the first and second floors.