Shawano 1, Rice Lake 1 (11-10) Shawano’s boys soccer team is in the state tournament after a pair of shootouts in both sectional games. On Nov.

Nov. 2 Shawano 3, Altoona 0 Shawano’s girls volleyball team advanced to the state tournament for the first time since 1988 after a 3-0 sweep of Altoona at Merrill. The Hawks won on scores of 25-23, 25-23, 25-17. Beginning at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 8 at the Resch Center in Green Bay, No. 2 Luxemburg-Casco will take on No. 3 seed St. Thomas More, followed by No. 1 Catholic Memorial and No. 4 Shawano. The winners will play at 5 p.m. Nov.

The Oconto County Board on Oct. 31 passed a $53.789 million budget for 2025, funded in part by a $22.2 million property tax levy. The numbers represent a 7.2% increase in expenditures over the adopted 2024 budget but only a 0.7% increase in the property tax levy for county purposes.

Vets 4 Vets of Northeast Wisconsin is hosting its 22nd Annual Veterans Spaghetti Dinner from 3-6 p.m. Nov. 11 at Red Maple Country Club, 501 Golf Course Road, Suring. The organization will again be offering a spaghetti, meatball, and garlic bread dinner, with carryout available on request. Full cash bar and dining room service at Red Maple will be available.

• Timothy P. Reiter, 60, Birnamwood, pleaded no contest Oct. 28 to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (fourth offense). Judge Leon Stenz withheld sentencing and placed him on three years of probation with conditions including 10 months in county jail with Huber work release and good time privileges. • Alexis R. Wilber, 24, Keshena, had her probation revoked Aug.

Shawano County Sheriff’s Department Nov. 3 Deputies responded to 22 incidents, including bail jumping on Fourth Street in Mattoon; assisting with a fire on County Road A in the Town of Herman; scam at the Shawano County Jail, 405 N. Main St., Shawano; operating without a license on Mills Street in Shawano; three 911 calls; two reckless driving incidents; two welfare checks; six crashes. Nov.

Proceedings of Oct. 29 • David Lawrence Vanness, 58, Luxemburg, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, followed by two years of extended supervision, for operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited blood-alcohol content (sixth offense), in connection with a crash that occurred Sept. 30, 2023.

Zion Lutheran Church announces the launch of its new Zion Singles Fellowship, a group dedicated to providing a welcoming, supportive space for single adults in the Shawano area. The group’s first gathering will take place Nov. 18 with a special kickoff event at Zion Lutheran Church, 1254 S.

Shawano Pathways is inviting the community for its annual social and report to the community Nov. 12 at Twig’s Sun Drop Museum, 920 S.