Burglary A rural Shawano man has been charged with burglary for allegedly breaking into the People’s Express South in the city last month. Rafael A. Vanlopik, 22, is accused of burglarizing the gas station at 716 S. Main St. on Aug.

Shawano Police Department Sept. 20 Police logged 20 incidents, including the following: Theft — Shawano City-County Library, 128 S.

An Internet outage miles away from the city was being blamed for disrupting Internet and phone service to customers of Shawano Municipal Utilities for most of the day Thursday. SMU General Manager and City Administrator Brian Knapp said a fiber optic line “somewhere downstate” was cut, knocking offline the company that provides SMU with Internet service. That in turn affected all of SMU’s phone customers because those phones also run off of the I

A Bowler woman is facing felony drug charges for allegedly supplying her boyfriend with the pseudoephedrine he is accused of using to manufacture meth. April M.

Shawano residents have high marks for the city’s parks and recreation facilities, but would still like to see some improvements, according to a recent online survey. Trails, restrooms and playgrounds are the most used, but also the most in need of improvement, the survey found. Playground improvements were also among the things most respondents said the city needs immediately.

Matty Mathison was cruising through the Shawano County countryside on one of her regular 20-mile bike rides when the idea popped into her head. One of the routes took her past several of the barn quilts erected as part of the Shawano Country Barn Quilt Project. She enjoyed seeing the old barns and the barn quilt colors in the distance. “We have these beautiful barn quilts,” she told herself.

Jacqueline Ann Liesner, 84, passed away Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. Arrangements are pending with the Swedberg-Wendt Funeral Home in Bonduel. www.swedbergfuneralhome.com

John Montoure, Ph.D., 86, of Meridian, Idaho, formerly of Shawano, died Sept. 4, 2013, in Meridian. A memorial service will be held on Monday, Sept. 23, at 11 a.m. at Hope Community Church, Shawano.

Ebba M. Kleeman Olson, 99, 0f Shawano, was welcomed into the arms of her Lord on Tuesday evening, Sept. 17, 2013. She passed away at Kindred Hearts Assisted Living Center in Shawano, where she had been a resident for the past five years. Ebba was born on Dec. 24, 1913, in Franksville, a daughter of the late Arthur Peter and Marie (Sorensen) Svendsen.