The weather of the week before Easter has left many of us Wisconsinites confused as to what season this really is.

We’ve had some tragic events occur in our little town of Leopolis just lately that have rocked most of us here to the very core of our being.

Caroline Galvin is in charge of the rummage sales and funeral dinners at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Shawano. Galvin was born in Rosholt, moved to Ripon when she was in the sixth grade and graduated from Ripon High School. After high school, she worked in a grocery store. After she married, she was a stay-at-home mom.

Wolf River Master Gardeners might sound a little intimidating, but sisters Janet Kahlow and Linda Meisner said that is not the case. “I find it fun and I enjoy the camaraderie,” said Kahlow, who is the president of the club. The Master Gardener program, typically offered through universities in the United States and Canada, provides intense home horticulture training to individuals who then volunteer in their communities, giving lectures, creatin

Hortonville pitcher no-hits Shawano Dan Borek’s pitching and a host of Hortonville hits were too much for the Shawano Community High School baseball team Thursday in Hortonville. Borek pitched a five-inning no-hitter to give the Polar Bears (2-0, 2-0 Bay) the 10-0 win. He struck out six and walked one. Taylor Prey took the loss for Shawano (0-3, 0-2 Bay), pitching 2 1-3 innings.

A rough start doesn’t bother Shawano Community High School baseball coach Robert Wolff. The Hawks’ first game, a 10-0 loss to Oshkosh North, was the first time they had been outside this season. The second game, a 9-1 loss to Denmark, was closer than it appeared. “It’s hard to gauge,” Wolff said. “We still haven’t practiced on our home field yet. I think the morale is up.

Shawano Police Department April 16 Police logged 15 incidents, including the following: Juvenile — Police logged three truancy complaints from Shawano Community Middle School, 1050 S.

The Shawano County Sheriff’s Department is honoring its dispatchers this week as part of National Telecommunicators’ Week.

Sewer rates in Clintonville will increase nearly 22 percent over the next two years to help pay for $3.5 million in upgrades at the city’s wastewater treatment plant. The first increase, of about 12 percent, will take effect with the July bills. The second increase, of about 10 percent, will take effect when the improvement project is completed in late 2015 or early 2016.