The Shawano School Board is still feeling the heat from a recent vote in closed session to issue nonrenewal notices for contracts to three teachers, even though the board voted again on the matter in open session.

Local municipalities seldom get federal or state grants with no strings attached regarding how the money can be spent.

That is not the case with a $200,000 windfall from the Wisconsin Department of Administration. The same amount of money was given to each Wisconsin county with a Native American tribe in its boundaries.

Shawano County departments were asked to submit requests for the funds, and those totaled $385,000.

Several acres of trees on the southeast corner of County Road B and South Airport Drive will soon be clear cut in preparation for commercial development.

The Shawano Common Council on May 18 approved the conditional use permit recommended by the plan commission, which OK’d the permit April 29.

Torborg and Daughters LLC will clear cut the trees on 28.49 acres between County Road B and state Highway 29.

Heavy rains and flooding on April 12-13 and beyond led to several area culverts being washed out and roads closed due to high water.

The city of Shawano was no exception. A culvert washed out on East Richmond Street east of South Airport Drive, and it cost the city $5,000 to repair it.

However, state disaster aid will help cover much of that cost.

The federal government has nearly $1 billion available to fund regional, local and tribal initiatives to make streets and roads safer, and the city of Shawano will be going after some of that cash.

The Menominee community will play a role in the United States’ 250th anniversary celebration. “Of the People: The Smithsonian Festival of Festivals” will host about 40 festivals around the country, with the July 29 production of the Menominee Pageant being the only event held in Wisconsin.