A Leopolis man who stole two semi-trucks and a car during a weekend crime spree in August was sentenced Friday to 4½ years in prison. Calvin K.

A possible cooperative grocery store that would serve Clintonville and surrounding area will be discussed at a meeting June 6. District 4 Alderwoman Mary Beth Kuester said constituents had been asking her to look into bringing a second grocery store to town since she first ran for office a year ago. “The idea of a co-op is one possible solution,” Kuester said.

Shawano and Menominee counties are working together to create a plan to prepare for potential disasters in the area. The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 requires all states and local governments to create hazard mitigation plans in order to qualify for federal grants. Shawano and Menominee each have plans in place, developed with the help of Federal Emergency Management Agency grants.

Mother’s Day is meaningful to Heather Yaeger, not only because of her own three children, but also because it reminds her of all the older children in the Philippines who need homes. Yaeger is the executive director of adoptions and out-of-home care for Lutheran Social Services.

Gerald “Jerry” E. Echtner, 79, of Cecil, passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2015. Jerry was born on May 3, 1936, to the late Edward and Harriet (Yeager) Echtner in Shawano. He married Beverly “Bev” Weisnicht on Oct. 21, 1961, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Town of Washington. Jerry was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Town of Washington, served as an elder for St. Paul Lutheran Church and was a member of the church choir.

To the editor: “Correctional officers have the difficult and often dangerous assignment of ensuring the custody, safety and well-being of the over 600,000 inmates in our nation’s prisons and jails.

To the editor: Kudos to the Menominees for their stand against mining operations in our northern areas. The April 21 cryptogram was one of their proverbs, which spells it out truthfully: “Only when the last tree has died and the last river poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.” How many know that the lakes north of Laona are full of PCBs from past mining?

“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” — Abraham Lincoln “Is this the long way?” asked the young mother as she set her foot on the path of life. The Guide said, “Yes, and the way is hard, and you will be old before you reach the end of it. But the end will be better than the beginning.” The young mother was happy, and she would not believe that anything could be better than these years.

Acting runs in the family. My daughter Deanna, granddaughters Tara and Peyton and I drove down to Viroqua to see grandson Ethan in his eighth-grade play, “The Secret Garden.” Ethan is our daughter Michelle’s son. Michelle is an actress with her community theater group, and a fine one at that. Ethan, who has shot up in height over the past two years, carried off his lofty role of wealthy widower Archibald Craven.