Shawano Police Department Dec. 24 Police logged 28 incidents, including the following: Theft — Decorations were reported stolen in the 600 block of East Division Street. OWI — A 37-year-old man was arrested for operating while intoxicated at Elizabeth and Main streets. Shoplifting — Police responded to a shoplifting complaint at Walmart, 1244 E.

Burglary A Shawano teen has been charged with a felony count of burglary for allegedly breaking into the main office of the Shawano County Fairgrounds in November of last year. Brandon D. Ehlke, 19, could face a maximum 12½ years in prison and a $25,000 fine if found guilty. He is also charged with misdemeanor counts of theft and criminal damage to property. According to the criminal complaint, Ehlke broke into the fairgrounds offices on Nov.

A Birnamwood man recently sentenced in Shawano County on 54 counts of child porn possession will face a jury trial on similar charges in Portage County. A Portage County judge last week rejected a no-contest plea from Christopher J.

With no snow to plow, public works crews in the Shawano area are saving money while finding non-traditional winter work to stay busy. Road salt piles stand nearly untouched, and snowplow trucks are parked indefinitely as the region experiences December weather that feels more like October. Public works crews, meanwhile, are taking advantage of the unusually mild winter to make progress on such duties as leaf removal, tree trimming and sewer maint

A Marion woman was reported dead at the scene of a Christmas Eve crash in the town of Seneca Thursday. According to the Shawano County Sheriff’s Department, a 33-year-old male from De Pere was driving eastbound on state Highway 29 just before 6 p.m.

To the editor: After following the rules and removing all plants from the four lots I tend at Graceland Cemetery on time, I was surprised to get a call from another cemetery lot owner telling me all discarded materials from other lots had been placed on the historic Kuester lot located right on the circle in front of the chapel.

Running out onto the field or court during a stoppage in play is an athletic trainer’s only time in the spotlight. Beyond that, their domain is an athletic training room, and in the case of Sally Egan, who works at Shawano Community High School, a crowded room, between the boys and girls locker rooms, holding two training tables, an ice chest and a wall of cabinets, with boxes of materials situated everywhere. “I’m here from even before the bell

Shawano County’s 312th barn quilt is a bright gold sunrise pattern, with a silhouette of a rooster, appropriately called Rise and Shine. It is on display on a barn on a farm owned by Bill and Nancy Netzel, E10112 Behnke Road, Clintonville. “We had wanted to sponsor a quilt for our barn for quite some time, and we think it turned out beautifully,” Nancy Netzel said.

What was reported by Shawano police earlier this week to be a possible scam turned out Wednesday to be a misunderstanding, after a supposedly fake basement inspector was caught by officers — and turned out to be an actual basement inspector. Police reported that a male driving a silver crossover-type vehicle, with an unknown plate number, came to a Shawano residence on Monday claiming to be from the “water company.” The man stated he was there fo