Shawano County Board Chairman Tom Kautza voted no and Supervisor Heather Pahl abstained on a resolution to give county employees a 2% pay raise effective Oct. 1.
NorthLakes Community Clinic received a $75,000 grant from the Otto Bremer Trust Community Responsive Fund, and a $15,000 grant from the Funds for a Greater Green Bay. Both funds are part of the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation and will support behavioral health counseling services for youths in Oconto County.
Al Stranz of the Oconto County Historical Society will tell of his work while a member of a Wisconsin DNR team managing the complete drawdown of the Stiles Pond when the Machickanee Advancement Association meets next.
The foliage was heavily polluted over many years by agricultural, industrial and community abuse. His presentation will include maps, pictures and graphics from his personal experience.
Shereen Siewert and her central Wisconsin news organization were sued for their accurate reporting. She eventually won her case, but not before racking up $180,000 in legal bills.
“I was named personally in the suit we faced, and the experience was harrowing,” Siewert, the founder and publisher of the Wausau Pilot and Review, wrote in an email.
