Tornado sirens will sound in Shawano and Menominee counties Thursday as part of a statewide drill marking Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week. At 1 p.m., the National Weather Service will issue a statewide mock tornado watch and at 1:45 p.m. a statewide mock tornado warning. Many radio and TV stations will participate in the drill.

A Shawano man previously convicted of murder in Sheboygan County is facing new charges of sexual assault and false imprisonment after an incident last month. Randy L.

Kenneth A. Vorpahl, 67, passed away on Monday, April 21, 2014, at his home in Arkansas. Funeral services for Kenneth will be held on Friday, April 25, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Schroeder-Mickelson Funeral Service of Shawano. Pastor Kurt Kluge will officiate. Interment, with full military honors conducted by AmVets Post 10, will be in Friendship Cemetery, town of Belle Plaine.

Lenore Catherine Miller, 81, of Bowler, passed away Monday, April 21, 2014, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on March 20, 1933, in Neenah, she was the daughter of the late Helmer and Aurelia (Krause) Hoffman. On April 24, 1954, she was united in marriage to William H. Miller in Menasha. He preceded her in death on April 11, 1993. Lenore lived in the Stockbridge-Munsee Indian Community in Bowler for the past 40 years.

A two-hour standoff with an armed man at the Wittenberg Shell station ended peacefully Tuesday afternoon with the man’s surrender, according to the Shawano County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities received a panic/hold-up alarm, along with verbal reports, that a gunman was inside the station just before 2 p.m., the Sheriff’s Department said. Authorities said a 28-year-old Gillett man had entered the station and threatened law enforcement, but did

The Shawano School Board voted unanimously Monday to fund a renovation project that will bring the science labs at Shawano Community Middle School into the 21st century. The board approved spending $185,000 from the school district’s fund balance to remove old equipment and replace it with up-to-date equipment. After a tour of the labs, board members were horrified at what they saw. “This is humiliating to me.

Bonduel knocks off Iola-Scandinavia The Bonduel High School softball team handed Iola-Scandinavia its first Central Wisconsin Conference-8 loss Tuesday in Iola, earning an 8-3 victory. Connor Rosin was 2 for 2 with a double and an RBI to lead the Bears (2-1, 2-0 CWC-8). Jake Luepke earned the win, pitching seven innings, allowing three runs on five hits and striking out six. Connor Lodewegon took the loss.

Amos Corn had a home run and pitched seven solid innings, Lowell Chevalier added three RBIs, and the Menominee Indian High School baseball team beat Bowler 5-2 Tuesday in Keshena. The two Central Wisconsin Conference-10 foes were tied 2-2 heading into the fifth. Bowler (0-2, 0-2 CWC-10) threatened to take a lead, loading the bases with two outs, but Quintin Rondow hit a bouncing ground ball to shortstop Ty Latender, who came up with the ball and

The Bonduel High School boys distance runners set two records Tuesday en route to a fourth-place finish at the Charger Relays in Wittenberg. Caleb Dowling, Dan Tauchen, Ryan Mathew and Zach Zernicke finished the 1,600-yard medley relay with a time of 3:59.52, breaking the BHS school record of 3:59.70 set in 1955.