About 20% of the waste in landfills is connected to food, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ latest food waste study. Further, most of that waste comes from food that is produced but not consumed.

Ahead of the Wisconsin spring primary election on February 17, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) reminds citizens how to obtain identification, free of charge, that is valid for voting.

Speakers at the second listening session Feb. 2 regarding Shawano School District’s intentions to trim $1.6 million from its operating budget for next year continued to support keeping programs off the chopping block, but they also questioned the accelerated timetable to make those cuts happen.

She’s only 19 years old, but Charli Ritter has already made some big decisions in her life.

One of them included purchasing a building and opening her own business.

Three months after she first opened the doors to Mountain Ground at 13960 State Highway 32 in Mountain, Ritter is convinced she made the right move and is looking forward to a busy summer with plenty of tourists.

Consultants put forth a plan for a new two-story courthouse when they addressed the Shawano County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 28, with costs and tax impacts yet to be determined.

Shouts of “This is what democracy looks like!” were head along East Green Bay Street and South Main Street on Jan. 31, as marchers made their way to the Shawano County Courthouse to protest the tactics used by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minneapolis and other communities.