22 August 2014

Disease won’t keep her down

When you’re 22 and an athlete, you don’t expect to have pill bottles lined up on your kitchen table. But Amanda Jaskolski, of Shawano, needs the four medications in her battle with lupus nephritis, a kidney inflammation caused by a disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks cells and organs. Jaskolski, a 2010 graduate of Shawano Community High School, became ill in January 2013 while attending Thomas University in Thomasville, Georgia. “I
22 August 2014
Public Record
Shawano Police Department Aug.
22 August 2014
History group bellies up to the bars
When Darlene Heller, Shawano County Historical Society archives director, began work on the group’s display for this year’s Shawano County Fair, she was pleasantly surprised. “I had no idea there were going to be that many bars,” she said. Heller and her helpers gathered a plethora of information, pictures and artifacts for the display, “Bars, Ballrooms, Brothels and Breweries,” that will be featured in the fairgrounds’ Farmers Building when the
22 August 2014
And the Corny goes to ...
Only two nights remain on the Shawano Speedway schedule for the 2014 race season. This marks a good time to honor this year’s Corny Awards. If you remember back a year ago, I rolled out the first edition of the Corny Awards, named after longtime racer, flagman and race promoter Warren “Corny” Schmidt.
22 August 2014
Receivers on the bubble await their fate
With first-round cuts Tuesday, Friday’s preseason game against Oakland might have been the last chance for players on the bubble to prove their worth. This is especially evident in the Green Bay Packers’ deep receiving squad, where young players are learning what they can from the team veterans. “I think we are doing pretty well,” said Gerrard Sheppard, a first-year Packer.
22 August 2014
High School Highlights
GIRLS TENNIS Shawano goes 1-2 at Pulaski invite Shawano received first-round victories from No. 2 singles player Isabelle Carroll, No. 3 Hannah Neumann and No. 4 Holly Schwecke to edge Ashwaubenon 4-3, but dropped the final two rounds in a triple dual match Friday. The Hawks also received a first-round win from the No.
22 August 2014
Shawano wins big in season opener
Shawano Community High School scored 28 points in the second quarter en route to a season opening 28-7 victory Friday at Lakeland Union High School in Minocqua. The Hawks and Lakeland were deadlocked until an 8-yard touchdown run by senior Chase Henning early in the second quarter.
22 August 2014
Cats come up short in opener
The Bowler/Gresham high school football team needed just 9 yards and a few more seconds in a 32-28 loss Friday to Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah in Bowler. Trailing 32-28 in the final minutes, the Cats moved from their own 15-yard line to the Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah 9-yard line with five seconds left in the game. Bowler/Gresham (0-1) took a stab at throwing, but senior quarterback Thomas Kazik missed tight end Chase Nueske in the corner of the end zone,
22 August 2014
Packers beat Raiders, 31-21
Skip the rest of the preseason.
22 August 2014
Grandma’s day out
With the month of August drawing to a close, it was time for a grandma day. They have changed greatly over the years, as the grandkids are growing up and branching out on their own. Even with the three that attend high school yet, one was working, so he couldn’t go. That made it an all girl day in Green Bay. I picked up two granddaughters in Tigerton and headed to Green Bay in a torrent of rain.
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