The Clintonville Common Council voted unanimously Tuesday to suspend City Administrator Lisa Kotter for five days without pay pending an investigation into alleged misconduct. Kotter also was ordered to surrender her city cell phone, computers, keys, credit card and any city property in her possession to Police Chief Terry Lorge. The council also voted unanimously to spend up to $10,000 on outside counsel to handle the investigation, which is exp

Nearly 300 Shawano area residents got moving Wednesday in an effort to promote exercise and family unity. Shawano Pathways’ first “Let’s Get Moving” event at Kuckuk Park was made possible by a $5,000 grant from the Shawano Area Community Foundation. The event celebrated three new “loops” that combine five city parks (Kuckuk, Eberlein, Sturgeon, Martzke and Memorial).

Despite growing awareness and community partnerships, residents of Shawano and Menominee counties remain among the least healthy in the state. Shawano and Menominee counties ranked near the bottom in the state health rankings released in March, with Shawano 60th and Menominee last at 72nd. The rankings, prepared by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin Health Institute, considered factors such as smoking, obesity, food en

Shawano County might be changing course yet again on how to address its issues with evidence storage and processing. The Public Property and Public Safety committees on Wednesday toured a warehouse at the Fellman Center, which is owned by Shawano County Job Center Inc., in Shawano to see if it would suit the county’s needs for evidence storage. No decision was made, but several committee members indicated the space would be adequate. Spokesman Mi

The Shawano County Sheriff’s Department on Wednesday responded to reports of nearly $600 in missing jail money recently brought to light at a county committee meeting. Supervisor Deb Noffke raised the issue at a May 5 meeting of the Administrative Committee, citing two incidents in which money put into safe-keeping after inmates were booked disappeared from the county jail. Both incidents took place in 2012 and had not previously been publicly di

Shawano Police Department May 12 Police logged 29 incidents, including the following: Shoplifting — Walmart, 1244 E. Green Bay St., reported a male shoplifter fled the store. Shoplifting — A 34-year-old woman and a 30-year-old woman were cited for shoplifting at Walmart, 1244 E. Green Bay St. Theft — Money was reported stolen at the Wisconsin House, 216 E.

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A preliminary hearing that had been scheduled for Tuesday in the case of a Gillett man charged in connection with a standoff in Wittenberg last month was delayed while he undergoes a competency evaluation. Travis W. Keiler, 28, was arrested April 22 after a two-hour standoff with sheriff’s deputies in Wittenberg.

It will be at least one more month before the Carlson Dettman wage study goes to the Shawano County Board of Supervisors. Representatives from the Madison-based consulting firm presented their wage recommendations Monday to the Administrative Committee, which originally planned to present its recommendation to the County Board on May 28. Several supervisors, however, had questions about how the consultants determined wages for certain positions,