Nikkie Kinziger-Francois, owner of nationally known Ri Lee Kennels in Oconto Falls, returned from the 52nd National Specialty dog show with a handful of awards.

More than 60 Tibetan terriers gathered at the Virginia Crossings Hotel in Glen Allen, Virginia, for the show, hosted by the Tibetan Terrier Club of America.

A poker run fundraiser earned around $9,000 to help pay for medical expenses for Jerry Wuske.

“I can’t say enough how family, friends and area community businesses all came together to make this such an amazing success,” Donna Wuske said.

Donna Wuske and her husband, Ron, organized the benefit for his cousin who was diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic thyroid cancer earlier this summer.

Jerry Wuske has no health insurance.

State Rep. Calvin Callahan, R-Tomahawk, is joining lawmakers from Iowa, Minnesota and North Dakota in filing a formal complaint against Canada over the wildfire smoke that continues to drift across the U.S. border.

Are you interested in getting some hands-on experience on what kind of training law enforcement does? Do you want to see what it takes to be an officer? Want to meet the deputies and officers that serve in the communities in Shawano County?

Shawano Citizens Police Academy is the place to do it. This is an interactive class where you get to see how officers train and see how they deal with different aspects of their jobs.

A handful of family members were joined by a couple hundred Shawano residents Aug. 9 as they all paid their respects and said goodbye to a soldier killed at the start of World War II.

Shawano’s Herbert E. McLaughlin, 31, was killed at Pearl Harbor. His remains were not identified until December 2024.

The death of Herbert McLaughlin at Pearl Harbor spurred local VFW members to name their post after him — the Herbert E. McLaughlin VFW Post 2723.

Even before that, his death motivated his two older brothers to want to join the fight against the Axis powers of World War II.

Dean Seher, Herbert McLaughlin’s great-nephew, recently told their story to members of the VFW post.