The Shawano County Fair kicked off its 145th year Sept. 2, with officials vowing this would be the best one yet as the fair celebrated the United States’ 250th anniversary.

A 20-foot-long enclosed trailer once confiscated as evidence from a crime will soon be used as the new mobile command vehicle for the Shawano County Sheriff’s Department.

The public safety committee voted Sept. 2 to authorize the disposal or sale of the existing Winnebago RV and replace it with the trailer.

An emergency management grant of about $40,000 for Shawano County finally appears to be on its way.

Shawano County Sheriff Lt. Chris Madle, also the county’s emergency management director, told the public safety committee Sept. 2 the application for the Emergency Management Performance Grant was received the previous week.

Shawano city officials were scratching their heads at a proposal from the Shawano County Humane Society asking for more money to fund its operations or risk losing services in the coming year.

Shawano County Deputy Michael Mullett, left, is introduced and takes his oath of office, administered by Sheriff George Lenzner, right, at the Sept. 2 public safety committee meeting at the sheriff’s department. During the summer, Mullett started work as a correctional officer in the jail and was promoted to a deputy when another officer resigned to accept a position with the Wisconsin State Patrol.