Thirty-two Shawano Community High School student-athletes received honors Monday at the winter awards banquet at The Gathering. The annual banquet was sponsored by the Shawano Athletic Booster Club. Each coach briefly discussed the team’s season and presented awards to the top performers. It also brought two first-time coaches to the podium, coach Bryon Lammers of the hockey team and wrestling coach Mike Homan. “We had a trying season, with the l

Three men from Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Shawano are studying to become deacons. They are James Lonick, Mark Fuller and Todd Raether. After being accepted in the program, they must complete a minimum of five years of study in scriptural, theological and pastoral ministry courses.

Through simple addition by subtraction, the next football season at Menominee Indian High School became a lot more compelling. The Eagles signed on to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association’s eight-man football program, a move that figures to pump new life into the flagging state of affairs the school has endured on the field for the past seven or eight autumns. “We started talking about going to eight-man football when we had a hard

Dozens of close plays, foul calls, missed and made buckets all factor into the outcome of any basketball game. There are almost as many such variables as there are ticks on the scoreboard clock. There are also scores of reasons to believe Shawano Community High School will stay on its current hot streak and remain alive in the WIAA Division 2 state tournament.

City officials Wednesday added a few new rules to its yard waste collection policy and revised its fee schedule for property owners who fail to cut their grass or shovel their snow. Shawano residents will now have a limit on the yard waste they can put out for collection. The Shawano Common Council unanimously approved an ordinance rewrite that limits properties to six cans or containers of yard waste per week. Each of those cans or containers sh

A former Menominee chief justice and tribal prosecutor is scheduled for sentencing in federal court in May on a child pornography charge. Joseph H. Martin, 54, pleaded guilty last month to one count of receiving child pornography as part of a plea agreement in U.S.

Aaron Rodgers believes he knows the No.

Michael B. “Mike” Cook Sr., 72, of Keshena, passed away at his home Tuesday, March 10, 2015, surrounded by his loving family. Michael was born May 7, 1942, in Keshena, a son of the late Marie (Ahakonosay) and Albert Cook. He attended the St. Joseph Grade School, Milwaukee Boys Technical School and Sturgeon Bay Schools. Following school he entered the United States Marine Corps.

David Strehlow Sr., of Saukville, passed away in the early morning hours of Saturday, March 7, 2015, at Heritage Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Port Washington. He was 78 years old. Dave was born in Salem on June 29, 1936, son of Henry Strehlow and Lucille Lee Strehlow. Dave grew up in the Bonduel area, graduating from Bonduel High School in 1954. After high school, Dave served his country in the U.S. Navy.