When the Shawano and Oconto Falls American Legion baseball teams clash in the second game of the Class AA Region 3 tournament game Thursday at Memorial Park, it will pit Oconto Falls’ lights-out pitching versus Shawano’s big bats. The real test, Shawano coach Will Gillis said, will be avoiding errors on defense. “When we hit the ball and play defense, we’re just as good or better than anyone else,” Gillis said.

It has been said that in life, timing is everything. Recently the subject of how I got my start announcing was brought up on a social media website, and I have also had numerous people ask me how I got my start. Well, sit down and come with me on a journey back to the year 1998. Mike Mitchell was in the process of getting things rolling at his go-kart track, the Hi-Go Raceway.

Shawano Police Department July 17 Police logged 16 incidents, including the following: Warrant — A 42-year-old Shawano man was taken into custody on a warrant at the Probation and Parole offices, 1340 E.

The director of Shawano Community Education does not think many people will miss the open swimming and weight room hours cancelled recently by the School Board. “It is not like we have a whole lot of people coming and we are shutting the doors,” Sandra Kane said. The Shawano School Board voted July 7 to discontinue the open hours at the Shawano Community High School facilities, citing high costs and low participation. “On a good day, we have mayb

A New London woman suffered nonlife-threatening injuries Thursday when she failed to stop at a stop sign and collided with a semi trailer in Clintonville. Debra Morien, 50, needed to be extricated from her sport utility vehicle following the accident at East Green Tree Road and Industrial Avenue about 9:30 a.m. Thursday. She was transported to New London Hospital.

The possibility of having a dog park somewhere in the Shawano area could be rekindled after the issue came up during a joint meeting this week between city and county officials. Sandy Steinke, who sits on both the Common Council and the County Board, brought up the issue during a presentation on the city park system.

A Birnamwood man accused of trafficking in bath salts was ordered Friday to serve three years in prison for multiple drug offenses in a case that was the first of its kind in Shawano County. Jessie L.

Sonja J. Stewart, 75, of Tigerton, passed away July 18, 2014, after a courageous battle with gastric cancer and end-stage liver disease. She was able to remain at home, cared for by her children, till the time of her death. Sonja was born at home in the town of Fairbanks, Shawano County, on Jan. 27, 1939, the youngest of twin girls born to the late Charles and Gertrude (Bernarde) Butts. Each of the twins weighed over 7 pounds at birth.

Arlene M. Anderson, 82, of Shawano, passed away peacefully on Thursday morning, July 17, 2014, at Birch Hill Care Center in Shawano, where she had been rehabilitating from a recent injury. Arlene was born Jan. 17, 1932, in Milwaukee, a daughter of the late Andrew and Sophie (Wesolowski) Patoka. Arlene attended St.