Arleen L. Gleason, 90, of Clintonville, passed away Thursday evening, March 5, 2015, at the Shawano Medical Center. The Eberhardt-Stevenson Funeral Home & Crematory of Clintonville is assisting her family with the arrangements. www.eberhardtstevenson.com.

Cleo A. Holewinski, 87, of Shawano, formerly of Green Bay, passed away Wednesday evening, March 4, 2015, at ManorCare of Shawano, where she had been a resident for the past three years. Cleo was born May 26, 1927, in Green Bay, a daughter of the late Daniel and Anna (Marto) Nelson. She attended school in Green Bay.

The Shawano County Sheriff’s Department is reviving a CPR course that had been previously cancelled due to a lack of participants. Sheriff Adam Bieber said some initial miscommunication when the class was first announced caused some people who would otherwise have taken the class to believe it was more of a time commitment than it was. The one-time class will be offered from 5-9 p.m. April 9 in the training room at the Sheriff’s Office, 405 N.

A Gillett woman accused of robbing a Shawano grocery store at knifepoint is seeking a new attorney ahead of her jury trial later this month. Brenda S. Webster, 57, could face a maximum 40 years in prison and $100,000 fine if found guilty of armed robbery.

People across the globe celebrated the 96th annual World Day of Prayer on Friday. Locally, a worship celebration at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Cecil attracted about 60 people from several denominations. Organizers describe the World Day of Prayer as a global, ecumenical movement of Christian women joined together to observe a common day of prayer.

BOYS BASKETBALL Gresham 70 St. Thomas Aquinas 47 The top-seeded Wildcats jumped in front 10-0 and held off the visitors the rest of the way behind Christian Haffner’s 24 points and four assists. Gresham (21-3) earned a WIAA Division 4 regional championship-deciding date Saturday night with No.

As the Shawano Community High School boys basketball team prepares for its WIAA Division 2 regional championship game Saturday against Hortonville, six other teams also will be battling for berths in the Marshfield Sectional. Hortonville (9-14, 5-13), which defeated Antigo 50-49 Friday, tied for seventh in the Fox Valley Association.

Part of the charm of postseason, single-elimination high school basketball is also part of the horror, where a middling team on fire can create all sorts of bracket-busting havoc, and one bad stretch can undo a season’s worth of success. For a hot minute Friday night, the New London High School boys basketball team had the look of a spoiler, as the visiting Bulldogs trailed Shawano by just two points in the third period and seemed to have their g

As the time wound down on the game clock, tears started to trickle down the faces of some of the Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School girls basketball players. It was a realization that their season was over and they would not reach one of their goals — making it to state. This season had the feel that the Chargers could make their first appearance in the state tournament. No.