“Family is the first school for young children, and parents are powerful models.” Pearl S. Buck The Common Council receives a monthly report from our police school liaison officer Jody Johnson. The truancy report caught my attention. I was shocked to see truancy is occurring at such a young age. Sadly truancy is an issue that exists in all four of our public schools. When a student misses school, it is recorded on the attendance log.

Donald Ausman, 89, of Cecil, died on Friday, May 1, 2015, in Shawano. Don was born on July 30, 1925, in Eau Claire, the son of the late Samuel and Phila (Quilling) Ausman. He lived and worked on the family dairy farm until enlisting in the military with the Wisconsin State Guard and the Army 82nd Airborne engineers. In June 1948, Don married his high school sweetheart, Ethel Rose Gibson.

Louis Hale White, 89, of Shawano, went to spend eternity with his lord on April 30, 2015. Louis was born on Oct. 26, 1925 in Salem, Iowa, the son of the late Ralph and Velda (King) White. He enlisted in the Marines in 1943 and served our country for three years. While in the Marines, he was at the invasion of Iwo Jima and the invasion of Japan when the A-bombs were dropped before returning to Iowa in 1946.

For some of the 16 Shawano Community High School seniors performing at “The Last Dance” May 8-9 in the school’s auditorium, it will mark the end of the chapter of their musical careers. The 23rd annual program will feature nine seniors from the highly regarded jazz band and seven from the Showstoppers choir, along with about 30 other students, to deliver a wide range of song stylings. The jazz band, which just returned from an award-winning perfo

BASEBALL Bonduel 9 Brillion 7 Bonduel High School extended their winning streak to nine games (9-0, 5-0 Central Wisconsin Conference-8) with a hard fought 9-7 win over Brillion on Friday. The Bears scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning including a two-run home run by Hunter VanderLinden (3-3, 2 RBI). After Bonduel allowed six runs in the second inning, the Bears bounced back with a four-run third inning with a solo home run by Conno

Two Shawano athletes capture wins at St. Norbert Elite Invitational. The Hawks captured two first-place finishes at the St. Norbert Elite Invitational Friday at St. Norbert College. The boys placed eighth among 15 schools with 41 points. Lakeland Union won the invitational with 115.50 points. Daniel Boivin captured first place in the 300-meter hurdles (40.93 seconds) and placed second in the pole vault (13-feet).

Authorities responding to a domestic disturbance near Bonduel on Wednesday arrested a male subject on battery and drug charges. The call came in shortly after 10 p.m., according to a posting on the Shawano County Sheriff’s Department Facebook page. The victim reported being pushed down a flight of stairs after trying to stop the suspect from operating a vehicle while intoxicated. The victim also indicated the suspect was growing marijuana plants

Even after the sturgeon spawning season, there were still about a dozen residents in attendance Thursday at a Shawano City-County Library presentation regarding the prehistoric fish. Kathleen Schmitt Kline, co-author of the book “People of the Sturgeon: Wisconsin’s Love Affair with an Ancient Fish,” explained the history of the sturgeon, which goes back to ancient times. “I had seen her speak at another conference in Green Bay, so I was aware of

The Shawano County University of Wisconsin-Extension will hold a Connecting the Dots workshop May 5 at The Main Event in Cecil. Connecting the Dots was spearheaded by Nancy Schultz, family living educator, and Jay Moynihan, community resource development coordinator. “We really wanted to convey to the community about collaborative impact, and how to collaborate better with one another,” Schultz said.