Police arrested a 56-year-old Gillett woman for armed robbery and battery Friday after she allegedly used a knife to rob the owner of Guerrero Grocery Store, 520 S. Main St., in Shawano. Police said the woman, dressed in all black clothing, including a black mask, demanded money from the store owner. The robbery occurred at 5:55 p.m.

The Shawano Community Legion baseball team pulled away with a five-run sixth inning to beat Clintonville 11-5 Thursday at Memorial Park. “In the first couple of games of the season we’ve had here, we’ve kind of fallen behind and didn’t battle back,” Shawano coach Will Gillis said.

Steve Conradt became a member of St. John Lutheran Church, Hermansfort, in 1956 when he was baptized by the Rev. Herman Wegner. Conradt never guessed that almost 60 years later, a prediction Wegner shared with Conradt’s mother that day would come true — at that very church. “He told my mom the day of baptism that someday I would be a pastor,” Conradt said. “We always laughed about that.” At 3 p.m. Sunday, the St.

At least five people with Shawano ties will be among the 1,000 volunteers providing free dental care to an expected 2,000 patients Friday and Saturday at the Wisconsin Dental Association’s Mission of Mercy in Green Bay. The sixth annual event will provide critical dental care to low-income adults and children.

Travelers on the Mountain Bay Trail might have thought they stepped back in time as a group of teenagers in pioneer clothing and pushing handcarts full of gear passed by Thursday. These “pioneers,” however, were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who were learning about their faith and their religion’s founders. “It’s really cool to see everyone so willing to do this to see what our ancestors did for our religion,” said Ha

Lloyd George Przybylski, 81, Zachow, passed away on Wednesday, June 25, 2014, following a courageous battle with cancer. Lloyd was born on March 17, 1933, to the late George and Violet (Luepke) Przybylski in Green Bay. On June 9, 1962, Lloyd was united in marriage to Virginia Alice Kowalkowski. The couple farmed for many years in the town of Angelica near Krakow.

Jessie E. Neuman, 98, of Tigerton, passed away Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at her daughter’s home under the loving care of family and nurses with Ministry Hospice. The former Jessie Ella Kading was born July 24, 1915, in Whitcomb, the daughter of Christ and Olga (Schroeder) Kading. She grew up in Whitcomb and attended school there until the eighth grade. Then she went to St. John’s Lutheran School, Tigerton, and was confirmed in 1929.

Arnold George Krause Sr., 87, of Shawano, passed away Wednesday, June 25, 2014, in Appleton. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, June 30, 2014, at St. Paul Lutheran Church-Stony Hill in the town of Richmond with the Rev. John C. Eyer officiating. Burial will be in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Shawano with military rites conducted by the Shawano VFW Post 2723. Visitation will be held at the church on Monday from 9:30 a.m.

Shirley Mae Buckley Villeneuve, 81, former resident of Devon Court, widow of Romeald Charles “Bud” Villeneuve, died Friday, June 20, 2014, at Emeritus at Hawthorne Inn in Greenville, South Carolina. Born in Chicago on Dec. 23, 1932, she was a daughter of the late Chester W. and Stella Sims Buckley. Mrs. Villeneuve was a homemaker who loved her family and will be remembered as a gifted seamstress that would often make clothes for her family.