A Shawano County business owner is recovering from a fire that gutted his house near Loon Lake. Jim DeBaere, who owns the Whistle Stop restaurant in Gresham, said he lost everything when fire broke out Tuesday night inside the home he shared with his father on Lakewood Court in the town of Wescott. “It’s a total loss,” he said.

Growing Shawano’s business community would seem to be a common theme for all six candidates running for mayor in the spring election, but there are differing points of view about whether enough has been done along those lines so far. Voters will go to the polls for the primary election on Feb.

Two men allegedly involved in an exchange of gunfire in Shawano on Monday night have been charged with felony counts of reckless endangerment. Tony J. Brunker, 23, and Andrew E.

The record-breaking $800 million Powerball jackpot is the stuff of dreams, but it all boils down to math.

The biggest lottery jackpot ever has Shawano-area players dreaming just as big. Ticket sales soared at local outlets Friday as residents dug into their pockets and rolled the dice on the history-making $800 million Powerball jackpot. “You’ve got to take a chance,” said Linda Haapala, who bought three tickets at John’s One Stop store north of town on state Highway 47. Asked how she would spend her winnings, Haapala said she had not really made any

BOYS BASKETBALL Shiocton 64 Bonduel 58 Bonduel senior Peyton Czarapata scored 18 points, and Trevor Pedersen added 12 points, but the Bears could not keep up with Shiocton on the road Friday night. Trailing by one at half, the Chiefs (5-4, 3-1 Central Wisconsin Conference-8) outscored Bonduel (3-5, 1-3 Central Wisconsin Conference-8) in the second half to secure the victory. Gage Petcka added nine points in the loss. Gresham 82 Tri-County 56 Neal

Coming into Friday’s contest on a five-game win streak, the Shawano Community High School girls basketball team looked lost throughout most of its 64-26 loss to Seymour. The Thunder, who were riding a two-game losing streak, jumped out to a quick lead, scoring the first nine points before conceding a Sara Hokenstad jumper 4 minutes and 32 seconds into the game. “How we prepared mentally and how practice was all week, that’s how we played,” Shawan

The injured starting left tackle could be inching closer to a return. The left guard has been bothered by a sore back but has been playing well enough to be an All-Pro selection again. The tight ends could play bigger roles come Sunday. The Green Bay Packers are bracing for the Washington Redskins’ pass rush in a wild-card playoff game Sunday. Washington has 17 sacks over the last four games.

BOYS SWIM Tomahawk 88 Shawano 80 Shawano swimmer Griffin Rades won two events, the 200-yard freestyle and 500 freestyle in Thursday’s loss in Tomahawk. Conner Angeli and Cayman Kunschke placed in first and second place, respectively, in the 200 individual medley, while James Krueger and Jeffrey Green did the same in the 100 backstroke. Shawano’s 400 freestyle relay team of Green, Kyle Easter, Angeli and Rades also placed in first in a time of 3:5