The Shawano Leader

Family ties keep Bieber from 3rd term

Published by admin on Fri, 01/14/2022 - 3:07pm

There’s going to be a new sheriff in town as Adam Bieber has opted not to run for a third term.

Bieber recently announced that he’s opting for family first in his life and bowing out as the county’s top cop. He said he hasn’t decided if he’s going to continue in law enforcement after his term concludes at the end of 2022 or pursue a different kind of job, but he’s going to focus on his family.

Housing development OK’d for old SMC land

Published by admin on Thu, 01/13/2022 - 3:13pm

The Shawano Common Council approved a deal Jan. 12 with Van’s Realty and Construction to build 15 single-family homes on the old Shawano Medical Center site, ending an eight-year limbo in which the city had been trying to come up with the best use for the site.

School district makes case on facility needs

Published by admin on Wed, 01/12/2022 - 8:33am

The Shawano School District is facing declining enrollment, which means declining revenues, at a time when it is also having to catch up on deferred maintenance and expand facilities that are decades old.

Public Record

Published by admin on Tue, 01/11/2022 - 2:48pm

Shawano Police Department

Jan. 10

Officers responded to 20 calls, including bail jumping at Four Seasons, 201 N. Airport Drive; car property damage on East Green Bay Street; an assault on state Highway 47-55; a disturbance at People’s Express South, 716 S. Main St.; car property damage on Northridge Drive.

Jan. 9

Officers responded to 16 calls, including a disturbance on East Richmond Street; a disturbance on South Lincoln Street; a hit-and-run on East Lieg Avenue; a hit-and-run on East Center Street; a threat on East Richmond Street.

Jan. 8

Court News

Published by admin on Tue, 01/11/2022 - 2:47pm

• Cherie L. Laurent, 53, Clintonville, was charged Jan. 3 with one count of operating while intoxicated (fifth offense). Judge William F. Kussel Jr. set a cash bond of $1,500 and scheduled a resumed initial appearance for Jan. 24.

• Katie B. Beaver, 25, Oconto Falls, was charged Jan. 3 with one count of possession of THC (second or subsequent offense), four counts of bail jumping and one misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia. Judge Katherine Sloma set a signature bond of $2,500 and scheduled a resumed initial appearance for March 11.

Woman held in shooting incident at estranged husband’s house

Published by admin on Tue, 01/11/2022 - 2:36pm

Bond was set at $500,000 on Jan. 7 for a former Tigerton area woman accused of shooting her estranged husband in the leg during an argument over another woman.

Tina L. McCandless, 48, of Menasha, was charged with attempted first-degree homicide and first-degree recklessly endangerment in connection with the Jan. 4 incident at her husband’s home on Dent Creek Road in the Town of Morris.

Judge Katherine Sloma adjourned McCandless’ initial appearance until 1:30 p.m. Jan. 19.

Gresham school goes back to mask mandate

Published by admin on Tue, 01/11/2022 - 10:10am

The issue of whether masks should be required in Gresham Community School divided the Gresham School Board on Jan. 10, but a new mandate was put into place for at least two weeks.

Omicron variant taxing Shawano hospital, others

Published by LPulaski on Mon, 01/10/2022 - 6:08pm

The omicron variant of COVID-19 is taxing hospital systems in northeast Wisconsin and Shawano’s in particular, but steps are being taken to keep the systems from breaking down completely.

Patrons warm up with soup at the library

Published by admin on Sat, 01/08/2022 - 1:50pm

Visitors to the Shawano County Library had the opportunity to warm up as temperatures dipped below 20 degrees on Jan. 7.
Library officials offered every patron a cup of Italian wedding soup as they entered the library.
“This is our January thaw,” said library assistant Helen Rowinski. “We have soups available every Friday at 11:30 a.m. in January.”
Librarian Paige Crawford said that this is something that the library likes to do for the community.

School board approves virtual learning plan

Published by LPulaski on Thu, 01/06/2022 - 6:31pm

The Shawano School Board voted 7-1 Jan. 6 on a plan to initiate virtual learning plans if there are too many staff members absent to allow for classrooms to be monitored and taught, with a note from administrators that they hope they never have to use it.

However, it’s questionable if it will never be implemented, as the district had 35 staff members absent the day before, with 13 positions that could not be filled with substitute teachers. Positive COVID test numbers have spiked ever since school returned to session earlier in the week.