The Shawano Leader

BID saw changes, improvements in 2020

Published by admin on Fri, 04/16/2021 - 4:43pm

The Shawano Business Improvement District gave downtown business owners a report on how the community’s business sector has done during the pandemic and what it hopes to pull off during its annual meeting April 15.

Jennifer Hoffman, BID president, told the crowd at Stubborn Brothers Brewing Company that the coronavirus pandemic hit its stride in 2020 at about the time it was ready to do many of its events, such as its ladies night, which put the district in a pickle.

ThedaCare conducting health and well-being survey

Published by admin on Fri, 04/16/2021 - 4:19pm

With a mission of improving community health, ThedaCare is dedicated to understanding each person’s unique medical background and goals, as well as social factors.

As a commitment to that mission, ThedaCare has launched a survey to understand overall health and well-being, particularly as it relates to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The survey is open to all community members living or working in Shawano and Menominee counties. The survey can be accessed at thedacaresurvey.com, and is open until May 14.

Council paves way for ATVs, UTVs to ride in city

Published by admin on Thu, 04/15/2021 - 12:36pm

The Shawano Common Council passed an ordinance allowing all-terrain vehicles and utility terrain vehicles on most city streets, but only after making some tweaks.

Suit alleges attack in work release center

Published by admin on Wed, 04/14/2021 - 8:29am

A former Shawano County inmate severely beaten by another inmate in 2020 alleged in a recently filed lawsuit that the county failed to protect him in violation of his constitutional rights.

According to documents filed in federal court, Trevor Gueller, 20, was serving 90 days in custody with work release privileges as a condition of probation in September 2020, when Keith D. Wilber, 27, allegedly attacked him in the lunch area and continued to beat him after dragging Gueller into the shower area.

ThedaCare pausing Johnson and Johnson vaccine distribution

Published by admin on Tue, 04/13/2021 - 12:40pm

Out of an abundance of caution, ThedaCare will pause in the use of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. There were two ThedaCare clinics scheduled this week to administer the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, resulting in about 250 doses, according to a ThedaCare press release.

Sturgeon return to Shawano

Published by admin on Tue, 04/13/2021 - 11:22am

Visitors swarmed the shores of Sturgeon Park on April 9 to watch the annual sturgeon migration.

Due to warmer weather and increased water temperatures, the sturgeon spawned early in 2021. With temperatures as high as 80 degrees during the past week, the water became warm enough for the fish to spawn.

“Due to the water temperature, this was the earliest in the five years that I have been here that I have seen them,” said Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Conservation Warden Clark Delzer.

Public Record

Published by andynewsengin on Tue, 04/13/2021 - 11:17am

Shawano Police Department

Court News

Published by andynewsengin on Tue, 04/13/2021 - 11:16am

• Bradley J. Miller, 38, Shawano, was charged April 5 with one count of failure to report to jail. Judge Katherine Sloma set a cash bond of $500. No additional meeting is scheduled yet.

Wildlife Bar and Grill now Daisy’s Place

Published by admin on Mon, 04/12/2021 - 3:36pm

New owners have taken over the Wildlife Bar and Grill in Navarino.

The Wildlife Bar and Grill had previously been in business for five years, before Daisy Lorge and Thaddeus Blank turned it into Daisy’s Place on Jan. 19.

Lorge was born and raised in Clintonville, where she worked as a cook and bartender at Big Sal and Cheesy’s Restaurant and Bar.

Gresham utility files for 31.6% rate increase

Published by admin on Mon, 04/12/2021 - 3:32pm

After some urging by state regulators, the Gresham Municipal Water and Sewer Utility filed a 31.6% water rate increase, which received a public hearing April 7.

The Public Service Commission is expected to issue a rate order within weeks that could increase average residential monthly water bills by $12.19, according to the PSC staff analysis.

Gresham’s water utility had reported in 2018 that it had zero days cash on hand and incurred losses of $43,677 during the past two years.