Arbor View Gardens will open for the season on May 17. The gardens will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday every week through September. Arbor View is a public garden that encompasses many aspects of home gardening as well as garden art and a touch of the exotic. Visitors can learn about gardening or simply enjoy nature’s beauty in various themed settings.

A new facility will replace the New Era House for housing recently released offenders in the community. The state Department of Corrections has contracted with ATTIC Correctional Services for an eight-bed facility at 227 E. Richmond St. in Shawano, just a block away from the New Era House at 105 E. Richmond St. New Era’s contract expires at the end of June.

Buss Motors, a fixture of the Shawano business community since 1992, is nearing completion of its second expansion in 14 years. Given the uncooperative weather, including the harsh winter and recent rainfall, the dealership has been unable to schedule a grand reopening celebration. “The whole building still has to be painted.

A Shawano man is hoping to get the city to pluck chickens and ducks out of its ordinance banning urban poultry. Scott Krueger went before the Plan Commission on Wednesday with a proposed rewrite of the ordinance that would allow up to four chickens and/or ducks, as long as they are kept in a secure enclosure.

A Shawano County sheriff’s captain and a Shawano police officer have taken out papers to run against Sheriff Randy Wright in the Republican primary this fall. Officer Adam Bieber took nomination papers out on Tuesday and Capt. Tom Tuma on Wednesday, according to the Shawano County Clerk’s office. They and Wright each have until 5 p.m.

Floyd P. Kristof, 91, of Leopolis, passed away Thursday, May 1, 2014. Arrangements are pending with the Swedberg Funeral Home in Shawano. www.swedbergfuneralhome.com

Shawano Police Department April 30 Police logged 18 incidents, including the following: Juvenile — Police responded to a juvenile problem at Sacred Heart Catholic School, 124 E. Center St. Burglary — Police investigated a report of an attempted burglary in the 100 block of South Main Street. Disturbance — Police responded to a disturbance at Olga Brener Intermediate School, 1300 S.

Strangulation, child abuse A Wittenberg teen pleaded not guilty Monday to felony counts of strangulation and suffocation and physical abuse of a child in Shawano-Menominee County Circuit Court. Tyler J. Gray, 18, is accused of choking a 16-year-old boy and causing injury during an April 12 incident in the town of Wittenberg.

The Menominee Tribal Clinic in Keshena recently partnered with ThedaCare to upgrade its electronic medical records system to Epic software. The widely used electronic medical records platform effectively and efficiently connects health care facilities and providers to better provide a seamless continuum of care for patients. According to Rod Boivin, information technology director at the Menominee Tribal Clinic and the project leader for the soft