Shawano County officials agreed to use the county’s contingency fund to pay its share of a grant that will update several pieces of equipment in the dispatch center.

Members of the executive committee voted June 17 to pull $70,582.90 from its coffers, its share of a $705,829 grant received from the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs Office of Emergency Communications.

When Tess Serrano resigned from the Shawano County Board last month, she acknowledged that finding a replacement in her district would be difficult.

Board Chairman Tom Kautza told the executive committee June 17 he still doesn’t have a resident to fill the seat.

A 32-year-old Town of Wescott man is facing up to 60 years in prison for inappropriately touching a 12-year-old girl staying at his home.

Jakob Malitz has been charged with first-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of 13. A $20,000 cash bond was imposed on him at an initial hearing June 10.

An Indiana teen claimed he could not be arrested for sexual assault with a girl under age 16 because of Romeo and Juliet laws in his state, but he was arrested anyway and could wind up spending much of his adult life in prison.

President Donald Trump has declared victory in the Iran War and said the memorandum of understanding between the two country confirms the months-long war is over.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin said she’ll only believe that when she and other members of Congress get to see that deal.

Customers at Iverson’s Piggly Wiggly in Oconto Falls rounded up their grocery bills in May to benefit the Marinette and Oconto Counties Literacy Council. Store owner Bryce Iverson presented the $2,000 donation to Vicki Dobratz and Janet Glime, representatives of the literacy council.