Shawano County officials are in the process of authorizing spending up to $300,000 for a house that sits on land needed for a possible courthouse expansion project.

The house at 217 W. Third St., Shawano, is on the block west and south of the current courthouse. If a new courthouse and housing pod for the jail are authorized by the county board this spring, the site of the house would be needed for the project.

A former Oconto Falls High School teacher facing nearly a dozen felony counts relating to sexual misconduct waived his preliminary hearing in Oconto County Circuit Court on Feb. 13.

Judge Jay Conley accepted Gayle Gander’s waiver, with an arraignment now scheduled for 3 p.m. March 26.

Gander, 60, remains free on a $75,000 cash bond.

Anglers will soon have another month to harvest brook, brown and rainbow trout in streams, ponds and springs.

Beginning this year, the harvest season will change from the first Saturday in May, Wisconsin’s general inland season opener, to the first Saturday in April.

Tucked in the back of Mimi’s Closet and More’s vendor village is an unassuming booth that carries a very unique product, Elderberry Syrup Brew Kits.

Bonnie Cotter, of Shawano, is the owner of Bonnie’s Naturals. She began selling her special handcrafted elderberry syrup brew kits recently in her booth at 105 N. Airport Road, Shawano.

“I always am being creative on how to help other people,” Cotter said.

A new exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., looks back on the career of the late Truman Lowe, a Ho-Chunk artist and educator known for his ability to make wood look like water.

Thirteen players are listed on the Oconto Falls boys basketball roster, but this night belonged to Jameson Beaman.

Not only did the senior score a game-high 27 points Feb. 12 to help lead the Panthers to a 93-32 win over Coleman on their home court, he also became the Oconto Falls basketball program’s all-time leading scorer, breaking a record that had stood for more than three decades.

Monday, Feb. 16

Mosinee 53, Shawano 43

The Hawks lost 53-43 in a physical nonconference matchup at Mosinee.

During the game, Leah Nordin eclipsed the 1,000 career rebound mark and led Shawano with 20 points.

Monday, Feb. 16

Wittenberg-Birnamwood 47, Menominee Nation 41

Wittenberg-Birnamwood’s boys improved to 9-2 in the CWC-East Conference and 17-5 overall with a 47-41 win over Menominee Nation.

The Eagles are 5-7 in the conference and 12-10 overall.

Other scores: Three Lakes 80, Bowler 46; White Lake 68, Gillett 45; Gresham 65, Wild Rose 50; Crivitz 67, Suring 40.

Joan Mae Sheehy passed away Feb. 11 after a long and blessed life of 90 years.

Joan was born on May 5, 1935, at home in Oconto Falls to Gottlieb and Emma (Freitag) Tisch.

After graduating from Oconto Falls High School in 1953, she attended Wisconsin State College, Oshkosh, graduating in 1957.