In a world filled with pollution, a group is helping people with respiratory issues breathe easier. Air It Up, Better Breathers Group has been holding monthly meetings for a year. “There’s always been better breather support groups around the country,” said Mary Lapp, respiratory therapist.

SOCCER Shawano 3 Waupaca 0 Megan Klitzke scored two goals as Shawano picked up its first win of the season at Waupaca. Klitzke scored from 13 and 19 feet. Morgan Klitzke also scored, from 45 feet, and recorded an assist.

To describe Amanda Jaskolski’s first home run against Mount Mary University recently, think of the movie “Major League”and play-by-play announcer Harry Doyle: “Jaskolski swings and crushes one toward South America. The left fielder’s gonna need a visa to catch this one.

Pamela “Pam” Ann Loveland, 67, of Stratford, passed away on Friday, April 17, 2015, in Marshfield. Pam was born on June 28, 1947, in Wausau, the daughter of the late Harland and Betty (Voigt) Walters. On Dec. 31, 1969, Pam was united in marriage to Terry Loveland in Waukegan, Illinois.

Shawano Police Department April 16 Police logged 24 incidents, including the following: Theft — A GPS unit was reported stolen from a vehicle in the 200 block of East Fifth Street. Trespass — Police responded to a trespassing complaint in the 700 block of South Main Street. Theft — Lebakken’s, 1200 E.

Here we go again. Racing at the historic half-mile Shawano Speedway will return Saturday for the 52nd season. As always there were a lot of offseason moves by various drivers.

The 2015 schedule of the famed half-mile Shawano Speedway, which opens its season Saturday, is once again littered with special events — something for the whole family. The highlights again this season include the return of the World of Outlaw Late Models on July 28 for the 50-lap, $10,000-to-win Sun Drop Shootout. This season the Modifieds and Stock Cars join the shootout, which should make for an unbelievable show. On June 13, The Havoc on the

The winner is usually easy to determine. As the checkered flag waves, the first to cross the line takes the trophy.

Clintonville’s auditor, Schenk Associates, is not to blame for the Common Council not knowing the city owes the state more than $1.1 million in an unfunded pension liability, according to interim City Administrator Chuck Kell. In March, Kell was surprised to learn about the debt, through a newspaper article, and council members complained that Schenk representatives should have alerted the city to the problem. Kell told the council Tuesday that t