Many area schools that cancelled classes Monday due to cold weather remained closed Tuesday. They include Bonduel public/private, Bowler, Clintonville public/private, College of Menominee Nation, Gillett, Gresham, Marion, Menominee Indian, Menominee Tribal School, Pulaski public/private, Sacred Heart Catholic, Shawano, Tigerton and Wittenberg-Birnamwood.

For a Green Bay Packers team that had to overcome mountains of adversity just to make the playoffs, it was hard to accept that they came up just one play short in a 23-20 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in a wild card playoff game Sunday at a frigid Lambeau Field. After tying the game at 20-20 on a 24-yard Mason Crosby field goal with 5:06 left to play in the fourth quarter, the Packers allowed the 49ers to drive 65 yards and eat up the rest of t

The following area schools and school districts have cancelled classes on Monday due to the extremely cold weather: Bonduel public/private, Bowler School District, Clintonville public/private, Gillett School District, Gresham School District, Marion School District, Menominee Tribal School, Oconto Falls School District, Pulaski public/private, Sacred Heart Catholic School, Shawano School District, Tigerton School District and Wittenberg-Birnamwoo

Shawano Police Department Jan. 2 Police logged 17 incidents, including the following: Vandalism — A security camera was reported damaged at All Floors & More, 805 E.

The Shawano Area Community Foundation on Friday announced $34,877 in grants from its Shawano Area Fund to 12 charitable organizations serving people in Shawano County. Todd Raether, chairman of the foundation board, said the grants, awarded in November, are intended to further the foundation’s mission of improving the quality of life for Shawano area residents. “Our focus is on helping people give back to the community,” said Raether, who has bee

Shawano Police Chief Ed Whealon on Friday announced he will retire in April. Whealon has been with the Shawano Police Department for more than 34 years — out of a 37-year career in law enforcement — and will have been Shawano’s chief for 12 years when he relinquishes his badge and gun on April 4. “Over half of my life has been devoted to the Shawano Police Department and the city of Shawano.

After a month of temperatures regularly dipping, and sometimes plummeting below zero, officials warned Friday that the worst is yet to come. The National Weather Service warned that a powerful arctic cold front would usher in the coldest air mass Wisconsin has seen in years, with near-record lows and winds of 10 to 20 mph. Wind chills are predicted to drop down to as much as 35 below zero Saturday night and could get as low as 55 below zero Sunda

Somehow the calendar slips into another new year. The challenge will be to remember to write 2014 instead of 2013. I am sure it will take me a week or two. I ushered out the old year with a day of volunteering at the LCFS Thrift Shop in Shawano.

I felt it coming. The Sunday morning before the recent cold snap moved in was almost balmy. As the day progressed, I sensed an apprehension, a conscious awareness of what was to come. The wind picked up, and as we maneuvered our way around the farm to do chores and head out to attend church, one could tell that a change was coming. Sure enough, later in the day the outside temperature gauge inside our car showed a minus-zero reading.