Four of the newer dispatchers at the Shawano County Sheriff’s Department might be paid nearly as much as their veteran counterparts next year. The Public Safety Committee voted 3-1 earlier this week to increase the dispatchers’ wages from $16.72 per hour — the starting pay for dispatchers — to $19.79 per hour, equating to an almost $6,000 annual increase before taxes.

Fewer towns shipping their garbage to the Shawano landfill has put the facility in dire straits. The Shawano County Solid Waste Management Board on Thursday spent more than an hour discussing the issues and looking at options to stop the bleeding despite not being provided with financial information about the operation. City officials could not provide annual revenue or expenses for the landfill when the Leader requested the information Thursday

Football should be fun. That was the message Alan Tomow, Shawano Community High School’s new varsity coach, had for his assistant coaches and players as he led the program’s first few practices of the season this week. “Football is an enjoyable game,” he said. “It doesn’t have to be complicated, it doesn’t have to be not fun. I want them to have fun.

City officials have signed off on an agreement that creates a new upper-level position at Shawano County Economic Progress Inc.

Shawano Police Department Aug. 7 Police logged 23 incidents, including the following: Hit and Run — Police investigated a property damage hit-and-run in the 1400 block of South Lincoln Street. Disturbance — Police responded to a disturbance on Prospect Circle. Theft — A purse was reported stolen from a vehicle at St. James Child Care, 224 S.

Ervin H. “Bud” Bleck, 96 , of Shawano, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013, at a local nursing home. Born on April 6, 1917, in Clintonville, he was the son of the late Edwin H. and Lily (Hoffman) Bleck. Bud was raised in the Clintonville area. On May 13, 1941, he enlisted with the United States Army to serve his country during World War II. He was honorably discharged as a sergeant in December 1944. On Oct.

Hallie Jiskra has found success on a whole new field this summer. The 2012 Bonduel High School graduate, who participated in softball, basketball, volleyball and cross-country for the Bears, is making a name for herself in the 12-team women’s Legends Football League as a red-zone scoring threat. Jiskra has five touchdowns this season, three coming in her debut in the Green Bay Chill’s season opener against the Seattle Mist on April 6 in Seattle.

A new brush truck has been in service since spring with the Cecil-Washington Fire Department thanks to a donation from Trans Canada Pipeline. The 2006 F250 Ford, valued at $11,000, was given to the department last year. Firefighters then worked to refurbish it, replacing the body with a new box and adding a pump to convert the truck for fighting brush fires. “We worked on it whenever we had the time,” Fire Chief Jeff Homan said.

The Shawano County Sheriff’s Department’s request for radios that operate on the county’s new simulcast system received a 3-1 vote of support from the Public Property Committee on Wednesday. The cost to replace the department’s older radios that don’t operate with the simulcast system is $214,408, according to Sheriff Randy Wright. Bonduel and Stockbridge-Munsee police departments are looking at having to replace older radios, as well. Bonduel Po