Residents in Gillett are seeing their first water rate increase in over a decade as the Gillett Common Council voted unanimously Oct. 1 on a 40.5% increase.

Shawano County Veterans Service Officer Zak Zuehlsdorf knows there are veterans not collecting the benefits to which they are due. He intends to do something about that.

Rep. Elijah Behnke is running for his fourth term in the Wisconsin Assembly, facing a challenge from Shirley Hinze.

Behnke, a Republican who is moving into a home in the Town of Angelica after two years in the Town of Chase, is looking for a second two-year term representing the 6th Assembly District, which includes most of Shawano County, all of Menominee County, and segments of Oconto, Waupaca and Outagamie counties.

• Cory L. Lohman, 45, Shawano, pleaded guilty Sept. 29 to possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a felony. Judge William Kussel Jr. levied fines and court costs totaling $906.

• Christopher Paul Bowser, 34, Green Bay, was charged Sept. 28 with two counts of felony bail jumping and a misdemeanor count of criminal damage to property. Judge Hannah Schuchart set a $1,500 cash bond and adjourned his initial appearance until Oct. 15.

• Tasha M. Carter, 36, Pulaski, was charged Sept. 28 with felony bail jumping. Schuchart set a $2,500 cash bond and adjourned her initial appearance until Oct. 15.

Shawano County Sheriff’s Department

Oct. 4