Maintaining a drug trafficking place A Bowler man was charged in Shawano-Menominee County Circuit Court on Tuesday with running a marijuana operation out of his home. Cody A. Miller, 26, is facing felony counts of manufacture and delivery of marijuana and maintaining a drug trafficking place.

The Shawano-Menominee Counties Health Department sent alerts to schools last week to be on the lookout for possible cases of enterovirus 68. Doctors suspect there are at least nine Wisconsin cases of the respiratory and stomach virus that has hospitalized hundreds of children around the country. Samples of nine suspected cases in the Madison area were sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week.

Area residents have until Friday to sign one of the uppermost steel beams of the new ThedaCare Medical Center-Shawano before they are hoisted into place. Plates that will be affixed to the uppermost steel beams, along with markers, are available in the main lobbies at Shawano Medical Center and ThedaCare Physicians-Shawano through Friday.

Nonprofit organizations have until Oct. 1 to apply for 2014 Shawano Area Community Foundation grants. The foundation, founded in 1990, awarded nearly $35,000 from its Shawano Area Fund to 12 organizations in 2013. Bonduel Emergency Medical Service used its $5,000 SACF grant toward the purchase of a $30,000 cardiac monitor, which measures cardiac rhythms and transmits them to an emergency room physician prior to the patient’s arrival.

First-year Bonduel School District Superintendent Patrick Rau said Wednesday that he was pleased with how his schools did on their state report cards released this week, especially the elementary school, which was ranked in the exceeding expectations category. “We’re definitely excited about our elementary school,” Rau said.

Gresham Community School FFA had a meeting/steak fry in Jeff Zobeck’s room Monday. Dues were paid — $15 for a membership and $25 for a membership and T-shirt. The meeting’s goal was to recruit new people to join FFA, which is open to students in grades 6-12. Homework club is looking for tutors to help out from 7-8 a.m and 3-5 p.m.

Walter W. Erdmann, 62, of Marinette, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. Walter was born in Shawano on May 9, 1952, to the late Roy and Elaine (Hopper) Erdmann. He graduated from Shawano High School in 1970. Walter enlisted in the Army and served in Vietnam. Walter enjoyed his visits with the veterans and playing cards with them, many times bringing his dog, Candy, with him.

Delores May Wasserford, 85, formerly of Lyndhurst, passed away on Tuesday morning, Sept. 16, 2014, at Maple Lane Health Care Center in Shawano, where she had been a resident for the past three years. Delores was born at home on May 1, 1929, in Shawano County, a daughter of the late John F. and Esther C. (Ruppenthal) Page. She attended country schools and later graduated from Gresham High School.

Mary L. Thyssen, 84, Minocqua, passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, with her family at her side. She was born in De Pere on March 18, 1930, to the late Michael and Luella (Miller) Houle. Mary married Edward Thyssen in 1949. He preceded her in death on July 12, 1991. She was loved by many because of her kind and gentle soul. Mary had a deep love for children and flower gardening. She loved wildlife and her many pets.