What started out as a way to teach Scouts the fine art of making maple syrup now draws hundreds of people each year to an out-of-the-way place in Oconto County.

Hundreds of people from babies in strollers to senior citizens headed to Bear Paw Scout Camp east of Mountain April 11 for the Bear Paw Maple Syrup Days Open House.

More than two dozen ash trees will be removed from the Shawano County Fairgrounds this spring.

The Shawano County Agriculture and Extension Committee approved paying Kopitzke Logging $20,500 to cut down the 27 trees, grind the stumps and remove all of the debris.

A new effort to develop the next generation of leaders in Shawano County is gaining momentum.

In March, Leadership Shawano County, a program under the Shawano Country Chamber of Commerce, hosted informational meetings to introduce the proposed Youth Leadership Shawano County program.

Wisconsin had 2.4 days suitable for fieldwork statewide for the week ending April 12, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Manure and fertilizer were applied as conditions allowed, but field work was limited by precipitation and muddy field conditions.

As warmer weather approaches, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is reminding the public that wild animals and their young will be on the move across Wisconsin.

Shawano County Highway Department crews built 4-foot sand berms on each side of the Balsam Row Road Dam to prevent the dam from failing.

Sheriff George Lenzner said the sheriff’s department and emergency management were notified just before 5 p.m. April 14 of the dam’s risk of failure.