Shawano and Seymour split a doubleheader in Bay Conference baseball action Tuesday. Chase Henning’s two-run single in the top of the 10th inning gave the Hawks (4-10, 4-7 Bay) a 5-4 win in the second game. Henning was 3 for 5 with 4 RBIs. Jaryd Wilber was 3 for 4. Jack Lacy earned the win, giving up one earned run and three hits in 2 1/3 innings. He walked one batter and did not record a strikeout. Casey Jefson took the loss.

Some days, Braden Mueller isn’t even the best golfer on his team. On Thursday, he was the best golfer on the course. The Shawano Community High School junior was the lone golfer out of 64 players to shoot in the 70s as he won medalist honors at the Stu Anderson Invitational at River Island Golf Course in Oconto Falls. “Braden’s played well all year long,” Shawano coach Dean Kugler said.

A fourth potential candidate for Shawano County sheriff took out nomination papers Thursday, according to the county clerk’s office. Lucas Christenson, of Shawano, has filed to run as an Independent in the November election. He will have until 5 p.m.

Three young women will compete Saturday for the Shawano County Fairest of the Fair crown. The winner will preside over various activities at the Shawano County Fair in August, and represent the county at other events and the Wisconsin State Fair. Megan Welk, of Gresham, is the reigning Fairest of the Fair. The annual banquet will begin at 11 a.m.

A shotgun wedding in Keshena on Friday will help homeless veterans. Rosewater, a rock/country band with roots in rural Wisconsin, will perform in concert at 8 p.m.

Celebrating this year’s theme of “Connection and Direction,” area business and community leaders gathered Thursday for the ninth annual Economic Summit hosted by Shawano County Economic Progress Inc. About 50 people turned out at The Gathering to hear from a range of speakers who stressed the importance of working together to promote the economic health of Shawano and Menominee counties. Shawano City Administrator Brian Knapp said economic develo

A libel and defamation suit filed by Shawano Mayor Lorna Marquardt and her husband against the Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology (SIST) and its former chief financial officer was settled out of court after a mediation hearing this week. Marquardt and her husband, Donald, filed the suit against Kalmar Gronvall, SIST and two of its subsidiaries in 2007.

Hawks fall to New London The Shawano Community High School softball team lost 1-0 to Bay Conference foe New London on Friday. New London scored an unearned run in the first. The Hawks (7-11, 6-8 Bay) almost took the lead in the seventh when Saige Henning’s drive over the left-field fence hooked foul with Alli Raddant on base. Shelby Sommer earned the win for New London (11-5, 9-5), holding Shawano to just one hit in six innings.

Seymour won both the boys and girls meets Tuesday at the Ryan Jozwiak Invitational in Shawano. Paced by two relay victories and two firsts in field events, the Shawano Community High School girls team finished second.