The Shawano Park and Recreation Commission is recommending Bontrager Carpentry to replace the roof of the small chapel at Woodlawn Cemetery after voting unanimously June 26 in favor of the $56,900 bid. Four companies expressed interest in the project, but only two of them sent bids for the work, which city officials have said is long overdue.

The Gillett School Board is close to a decision on hiring a school resource officer. School officials have been talking for several months with city and county law enforcement about the idea of having a police officer whose main job would be to interact with students and school staff on a daily basis.

The Shawano Park and Recreation Commission is taking more aggressive steps to fight back against invasive plant species at four of the city’s parks. The commission approved a proposal from Green Elf, a new Shawano company, to spend $16,900 to kill invasive plants at Kuckuk, Sturgeon, Lieg and Channel parks that have been a challenge to the city.

Gillett and Suring school officials are having conversations about expanding their sports team co-ops, the Gillett School Board was told June 27. Athletic director Michael Kaczmarek emphasized that any talks are very preliminary, but the two school districts are coping with declining numbers. “Right now we co-op three sports — baseball, softball, wrestling — and that’s been successful for us, so now we want to expand that and look at all of our s

A falling inventory of homes for sale is helping to drive up prices in Shawano County, said Peter Thillman, executive director of Shawano County Economic Progress Inc.

Bill Hurley and Mike Daley grew up together in the 1960s and 1970s, so it’s only natural that 50-some years later, their music would reflect that era. “We sing along with our two acoustic guitars and a drum machine,” Daley said. “People can dance to us. We play a lot of Everly Brothers, Beatles, Eagles, Elvis, Simon and Garfunkel, Neil Diamond.” Hurley and Daley will perform from 6-8 p.m. July 9 at the Art Park in Wittenberg.

It had been six years since our three adult children have been home, all at the same time. Knowing our sons had planned on attending a relative wedding with us, which happened to fall on the Saturday before Father’s Day, wistfully I mentioned to our daughter a couple of weeks ago, wouldn’t it be nice if she could fly up from Texas? Earlier this month, she had thought her schedule wouldn’t allow it.

Pamela (Pam) Aroline Staude, 64, of Las Vegas, Nevada, unexpectedly passed away on Thursday, June 20, 2024, at Mountain View Hospital in Las Vegas. Pam was born on June 21, 1959, to the late Maynard and Lucille Schuettpelz in Oconto Falls, and grew up in Suring. It was in Suring that she met her future husband and love of her life. On Feb.

Members of the Shawano County Executive Committee agreed June 19 to participate in an opioid lawsuit settlement with the Kroger Co., which operates Pick ’n Save stores among others. The full Shawano County Board of Supervisors then adopted a resolution to the same at its June 26 meeting. County Board Chairman Tom Kautza said the funds the county gets from the settlement will be used for counseling and anti-drug programs sponsored by the Departmen