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Quilt making quite the journey

A quilt that will be raffled off at this year’s Bike the Barn Quilts is making the rounds at Shawano businesses. The quilt was made by Linda Bleser, local artist and quilter who is a member of the Shawano Area Quilters Guild and has taught quilting at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. “It’s just one of my quilts,” she said.
Dairyland Baseball Roundup
Shawano 11, Pulaski 2 The Shawano Lobos (24-7) scored 10 runs in the fourth inning Sunday. TJ Arrowood was 2 for 4 with a double and two RBIs to lead Shawano. Ben Bystol was 2 for 4 with a double and two RBIs. Kurt Blythin had two hits. Eric Stenson earned the win, pitching six innings and giving up two hits and striking out five.
Public Record
Shawano Police Department Aug. 11 Police logged 30 incidents, including the following: Disorderly — Police responded to a disorderly conduct complaint in the 100 block of County Road B. Theft — A purse was reported stolen in the 400 block of South Franklin Street. Fraud — Police investigated a fraud complaint at Walgreen’s, 401 E.
MIHS students trying out NWTC program
Thirteen Menominee Indian High School seniors will be prepping for college in a new way this fall. The 4x4 pilot program is a partnership between the Menominee Indian School District and Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. During the 2014-2015 school year, the seniors involved in the program will attend MIHS in the morning and the NWTC Shawano campus in the afternoon. “Students will take one general studies course at a time, and the course wil
Scare tactics don't move geese
Canada geese that made their home at the Cedar Lake Park pond in Bonduel this year can rest easy for the time being. After unsuccessful attempts to remove the geese following complaints about park cleanliness, Village President Mel Wendland said the Village Board is not going to pursue the issue. “We are going to leave the geese,” Wendland said. Five geese have been living near the popular swimming area throughout the summer, which raised concern
Hawks’ soccer team looking to reload
Shawano Community High School boys soccer coach Bob Croschere is hoping his team can reload for this season. The Hawks (15-5-1, 6-1 Bay Conference) lost a ton of talent to graduation, including a trio of first-team All-Bay Conference selections in Garret Schlise, Zach Dickmann and Sawyer Buck, as well as second-team all-conference selection Chance VanDyck and honorable mention goalie Michael Meisner. Also gone is honorable mention defender Zack S
James R. Sell
James R. Sell, 80, of Gresham, formerly of Kaukauna, died unexpectedly at his home on Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. Born on Jan. 30, 1934, in Appleton, he was the son of the late Harry and Sophie (Rusch) Sell. Jim married Sharon on Feb, 7, 1976. Jim was a member of St. John Lutheran Church-Hermansfort. Jim was the owner/operator of Sell Tree Transplant in the Fox Valley and worked for the Fox River Mall as grounds supervisor for many years.
Arthur A. Meisner
Arthur “Art” A. Meisner, 76, passed away peacefully at his home in Cecil on Friday, Aug. 8, 2014. Surrounded by family, he relinquished the earthly life fraught with pain to accept his new and everlasting life. Art was born in Green Bay on Sept. 22, 1937, to the late Arthur R. and Emma (nee Beilfuss) Meisner. Art and his parents moved from the town of Lessor to Cecil in 1941.
People pack Mielke Park for music fest
Nice weather brought people out in droves Saturday to take part in the 36th annual Shawano Folk Music Festival at Mielke Park. Becky Van Buren, one of the co-directors, noted that the parking lot was already packed with people when the festival opened at 10 a.m., and it was completely full 45 minutes later.
Go-karting helps keep racing alive
With much certainty I can say that racing as we know it today would be very different if not for the efforts of Ed Bertram and Mike Mitchell. Since you are reading this, there is a good chance that you have ventured out to the GSR Kartway in Clintonville, run by Bertram, or the Hi-Go Raceway in Cecil, run by Mitchell. The racing scene in Northeast Wisconsin is littered with racers who cut their teeth racing as youngsters on the area’s dirt go-kar
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