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Kay F. Capion

Kay Francine (Viitanen) Capion, 65, of Shawano, died on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, in Appleton. Kay was born on Nov. 19, 1949, to the late Roy and Violet (Wendt) Viitanen in Chicago. When she was 5, her family moved to Wisconsin, where she was raised in Clintonville. She graduated from Clintonville High School in 1968. On Sept. 20, 1969, she was united in marriage to Clayton Balke at St. Martin Lutheran Church.
Dorothy A. Meyers
Dorothy A. (Mueller) Meyers, 102, of Shawano, passed peacefully into the arms of her Savior early Wednesday morning at Manor Care of Shawano. Dorothy was born on Jan. 14, 1913, in the town of Angelica, a daughter of the late August and Clara (Brodhagen) Radtke. She attended country school. Following school, she worked in Green Bay and Milwaukee until moving to Shawano in 1931. On June 14, 1933, she was united in marriage to the late Harry A.
Rodgers getting familiar faces back in Packers offense
Aaron Rodgers got the gang back together at practice for the Green Bay Packers. Receiver Randall Cobb is playing through some pain, but his sprained right shoulder is well enough that he returned to practice on Wednesday.
Low numbers make football success difficult for Panthers
One season after having no athletes come out for the cooperative eight-man football program with Bowler High School, Gresham Community High School has jumped up to having two players on the now 17-person team. From a school with a rich soccer tradition and only 83 students, getting students to try out for a sport that starts in August has proved difficult. Junior Ryan Lassatore and freshman Jesse Wade each tried out for the football team for the
Packers look to get their kicks vs. downturned Bears
Mike McCarthy may not quite have ushered in a return to the days of extreme prejudice that defined the Forrest Gregg and Mike Ditka era, when those coaches of the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears hated each other’s guts, and urged their players to go and do likewise. McCarthy, whose bona fides as Packers coach since 2006 includes two conference titles and a Super Bowl championship, was only throwing a bucket of reality onto the embers of polit
SONGS OF PRAISE
Choir members from five churches will combine their voices in a community Hymn Sing at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Shawano. “We hope many people from around the area are able to attend Hymn Sing and enjoy singing with us to praise God,” said Susan Kurek, director of music at Sacred Heart. Other churches participating are First Presbyterian, Hope Community, Peace United Church of Christ and St. John’s Episcopal. The Rev.
City allows sex offenders at Union St. facility
Convicted sex offenders will be allowed to reside at a new temporary placement facility for recently released felons in Shawano, but only under tighter restrictions adopted Wednesday by the Shawano Common Council. Milwaukee-based Matt Talbot Recovery Services has contracted with the state Department of Corrections to operate a six-bed facility at 118 S. Union St.
Around the North
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Cobb ‘fearless’ despite collarbone injury
Before a drill during the Green Bay Packers practice Thursday, Randall Cobb flexed his arms up and down at his side with his elbows bent as if he was doing a little dance. Not a big deal usually in Green Bay.
Public Record
Shawano Police Department Sept. 9 Police logged 23 incidents, including the following: Suspicious — Police responded to a suspicious person complaint at Walmart, 1244 E.
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