Shawano officials will vote Monday on whether to designate a dog park in the city when the finance committee and Common Council meet for back-to-back special meetings. The park and recreation committee on Wednesday recommended a 6-acre portion of city-owned property along Sunset Boulevard, between Pick ‘N Save and Channel Trace. The property had been used as farm land and will need to be developed as a dog park, which will include cultivation and

Several contested races around the county will be decided Tuesday, along with several referenda and a statewide judicial contest. Incumbents in most communities, including the city of Shawano, are running unopposed in Tuesday’s spring election. Voters in the village of Bonduel will choose between two candidates to determine who will fill the president’s seat for the next two years. Trustee Sharon Wussow and past president Grant Staszak are both v

Editor’s note: Village Trustee Sharon Wussow and past village president Grant Staszak will face off in Tuesday’s election for village president in Bonduel. The Shawano Leader posed several questions to them. Why are you running? Staszak: I’ve served the village as president in the past and would be honored to do that again if the residents want that.

Shawano Police Department April 2 Police logged 20 incidents, including the following: Fraud — Police responded to a telephone scam complaint in the 100 block of East Center Street. Hit and Run — Police responded to a property damage hit-and-run in the 500 block of South Main Street. Theft — Police responded to a property theft complaint in the 300 block of Lakeland Road. Theft — Police responded to a property theft complaint on Briarwood Lane. J

The Clintonville Common Council plans to discuss establishing a dog park in the city at its April 14 meeting. City Park and Recreation Director Justin McCuly said this week he had researched potential sites for the park, which include the Pigeon Lake Wayside area off Eighth Street and Bucholtz Park, near the outdoor swimming pool. Alderwoman Gloria Dunlavy said she favored the Pigeon Lake location because it was near a walking trail in Pickerel P

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles profiling winners of the Celebration of Giving awards presented annually by Shawano Area Community Foundation Inc. for outstanding volunteerism. The winners will be honored at a gala April 14. With priorities firmly in order, Fred Pape tells a waitress that it doesn’t matter whether she brings him orange juice or tomato juice. “Either one, I don’t care,” he said.

BASEBALL Shawano 6 Oconto 0 Grant Waino pitched Shawano to a season-opening win Thursday on the Hawks’ home field. Waino gave up only two hits in five innings of work, striking out 10 and issuing two walks. Chase Henning provided the offensive spark, with two hits — both doubles — and three RBIs in three trips to the plate.

In the spring, a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. So we are told, anyway.

Repeating the fast start in last year’s Central Wisconsin Conference-8 race would be a great way to kick off the baseball season at Bonduel High School. Bonduel went 4-1 to open the 2014 conference season before running into eventual league co-champs Pacelli and Shiocton, whose sweeps of their home-and-home series sent the Bears on a five-game losing streak and quashed their bid to defend the conference crown they won in 2013. There is no waiting