Sometimes mail can be strange. In my teen years, I was pen pals with some of my cousins who lived far away, so I didn’t see them more than once or twice a year. I remember eagerly awaiting a reply from them after I had sent a letter. I don’t like to complain about the postal workers, as they are out doing their job in all kinds of weather, but it seems to me that mail traveled faster in the 1950s than it does in 2015.

I’m sitting here on Easter Sunday afternoon, with my husband snoozing in his recliner, and all is quiet. For the first time ever, our family had our Easter gathering on Saturday — and all because of the Milwaukee Brewers’ opening game on Monday. Actually, it worked out well. The hunt for Easter baskets (in the house) seems to get easier the older the grandkids get.

Grant Staszak, who lost a bid to return to the president’s post in Bonduel this week, has put his name in to fill the trustee’s position that will be left vacant by the candidate who defeated him. Staszak lost the race in Tuesday’s spring election to Trustee Sharon Wussow, 146-117. Wussow and Staszak finished in a virtual tie in the February primary to defeat incumbent Melvin Wendland, who has served as president for six years and as trustee for

Charles Elroy “Chuck” Massey, 59, began his journey to the spirit world on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, with his mother by his side at home in Keshena. Chuck was born July 26, 1955, in Keshena to Joan (nee Blumreich) Massey and the late William H. Massey. Chuck spent his early years, on the Menominee Reservation, Milwaukee, Spruce and Greenleaf, Mississippi. In 1967, he and his brother Butch moved to Mississippi to live with their father.

Lois A. Barry, 81, of Shawano, passed away on Friday, April 10, 2015, in Shawano. Arrangements are pending with Swedberg Funeral Home in Shawano. www.swedbergfuneralhome.com

A Cecil man was arrested Friday after a nearly four-hour standoff in the town of Washington. Authorities responded to a call of a disturbance at the Country Lane Estates mobile home park just after 2 p.m., the Shawano County Sheriff’s Department said. The initial report indicated that a 44-year-old Cecil man had been involved in a disturbance and subsequently barricaded himself inside one of the manufactured housing units. Authorities were advise

Shawano Police Department April 9 Police logged 29 incidents, including the following: Threatening — Police responded to a threatening complaint in the 400 block of West Lieg Avenue. Fire — Police assisted at the scene of a fire call in the 100 block of South Main Street. Smoke was reported due to a pellet stove fire.

The Shawano School District is still seeking a board member for a vacant seat, while an incumbent on the Bonduel School Board who chose not to run again won a write-in for another term. In Shawano, incumbent Jay Jones decided not to run for another two-year term to fill the Shawano School Board seat representing the town of Herman, and no candidates came forward to vie for his seat. There were no write-ins from the town in Tuesday’s spring electi

Shawano County authorities were able to intervene in time to save an 82-year-old Birnamwood woman from a $50,000 scam Thursday. The Shawano County Sheriff’s Department reported the woman had been contacted by a man identifying himself as a law enforcement official from another state.