To the editor: Prior to the pandemic, I recall a thriving economy, an abundance of oil that enabled the U.S. to provide for other countries along with much lower gas prices for all of us, no wars, respect for the laws of our country, and not being told we have to buy electric vehicles in the future, to name a few.

The Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District will not need to abruptly change its reading curriculum to comply with Wisconsin Act 20 asx originally thought. The district’s reading curriculum was originally scheduled to be reviewed during the 2025-26 school year, according to Nikki Steigerwald, a district literacy coach, and information announced by the Wisconsin State Reading Association shows that the district can keep that schedule. The WSRA repor

Shawano County has been chosen to receive $10,496 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county by a FEMA national board. A local board made up of community representatives and facilitated by the United Way of Shawano County will determine how the funds are to be distributed among the emergency food and shelter programs run by local service agencies in the area. The local board is responsible for recommending agencies to receive

The closure of a road has prompted the Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District to shift its bus routes and which elementary school they go to, and a recent letter to families informing them about the changes brought frustrated parents to the April 22 Wittenberg-Birnamwood School Board meeting. Alissa Brown and Tina Strassburger live on Apple Lane in Hatley, and the closure of the intersection of Bass Lake Road near their homes has prompted the noti

A scheduled preliminary hearing April 25 for Tracy Bahr, 40, of Cecil, in the Shawano-Menominee County Circuit Court had to be called off because he is currently in jail in Brown County facing a slew of charges there. Bahr’s attorney, Christopher Froelich, told Judge William Kussel Jr.

The Shawano Country Chamber of Commerce’s annual golf outing is planned this year for June 25. The annual fundraiser’s 2024 theme is “Golf Around the World.” Teams are limited, so spot reservations must be made by June 7. The golf outing will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Pine Hills Golf Course, N9499 Pine Hills Drive, Gresham.

Just lately, one beautiful calm spring morning, I heard a flock of geese flying north before I spotted them. (Come fall I’d like to pack a bag and grab a tail feather.) Craning my head back, chin up in the air, I watched them approach and fly past in a V-shaped formation; the leader squawking marching orders, the others replicating its call. How do they know when to go and especially, how to get there?

A Keshena man was indicted April 24 in federal court with kidnapping, assault with the intent to murder and domestic assault by strangulation. According to the indictment, John V. Miller Jr., 42, allegedly strangled a former girlfriend March 29 until she was unconscious and assaulted her with the intent to kill her.

The Shawano School District is accepting applications for a vacancy on the Shawano School Board. Applicants must be residents of Area III, which is the Town of Wescott and the portion of the Town of Washington in the Shawano district, 18 years of age or older and a U.S.