The Shawano Leader

Election 2022 — Shawano County Board District 14

Published by admin on Mon, 03/28/2022 - 2:11pm

In the April 5 general election, voters will be deciding on one spot between two candidates for representation of District 14 on the Shawano County Board of Supervisors.

Incumbent Deb Noffke will be defending her seat against challenger Jeremy Gretzinger for the spot.

NEW Media sent questionnaires to the candidates in order to provide candidates’ opinions on key issues that the county has dealt with and discussed in recent years. Gretzinger’s responses were published last week.

Superintendent: School closing off the table

Published by LPulaski on Mon, 03/28/2022 - 1:28pm

The Shawano School District will not be closing one of its schools after all, according to a notice sent out to parents March 25 by Superintendent Randi Anderson.

The announcement came a few days after a Shawano School Board meeting in which parents and community members filled the Shawano Community High School library to protest the plans and urged the district to consider other methods, like calling for an operational referendum or using the fund balance.

Menominee drug abuse issue prompts community meeting

Published by LPulaski on Mon, 03/28/2022 - 10:08am

The Menominee Tribal Legislature held a meeting March 26 to get community input on what else can be done to stem the issue of drugs on the reservation in light of recent deaths from overdoses.

“We’d planned already on this path of reaching out to our community, but apparently not soon enough,” Chairman Ron Corn Sr. said during a news conference prior to the meeting. “We’ve had a rash of loss of life just recently, and the leadership just felt that the time is now to have this community engagement.”

Two killed in Town of Richmond shooting incident

Published by admin on Sat, 03/26/2022 - 8:27am

Officials say a Shawano County Sheriff’s deputy is on administrative leave after shooting a man who had shot and killed a woman moments earlier in the Town of Richmond.

The incident occurred at about 3:55 p.m. March 25, according to a statement from the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), which has taken over the investigation.

County board amends abandoned vehicle ordinance

Published by admin on Fri, 03/25/2022 - 1:39pm

The Shawano County Board of Supervisors voted March 23 to amend an ordinance relating to vehicle abandonment in the county.

The ordinance previously stated that any vehicle left unattended on a public road for 48 hours or more will be considered abandoned. The county board voted to include a $75 administrative fee, as well as increase the $25 daily storage fee to $50 a day, to help offset costs to the sheriff’s department.

County B at SCHS due for pedestrian signal

Published by LPulaski on Thu, 03/24/2022 - 6:40pm

The intersection of County Road B and Lincoln Street in Shawano is a busy one, with high levels of vehicle and pedestrian traffic twice every weekday as Shawano Community High School starts and ends classes, and there are concerns that someday someone will be hurt there.

The topic came up for discussion March 23 at the Shawano School District’s policy and curriculum committee. Superintendent Randi Anderson noted that it has been a topic of concern for years, and there could be an opportunity for the district and the city of Shawano to work together on a solution.

Heninger leaving Gresham for superintendent post

Published by LPulaski on Wed, 03/23/2022 - 2:00pm

Benjamin Heninger, principal for grades 6-12 at Gresham Community School, has accepted a position to serve as superintendent of the Butternut School District, effective July 1.

Since joining the staff in Gresham in 2016, he was a member of the administrative team that oversaw a period of sustained growth in the Gresham School District, culminating in the completion of a new junior and senior high school addition in fall 2020. He was promoted to principal in 2017.

Election 2022 — Shawano County Board of Supervisors District 14

Published by admin on Tue, 03/22/2022 - 9:09am

In the April 5 general election, voters in Shawano County District 14 will be deciding on one spot between two candidates for representation of District 14 on the Shawano County Board of Supervisors.

Incumbent Deb Noffke will be defending her seat against challenger Jeremy Gretzinger for the spot.

NEW Media set questionnaires to the candidates in order to provide candidates opinions on key issues that the county has dealt with and discussed in recent years. Noffke did not provide answers by press time.

School management gets blistering critique

Published by admin on Tue, 03/22/2022 - 8:13am

Members of the community denounced the plans to close one of Shawano’s schools and cut staffing positions in a blistering critique at the March 21 Shawano School Board meeting.

Administrators have cited declining enrollment over the last few years as the reason why there’s a $2 million deficit in the 2022-23 school district budget in progress. They also claimed that’s why a decision needs to be made in April whether to close either Olga Brener Intermediate School or Shawano Community School and redistribute affected students among the three surviving schools.

Election 2022 — Shawano County Board of Supervisors District 16

Published by admin on Mon, 03/21/2022 - 3:33pm

In the April 5 general election, voters in Shawano County District 16 will be deciding on one seat between two candidates for representation of District 16 on the Shawano County Board of Supervisors.

The candidates will be vying for the seat, after John Ainsworth opted not to run for re-election. David Heideman and Dawn Bahr will be running against each other for the spot.

NEW Media sent questionnaires to the candidates in order to provide candidates opinions on key issues that the county has dealt with and discussed in recent years.