Mike Trinko is the newest member of the Shawano County Board of Supervisors.

Trinko was appointed Aug. 27 to fill the vacancy create by the resignation of Raymond Rigsby, who was appointed last month as the new county clerk.

He will represent District 22 until the April 2026 election. He also serves on the Seneca Town Board.

County Board Chairman Tom Kautza said he had five residents express interest int he job.

One public cheer for a $51.2 million referendum was not enough for the Shawano School District, so it held a second groundbreaking Aug. 26 — this time for Shawano Community High School, which carries the bulk of the future projects.

The Shawano School Board signed off Aug. 26 on more than $100,000 being spent to upgrade its door access security.

Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez was the first Democrat to enter the race for governor after Tony Evers announced he would not seek a third term.

On Aug. 25, she brought her campaign to Shawano to speak to the Shawano-Menominee Counties Democratic Party.

“This will be a 72-county campaign in the primary, because we do not have the luxury of not talking to everybody across the state of Wisconsin,” she said.

Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul announced that Lee E. Lindner, 38, of Shawano, was sentenced to 30 years in prison and 17 years of extended supervision after pleading guilty to multiple fentanyl-related reckless homicide and drug trafficking charges.

Jordan Feemster was sentenced to eight years in prison Aug. 25 for the attack on his then-girlfriend in May 2024.