Junior Achievement of the Wolf River District’s small business campaign is receiving strong support, according to organizers. The group, which served almost 3,000 students last year, sent letters to area businesses last month with information on the 2014-15 school year’s successes and a request to support similar programs and new ventures this school year. Businesses received information about the 160 classes volunteers taught last year in 12 sch

The deadline for nominations for the volunteer awards presented annually by the Shawano Area Community Foundation has been extended to Feb. 12. The foundation’s seventh annual Celebration of Giving awards gala is scheduled for April 12 at The Gathering banquet hall in Shawano. Nominations are due Feb.

Three area private schools have registered to enroll taxpayer-funded voucher students during the 2016-17 school year. The state on Thursday released a list of voucher schools statewide showing that St. James Lutheran School in Shawano and St. Paul Lutheran School in Bonduel both want to continue in the Wisconsin Parental Choice Program. St. James joined the program this year; St. Paul joined the previous year. St.

The vehicular homicide case against the teenage driver in an October 2014 crash that claimed the lives of three passengers is set for a jury trial, but not until next January due to the heavy caseload in Shawano-Menominee County Circuit Court. Ryan M. Swadner, 18, of Cecil, is accused of being under the influence of marijuana on Oct.

Paying off the Shawano Community Middle School project will cost taxpayers $2.5 million less that originally forecast, thanks to low interest rates. Shawano School District officials have secured a favorable interest rate of slightly more than 2 percent while borrowing $9.25 million in the bond market for the voter-approved middle school renovation. Officials last fall had projected interest rates as high as 4 percent when presenting the project’

WEDNESDAY SCHOOL CLOSINGS/DELAYS Bonduel public-private (opening 2 hours late - no morning pre-K/early childhood) Sacred Heart - Shawano (opening 2 hours late - no morning pre-K/early childhood) Shawano Public Schools (opening 2 hours late - no morning pre-K/early childhood) Menominee Indian School District: (opening 2 hours late) Menominee Tribal School (opening 2 hours late) Clintonville schools (opening 2 hours late) Marion (opening 2 hours la

Cinda “Cindi” Engebretson, 61, of Shawano, passed away unexpectedly in an automobile accident on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. Cindi was born on May 2, 1954, daughter of the late James Engebretson and Patricia (Colligan) Engebretson. Cindi was a proud employee of the Clintonville School District for 28 years.

Shawano Police Department Feb.

Shawano Community Education is offering free classes at Shawano Community Middle School to help area residents file their taxes electronically. MyFreeTaxes provides free federal and state tax preparation and filing assistance online to individuals and families with household incomes of $62,000 or less in 2015. Local VITA tax volunteers will help participants prepare and file their returns through the MyFreeTaxes process in the SCMS computer lab.