Shawano officials are considering a purchase that would add another piece of the puzzle to the Wolf River Sturgeon Trail. The trail would eventually link Sturgeon Park and Kuckuk Park.

Students at Olga Brener Intermediate and Hillcrest Primary schools in Shawano will spend an extra 30 minutes per day on both math and reading/language arts starting in the 2014-15 school year. Officials described what they called an intervention program, dubbed “Hawk Time,” to the School Board on Monday. The intervention periods raised questions about how other classes would be affected. “You added an hour.

A proposal to create a new tax increment financing (TIF) district aimed at spurring development along East Green Bay Street drew nearly two dozen business owners from along the proposed route to a public hearing Wednesday before the Shawano Plan Commission. TIF districts are areas where municipalities invest in infrastructure, such as sewer and water, to attract development where it might not otherwise occur, or to make improvements, such as elim

The Bonduel High School baseball team led the way with seven players earning All-Central Wisconsin Conference honors, and Menominee Indian had six, as the teams were released this week. Bonduel High School juniors Colton Dobtatz and Connor Rosin were named to the Central Wisconsin Conference-8 baseball all-conference first team. Seniors Jake Luepke and Jacob Wudtke earned second-team honors.

Friday is the 70th anniversary of D-Day, when the United States and its allies landed on the beaches of Normandy. It is a date that many learn in school, along with tales of American soldiers being captured and held in prisoner-of-war camps. What is not as well known is that the U.S. also had many POW camps. Novelist M.W.

Sophomore forward Morgan Klitzke knocked in a hat trick as the Shawano Community High School girls soccer team beat Hortonville 6-3 in a WIAA Division 2 regional match Thursday in Shawano. Sophomore midfielders Rachel Schnell and Sarah Dickmann added a goal each for the third-seeded Hawks. “It seems like we step up when we need to,” Shawano coach Robert Croschere said.

A sharp liner up the middle in the bottom of the seventh inning ended Oconto Falls High School’s WIAA Division 2 tournament run, as the Panthers dropped a 3-2 heartbreaker to Wrightstown in a sectional semifinal Tuesday. “We were the underdog and won regionals, it was a great accomplishment,” left-handed pitcher McKenna Larsen said. The Panthers were seventh in the Bay Conference entering the WIAA postseason but had played much of the season with

Junior pitcher Riley Gruetzmacher struck out nine batters, but it was not enough as Oconto Falls High School lost 4-2 at Clintonville in the first round of the WIAA Division 2 regionals Tuesday. The Panthers rallied for two runs in the final inning but could not get all the way back. Gruetzmacher held the Truckers scoreless until a leadoff home run by pitcher Turner Doornick sparked a two-run fourth inning. Panthers coach Charlie Rochon said the

The investment group, which also owns and operates The Cottages on Golden Pond Assisted Living and Memory Care in Shawano, will operate the MeadowLands under the new name of The Cottages at MeadowLands. Cara Peterson, general manager of the Shawano facility, will oversee The Cottages at MeadowLands. “I’ve managed The MeadowLands in the past and now return home with gained knowledge and continued strong beliefs in providing excellent care for thos