Youth from Shawano County 4-H who exhibited dairy cattle at the 2015 Wisconsin State Fair won various individual and team awards for their efforts both before and during the fair. The Shawano County 4-H dairy exhibitors won the first-place Herdsmanship Award for counties with under 18 head of cattle. Herdsmanship refers to how neat, clean and organized the dairy cattle exhibit is kept by the youth.

Registration is open for the Community Education classes that start in September. The classes cover topics as diverse as canning tomatoes, dementia and the iPad. The fall classes include the following: • “The Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease”: The class runs from 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 1 in Room 103 of Shawano Community Middle School.

Shawano Police Department Aug. 26 Police logged 23 incidents, including the following: Theft — Items were reported stolen from a garage in the 800 block of South Main Street. Arrest — A 38-year-old man was taken into custody at the probation and parole offices, 1340 E. Green Bay St. Shoplifting — Walmart, 1244 E. Green Bay St., reported a female shoplifter had left the store with two Packers shirts. Shoplifting — Walmart, 1244 E.

Theresa J. Kopp, 80, of the town of Pella, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, at Greentree Health and Rehabilitation Center, Clintonville. The Eberhardt-Stevenson Funeral Home & Crematory, Clintonville, is assisting her family.

Frank Daniel LaRose, 63, of Shawano, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. Frank was born in Milwaukee on Dec. 3, 1951, to the late Frank W. and Delores E. (Zunker) LaRose. He graduated from Brown Deer High School in 1970 and enlisted in the United States Navy. In 1985, Frank moved to the Shawano area from Milwaukee. He was involved in the Shawano County Literacy Program and as a volunteer at the Shawano County Bread Basket.

Injured Green Bay Packers left tackle David Bakhtiari has missed the last two weeks of practice, but he plans to take his usual spot up front once the regular season begins. That’s about as specific as Bakhtiari got on Wednesday about why he has been sidelined in training camp. “Um, progress. It’s doing all right,” the third-year veteran said. The team has termed Bakhtiari’s injury as knee soreness.

Veteran nose tackle B.J. Raji knows well the challenging path that injured Green Bay Packers teammate Jordy Nelson must take the next several months. “Like anything else in life, you have to acknowledge it, accept it and then move forward,” Raji said Thursday.

Clintonville taxpayers will see a small decrease in their school district taxes this year. Voters approved a tax levy of $6,283,147 at the district’s annual meeting Monday. Last year’s levy was $6,283,431. The proposed levy assumes no increase in equalized valuation, which which won’t be known until October. The estimated tax rate will be $11.41 per $1,000 per assessed valuation, the same as last year.

The death of highway worker Derek Stempa, who was struck by a vehicle at a road construction site in May, as well as other accidents caused by inattentive driving, has prompted Shawano County Sheriff Adam Bieber to lobby for changes in state law that give law enforcement more leeway for prosecution. Bieber said he has been contacting state legislators with the proposed changes. Stempa, 30, of Shawano, was working as a flag person at the intersect