Mequon Frechette loves the sound of the hometown crowd. The mixed martial arts amateur fighter will hear it again as he takes on Fond du Lac amateur Aaron Drouse in a match Saturday at Menominee Casino Resort’s King of the Cage: Dynamite event. “It’s awesome, man. It really is,” Frechette said. “It’s an experience. Every time I walk out the place goes nuts. I can barely hear the announcer when they say my name. It’s crazy.

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A Shawano software company has entered into a partnership with the Menominee Indian Tribe’s Wolf River Development Company. Representatives of Merydyan Technologies, LLC, and the WRDC signed a contract Friday establishing WRDC’s investment in the start-up software company. “We’re very excited to team up with a local business as prestigious as the Wolf River Development Company,” said Dennis Sheldon, Merydyan president and CEO.

A town of Washington bar operator already facing drug charges from an undercover sting in September is now facing new charges after a second bust last week. Tyler R.

Shawano County will have to look at either altering its existing ordinance on cell phone towers or doing away with it in light of new state regulations. Wisconsin Act 20, the state’s 2013-14 budget bill, stripped most of the local control municipalities and counties have over when and where cell towers can be built.

Yet another delay stalled final approval Wednesday for a special zoning exception for the petting zoo at Anello’s Torch Lite. The Shawano Plan Commission for its third monthly meeting in a row seemed inclined to grant the special exception, but is still waiting for a license to be granted by the U.S.

Juniors took home four of the six most valuable player awards presented Tuesday at Bonduel High School’s fall sports banquet. Junior running back Hunter VanderLinden was named the most valuable player for the football team, which reached Level 2 of the WIAA Division 5 playoffs. Jacob Wudtke, a senior linebacker, was named defensive player of the year. Race McClone was named lineman of the year.

Northeast Wisconsin Technical College has developed an innovative way to help recent high school graduates transition to college life, and it is doing it one class at a time. The Shawano campus is providing students ages 18-23 a different way to take courses.

Phyllis T. Hesselink, 90, of Shawano, passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning, Nov. 6, 2013, at Evergreen Care Center in Shawano, where she had been a resident for the past two years. Funeral service arrangements are pending and will be announced later. Schroeder-Mickelson Funeral Service of Shawano is assisting the family with the funeral service arrangements. www.schroedermickelsonfuneralservice.com