BAY ALL-CONFERENCE GIRLS SOCCER * - unanimous selection Player of the year: Alex Cording, Marinette. First team: Alex Cording*, senior, Marinette; Lauren Krcma*, junior, West De Pere; Maddie Sanderfoot*, senior, New London; Kaylee Siegel*, junior, Menasha; Sarah Dickmann, junior, Shawano; Asia Danforth, senior, Seymour; Kelsey Kominowski, senior, Seymour; Lydia Hillesheim, junior, West De Pere; Kate Delcore, sophomore, Luxemburg-Casco; Summer Wil

Recent graduates Jen Dowden and Alexa Reinke made their final basketball appearances as representatives of Bonduel High School last week. They played on the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Associaton’s Division 4 North all-star squad that lost to the South, 68-60, Friday in Wisconsin Dells. “We started off slow, but were able to get back into it,” said Bonduel coach Melissa Dowden, who was selected to coach the all-star team. Jen Dowden scored 10 po

Hard to believe in this era of heavy player movement, but of the 22 who started for the Green Bay Packers in their still unfathomable loss to Seattle in the NFC championship game, 21 remain with the team. Since the Packers started in a three-wide receiver set on offense and a nickel alignment on defense against the Seahawks, the only missing starter during the just-completed offseason workouts was cornerback Tramon Williams, who left in free agen

Gresham High School basketball star Christian Haffner will soon swap his Wildcats jersey for one with Marquette emblazoned across the front. The 6-foot-1 guard last week agreed to attend Marquette University as one of three preferred walk-ons and will begin workouts with the Division 1 school in Milwaukee on Monday. Haffner, who was valedictorian of Gresham’s Class of 2015, said it was his lifelong dream to play for either Marquette or Duke. Marq

Shawano Police Department June 24 Police logged 24 incidents, including the following: Disturbance — Police responded to a disturbance in the 200 block of South Andrews Street. Disturbance — Police responded to a disturbance in the 300 block of South Main Street. Disorderly — Police responded to a disorderly conduct complaint in the 300 block of South Washington Street. Vandalism — A wall was reported vandalized in the 300 block of East Green bay

Tigerton will soon have a new grocery store thanks to a lot of hard work by a local entrepreneur and financial assistance from local organizations. Judi Hegewald, owner of Cedar Street Market and Discount Foods LLC in Tigerton, recently received a $50,000 Shawano County revolving loan fund loan and a $10,000 revolving micro-loan from Shawano County Economic Progress Inc. Hegewald purchased the property at 234 Cedar St.

Shawano County’s nonunion employees will get 1 percent pay raises this summer, despite the reluctance of some county supervisors. The pay raises, effective July 1, will benefit about 280 of the county’s 330 employees and will cost taxpayers $57,457 this year.

Shawano County might follow in the footsteps of the city of Shawano and provide iPads for county supervisors to receive agendas, background information on resolutions and more. The County Board held an unscheduled discussion on the issue this week, but took no action. The county finance committee has discussed laptops several times in the past few months, but wanted to get the pulse of board members before proceeding with a purchase that could co

Our dear old Dad, Matthew Powless, 80, went to be with his ancestors Saturday, June 20, 2015, at home surrounded by his family following a brief illness. He was born Jan. 17, 1935, in Tigerton, the son of the late Peter and Marcella (Sickles) Powless. He was a member of the Oneida Nation and longtime resident of the Stockbridge-Munsee Reservation near Bowler.