The Shawano School District held a listening session July 18 to get feedback on the revisions to its capital projects, which total $52.9 million, about $1.6 million less than what the district pushed for in the April referendum. One participant said it wasn’t clear which projects were “needs” versus “wants,” something that some people indicated was a reason they voted no in April.

Earl Schmidt, who served as district attorney, state representative and judge for Shawano and Menominee counties died July 14.

The College of Menominee Nation (CMN) has a new bachelor of arts degree program in integrated studies in sustainability (ISS) for prospective college students seeking an interdisciplinary education rooted in Indigenous values and sustainability principles. This innovative program offers students an opportunity to tailor their education through two distinct emphasis tracks: sustainability and communications. “Our new bachelor of arts in integrated

Shawano County supervisors are expected to approve a zoning request July 24 that would allow for the construction of a school for the Amish community near Cecil. Daniel Mast, acting as an agent for property owners Henry Stutzman and Allen Lambright, requested a zone change on a 2.09-acre parcel on Old Road 22 at state Highway 22 in the Town of Washington. Currently, the site is vacant agricultural crop land. “The other school got full, and we dec

Don’t let the recent spell of hot weather fool you – heavy rains and flooding remain a distinct possibility this summer. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) encourages private well owners to consider testing their drinking water after significant rainfall and flooding.

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds beachgoers to watch for blue-green algae this summer. Blue-green algae can have harmful effects on humans and pets, including illness if swallowed or inhaled in water droplets or irritation if rubbed on the skin. Blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria, are photosynthetic bacteria and can appear in two distinct ways.

I confess that the hot weather found me sitting near a fan with a book. “The Corpse in the Cabana” by Shéa MacLeod is the first in her Viola Roberts series of cozy mysteries. It opens with Viola and her friend, Cheryl Delaney, arriving in St. Petersburg, Florida, for the annual Novel Writers of America conference. Viola’s genre is cowboy/romance.

The story my father told me about my great-great grandmother’s cast iron pot was in large part corroborated by a distant cousin, Donna Holschuh Haanen. Her book, “The Holzschuh Families of Geisfeld, Germany,” was published in 2007. It took Donna (whose name is spelled without the z) 10 years to compile the book, but it’s absolutely priceless.

South Central Division July 19 Plover 11 at Scandinavia 10 WP Kaden Thauer LP Sterling Lutz Plover hitters Matt Glodowski 2x4 Bennett Klish 2x4 Brady Houston 2x3 Scandinavia hitters Jesse Dickert 3x4 Landon Moe 2x3 Caleb Bembanek 2x5 July 21 Winneconne 9, WeyMont 0, forfeit New London – BYE Northern Division July 21 Wittenberg 14, Aniwa 5 WP: Dominic Anderson LP: Chris Sippl Wittenberg 22 hits Pierson Potrykus 4x6 Dalton Zeinert 4x6, 2 2B Zach Ur