Shawano Police Department Dec. 21 Police logged 27 incidents, including the following: Suspicious — Police responded to a suspicious person complaint in the 600 block of South Lincoln Street. Fraud — Police investigated a Facebook scam complaint in the 100 block of South Bartlett Street. Truancy — Police logged two truancy complaints from Olga Brener Intermediate School, 1300 S.

Shawano police are warning residents to be on guard for several scams that have popped up in the area in the last few days. On Monday morning, a male driving a silver crossover-type vehicle, with an unknown plate number, came to a Shawano resident claiming to be from the “water company,” Police Chief Mark Kohl said. The man stated he was there for “service work in the basement.” The homeowner didn’t allow him in, however, thinking it was odd that

The Clintonville Common Council has approved spending $25,000 for the naming rights on a DC-3 airplane to be on display at the Aviation Heritage Center of Wisconsin in Sheboygan Falls, with the money to come from the city’s tourism funds. City Administrator Chuck Kell told the council that the Aviation Heritage Center is in the process of purchasing a DC-3.

Taxpayers would pay more sooner — but save $1 million in the long run — under a plan to accelerate borrowing for the Shawano School District’s voter-approved middle school renovation project. School administrators are considering issuing a 15-year bond rather than a 20-year bond, retiring the debt sooner and saving on interest payments for the $9.25 million project authorized by voters in November. The strategy would mean bigger tax increases tha

The spirit of giving has been awakened this holiday season inside a Menominee reservation school, and it is not going away anytime soon. Employees at Menominee Indian Middle School launched a gift drive for students whose families were struggling financially during the holiday season. Donations from school staff and the community were so abundant that every student in the school had a chance to select presents for themselves and for members of th

Shawano County’s former administrative coordinator has declared his candidacy for a seat on the County Board, one of two more candidates who filed registration statements this week to run for supervisors’ seats. Thomas Madsen, who served as interim and then part-time administrative coordinator from March 2012 to December 2014, has filed to run against District 20 Supervisor Rick Giese.

BOYS BASKETBALL Mosinee 68 Shawano 56 After falling behind early, the Hawks were able to cut the deficit to just 3 points late in the second half before the Indians (5-2) pulled away with the game. Shawano was led by Adam Bartz, Austin Kohl and Zeke Gueths with 11 points each.

Playing on back-to-back nights, the Shawano girls basketball team showed signs of fatigue throughout Tuesday’s nonconference game in Oconto Falls. In the end, the Hawks were able to get to the free throw line 27 times on the night, including eight makes on 10 attempts in the final three minutes of the game to extend the lead for a 45-33 victory. “The biggest difference in the game was the free throw line,” Oconto Falls head coach Mike Kaczmarek J

The Bonduel Bears had a distinct size advantage over the Suring girls basketball team Monday night. Along with that, the Bears were the quicker team, all night long, but the main reason the Eagles were able to stick around with the Bears for the first 24 minutes of the game was the effort they put into rebounding. After a defensive switch to a 1-3-1 zone, and forcing a total of 33 turnovers, the Bears opened up the game with fastbreak scores en r