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LWMS to hold spring rally

The Wolf River Circuit of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society will hold its spring rally April 11 at St. John Town of Center, N3505 State Highway 47, Appleton. The rally is being co-hosted by Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church, Ellington. The theme for the rally is 1 Thessalonians 3:12 “May the Lord make your Love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.” Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.
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Shawano Police Department April 1 Police logged 23 incidents, including the following: Assist — Police assisted with a dive team call on Stark Road in Wescott. Juvenile — Police responded to a juvenile problem at the Skateboard Park, 107 E.
Veterans can get free tickets to ‘M*A*S*H’
AMVETS Post 10 of Shawano is giving away 120 tickets to the Box in the Wood Theatre Guild’s opening night performance of “M*A*S*H” to local veterans. The guild is presenting “M*A*S*H” at the Mielke Arts Center on April 23, 24, 25 and 26, as well as April 30, May 1, 2 and 3. AMVETS Post 10 of Shawano has purchased 150 tickets to opening night and will provide a color guard for that performance.
Five council seats on ballot Tuesday in Clintonville
Clintonville voters will have decisions to make in Tuesday’s spring election, which includes three contested races for Common Council seats and one district with no declared candidates. Three incumbents — Bill Zeinert in District 1, Phil Rath in District 2 and Mark Doornink in District 5 — decided not to seek re-election following a tumultuous year on the council. In District 1, no one filed papers as a candidate, so an alderman could be elected
Income disparity among factors affecting health
The income gap between the wealthiest and poorest residents in Menominee County is the largest in the state, according to the County Health Rankings released last week. The rankings, compiled annually by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Health Institute, also showed Menominee County was the least healthiest in the state, ranking 72nd for the sixth consecutive year. This was the first time since 2010 that the rank
County finance director retiring in May
Shawano County Finance Director Diane Rusch will retire next month after more than two decades with the county. The county’s Administrative Committee will discuss refilling her position at a meeting Monday. “It’s time to leave,” Rusch said. Rusch said she has been looking to retire for the past couple of years, but wanted to see several finance department projects through to completion while staff changes and turnover sometimes left the departmen
Rescue call highlights need for caution on the ice
A dive team rescue on Washington Lake in Wescott on Wednesday underscores the hazards of venturing out onto potentially thin ice that has been deteriorating with the early spring weather. “People are still out there fishing,” said Capt. Tom Tuma of the Shawano County Sheriff’s Department. “They have to realize that a lot of the water around here is moving water,” he said. “We have a lot of spring-fed lakes.
Springing the trap
Not everyone who enters the Shawano Community High School auditorium next week will come out alive. An estate home turned into a hotel, a terrible winter storm and a children’s rhyme about three blind mice will form a recipe for murder as the high school’s theater department performs “The Mousetrap,” a murder mystery written by famed author Agatha Christie, from April 9-11. The play takes place at Monkswell Manor in the 1940s, where a young coupl
City residents needed to fill committee slots
Mayor Lorna Marquardt is looking for residents interested in filling openings on several Shawano committees and commissions. Marquardt will be making the appointments at the Common Council’s reorganizational meeting April 21. Openings include three-year terms on the Plan Commission and Business Improvement District Board, and one-year terms on the Sexual Predator Ordinance Committee and People With A Disability Committee.
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Shawano Police Department March 31 Police logged 18 incidents, including the following: Juvenile — Police responded to a juvenile problem in the 400 block of South Washington Street. Probation — Police took a 30-year-old woman into custody on a probation hold. Vandalism — Police investigated vandalism to porch furniture at a residence in the 500 block of South Cleveland Street. Threatening — A report of threatening behavior by a juvenile was made
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