Shawano Police Department Oct. 5 Police logged 25 incidents, including the following: Suspicious — Police responded to a suspicious vehicle complaint in the 500 block of South Main Street. Shoplifting — A shoplifting incident at Charlie’s County Market, 521 S. Main St., was under investigation. Auto Theft — A truck was reported stolen at Buss Chevrolet, 1255 E.

The 2016 presidential election will be heating up, and Shawano seventh- and eighth-graders could be witnesses to history. For the first time in many years, Shawano Community Middle School is planning a special field trip for students next March to Washington, D.C. If the School Board approves and families can afford the cost, students will spend three days touring the nation’s capital during the final months of President Obama’s tenure as command

Sandra “Sandy” L. Gebert, 61, of Clintonville, passed away Monday, Oct. 5, 2015, at ThedaCare Medical Center-Shawano. The Eberhardt-Stevenson Funeral Home & Crematory, Clintonville, is assisting her family.

Vernel Lee “Vern” High, 70, of Keshena, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015, in Appleton. Vern was born in Keshena, on June 4, 1945, to the late Alice Peters. He was a contractor in home building, and loved his job.

Katherine Elizabeth Velte, 62, of Shawano, passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. Arrangements are pending with Swedberg Funeral Home. www.swedbergfuneralhome.com

Two veteran Shawano County employees are retiring after careers covering a combined 60 years in county government. Linda Waggoner, director of the Women, Infants and Children program in the health department, recently retired after 29 years on the job. Waggoner, who was honored at a recent County Board meeting, oversaw an increase of from 400 to 700 low-income families served by the WIC program locally. Kathy Sumnicht, the longtime office manager

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation held its first public meeting on proposed improvements to state Highway 22 in Shawano on Tuesday. The project will focus on Main Street from County Road B to Zingler Avenue, and Green Bay Street from Main to County Road BE. Construction is expected to take place in 2019. The DOT listed several issues needing to be addressed along the route, including deteriorating pavement; deteriorating railroad crossin

Artists stepped out of their studios over the weekend and showed local residents and visitors alike how they turn blank canvases, sheets of steel, blocks of marble and more into amazing displays. More than 40 artists set up shop at seven sites throughout Shawano County for the fifth annual Miles of Art festival and visited with close to 1,000 people over the course of two days.

The Shawano Community High School girls tennis team did not advance any players to the WIAA Division 1 sectionals Monday, marking the end of the 2015 season for the Hawks. Many of the flights were ranked in the bottom two of the nine competing teams, meaning they needed to play an extra game to get into the eight-team subsectional bracket in a split meet in Green Bay and De Pere. Hannah Newmann, at No.