An audit of the Shawano County financial records of 2024 turned up good news for officials. Revenues were up and expenses were down from the projections, leaving the county with a satisfying general fund balance.

• Kerry D. Kluck, 68, Stevens Point, pleaded no contest to a possession of THC ordinance violation. The charge was amended from a felony count. Judge Katherine Sloma levied a $50 fine plus court costs. • Robert V. Julius, 30, Suring, pleaded no contest July 14 to strangulation and suffocation and felony bail jumping. Sloma withheld sentencing and placed him on four years of probation with conditions. • Stephen M.

Shawano County Sheriff’s Department July 20 Deputies responded to 34 incidents, including criminal damage on Laney Road in the Town of Maple Grove and on County Road N in Birnamwood; an animal bite on North Shore Drive in the Town of Wescott; a disturbance on Lake Drive in the Town of Wescott; property theft on Elm Road in the Town of Angelica; harassment on County Road T in the Town of Waukechon; two 911 calls; six reckless driving incidents; tw

Walk through the nearby village streets or the adjacent campground at Pulaski Polka Days, and you’ll see license plates from all corners of the country. A walk through the park grounds will result in friendly conversations with some of the people attached to those far-flung license plates — and several from Wisconsin as well. Carol Taft and Karen Schaefer, who both live in Florida now, use Pulaski Polka Days as a backdrop for visiting family in t

A plea agreement has been reached in the case involving a fatal head-on crash in the Town of Mountain. The crash, which occurred Sept. 8, 2024, on state Highway 32-64 near Sparkys Road in the Town of Mountain, killed Lisa Marie Neitzel, 52, of Lake Tomahawk.

One person was injured after the Pulaski Police Department had to respond to a call about shots fired on July 18. Officers responded around 10:38 p.m. to a call at Memorial Park, 651 S. St.

• Robert S. Presl, 35, an Oconto man serving a sentence at Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, pleaded no contest May 29 to battery or threat to a law officer, throwing or discharging bodily fluid at a public safety worker, and a misdemeanor count of resisting or obstructing an officer.

July 17 Deputies responded to 66 incidents, including suspicious activity on County Road K in the Town of Oconto Falls; a fire control burn on Business 41 in the Town of Oconto; drugs in the Town of Lakewood; property damage on Glynn Road in the Town of Oconto; theft on Tom Post Road in the Town of Brazeau; fraud on Cream City Road in the Town of Oconto; theft near North White Potato Lake and Parkway roads in the Town of Brazeau; suspicious activ

Just when it looked like Shawano County and the Shawano Hockey League had settled differences over damage to the Crawford Center, a statement denying guilt may have knocked the puck out of the net. The hockey league board of directors agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars in damage to doors and walls at the Crawford Center.