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Bowler Elementary School GiiTaa’se Singers of Bowler visited kindergarten through second-graders at Bowler Elementary recently to give a cultural presentation, focusing on pow-wows and other related activities. The leaders of the singers, Gordie and Patricia Williams, are proud grandparents in the district.
Gresham third at CWC golf tourney
The Gresham Community High School boys golf team took third, Wittenberg-Birnamwood was fourth, Menominee Indian seventh, Bonduel eighth and Marion ninth at the Central Wisconsin Conference championship Thursday at Foxfire Golf Course. Kyle Miller, who carded an 87, led Gresham (377).
Public Record
Shawano Police Department May 20 Police logged 33 incidents, including the following: Disturbance — Police responded to a domestic disturbance in the 800 block of East Richmond Street. Shoplifting — Police responded to a shoplifting complaint at Walmart, 1244 E.
Hawks beat Seymour, get 3rd seed
With a 1-0 win over Seymour on Wednesday, the Shawano Community High School girls soccer team secured the third seed in the Bay Conference tournament, which begins Thursday. The Hawks (10-6, 5-2 Bay) beat Seymour (3-7-1, 3-4) on a Morgan Klitzke goal in the 78th minute of the match.
Margaret Lapp
Margaret “Maggie” Lapp, 74, of Clintonville, passed away Tuesday, May 20, 2014, at Theda Clark Medical Center, Neenah. The former Margaret A. Laux was born July 27, 1939, in Clintonville to Charles and Mary (McCarthy) Laux. She graduated from Clintonville High School in 1957 and then went on to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a year. Maggie was united in marriage on May 27, 1961, to Donald G. Lapp at St.
Owners bring out beauties for Clintonville car show
Despite a forecast of unseasonable cool temperatures and the possibility of rain Friday, approximately 170 vehicles were featured at the Spring Cruise Car Show in Clintonville. The winners were the following: Class A: 1. Mark and Lana Dittmann, Shawano, 1955 Chevrolet wagon; 2. Larry Heise, White Lake, 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air. Class B: 1. Bill Gardafee, Embarrass, 1940 Studebaker Commander; 2.
Trio to perform at Clintonville holiday lunch
Clintonville’s annual Memorial Day parade Monday will be followed by a homecoming lunch featuring the vocal trio Trillium. The day will begin with a siren sounding at 7 a.m., followed by church bells ringing throughout the community. The parade will assemble at 8:30 a.m. A wreath will be placed at the bridge on Memorial Circle in W.A. Olen Park at 9:10 a.m.
Big city kid prospers in small town
When Michael Donnermeyer’s family relocated from Detroit to Bonduel in 2010, he had no idea where it would lead him. “The job market in Detroit was a little iffy, so my Mom (Diane) applied everywhere across the county and we landed here,” said Donnermeyer, whose mother works at Plexis in Appleton. Donnermeyer’s transition from a large city to small village, from leaving old friends to making new ones, from middle school to high school was not eas
Search for substitute teachers goes online
The Shawano School District plans to spend up to $7,000 on new Internet-based software that will help school personnel find substitute teachers more efficiently. Frontline Technologies’ Aesop system provides 24-hour access, via Internet and phone, to teachers, administrators and substitute teachers. “It is proactive system which provides teachers with time-off requests, or any other day, and enters it into software where substitutes look for jobs
20-year kidnapping sentence thrown out
The death of Duane Carpenter’s estranged wife before she could testify at his trial on a kidnapping charge was the basis for a court ruling Wednesday vacating a 20-year prison sentence handed down in 2004. Carpenter, 60, had already served his time for two other felony counts in the case and was ordered released from prison. A jury found Carpenter guilty of forcing his wife, Jodi, from her parents’ home in the town of Waukechon at gunpoint on Apr
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