Gov. Scott Walker could wait until after the November election to decide the fate of a casino in Kenosha. Walker’s administration announced Friday that it received a six-month extension to make a decision on whether to approve the Menominee tribe’s request to open an $800 million off-reservation casino in Kenosha. That moves the deadline from Aug. 23 to Feb. 19. The election is Nov.

The Kmart store in Shawano will close to the public in mid-July, a company official confirmed Friday. The store will remain open for customers until then and will begin its liquidation sale on May 4, according to Howard Riefs, director of Corporate Communications for Sears Holdings, the parent company of Kmart. Riefs said in an email that the store has 55 employees.

Hawks lose to Denmark The Shawano Community High School baseball team lost to Denmark 9-1 to open Bay Conference play Friday in Denmark. Grant Wainio took the loss for Shawano (0-2, 0-1 Bay), pitching 4 2/3 innings and giving up four runs, six hits and two walks. Tanner Umentum earned the win for Denmark (3-1).

The Bonduel High School baseball team was no match for Turner Doornink and Clintonville in a nonconference game Friday at Olen Park in Clintonville. Doornink had a first-inning single and a second-inning home run to deep center field that put the Truckers up 4-0. He finished with four RBIs. “He’s on fire right now,” Clintonville coach Dean Muthig said. “He’s seeing the ball really well and he’s putting good swings on it.

Like a displeased parent of a teenager, Mother Nature has taken the Shawano Speedway keys away for at least one more week. Soggy conditions forced the speedway to delay the start of its season until track conditions improve. Opening night, originally set for April 19, has been moved to April 26. “The track isn’t ready,” said Dale Hodkiewicz, Shawano Speedway president. “It’s wet, it’s sloppy, the grounds are wet, the pits are wet.

Menominee Indian School District’s recent Scholarship Gala raised more than $21,450 for the district’s scholarship fund. The total is more than $4,000 more than last year’s inaugural event. “We are amazed by, and thankful for, the generosity of the people in our community as well as our vendors and partner businesses and organizations,” said Kate Mikle, event chair.

Shawano Police Department April 9 Police logged 23 incidents, including the following: Juvenile — Police responded to a juvenile problem at Hillcrest Primary School, 1410 S.

Silvia Voss was looking for a place to hold yoga classes when she spotted the perfect location. “I was driving down Main Street and I thought, ‘This is it,’” Voss said. “This is where I want to teach yoga.” She has opened WholisticYoga Center at 138 S. Main St., in Shawano. A grand opening was held in March.

A Seymour man accused of burning down a house he co-owned with a Freedom man in the town of Wittenberg pleaded no contest Thursday to a felony count of arson. Robert F. Geenen, 45, had also been charged with making a fraudulent insurance claim.