The 4-H Older Youth Group gives members new opportunities to develop leadership skills and new adventures as they grow older. “It gives them the opportunity to meet kids throughout the county and to network and perform additional leadership roles,” said Terri Brunner, 4-H program assistant and adviser for the group. The group is open to all 4-H members who are in sixth grade and above. The Older Youth Group, of OYG, provides a voice for what memb

SCHS breaks out its song and dance Most con men today get their faces plastered on the evening news, but Shawano Community High School is presenting a story about a bad man turned good in “The Music Man.” The show features high school and middle school students, along with an adult barbershop quartet. Performances are at 7 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday at the school, 220 County Road B, with the doors opening 30 minutes before each performance.

A Shawano police officer’s keen eye and a quick response from firefighters were being credited Friday for catching a fire at Anello’s Torch Lite before it could do more than moderate damage. “Five more minutes and we would have lost everything,” owner Rita Mondus said. “We got lucky.” One animal, an arctic fox, was lost in the fire, Mondus said.

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The WIAA Board of Control granted final approval Wednesday of a realignment plan that affects 76 area schools and overhauls the Bay and Eastern Valley conferences for the 2015 season. The new-look Bay Conference will include current Bay schools Shawano, New London, Seymour and West De Pere and add Appleton Xavier from the Eastern Valley, Menasha from the Fox Valley Association, and Green Bay East and Green Bay West from the Fox River Classic Conf

A possible plea deal has apparently been reached in the case of a Mattoon man accused of trying to abduct a girl in Wittenberg in 2011. David W.

A Deerbrook man who served a five-year prison sentence for conspiracy to commit homicide, according to court records, was charged with burglary in Shawano County for allegedly stealing scrap metal from a barn in Birnamwood last week. Jeffrey D. Kitsemble, 42, was arrested Jan.

Shawano Police Department Jan. 28 Police logged 12 incidents, including the following: Accident — Police responded to a two-vehicle property damage accident at Third and Lafayette streets. Shoplifting — Walmart, 1244 E. Green Bay St., reported a female subject in custody for shoplifting. Theft — A wallet was reported stolen at Emperor’s Buffet, 714 E. Green Bay St. Shawano County Sheriff’s Department Jan.

Sexual assault of a child A Cecil man is facing a felony charge of second-degree sexual assault of a child that allegedly occurred in the town of Green Valley. Ricky C. Anderson, 33, could face a maximum possible penalty of 40 years in prison and a $100,000 fine if convicted. He is accused sexually assaulting a 15-year-old male on Jan.