10 July 2014

SMU policy takes beating at seminar

It wasn’t part of the planned discussion, but a seminar at City Hall on Wednesday on keeping rental properties crime-free digressed at one point into a landlord gripe session against Shawano Municipal Utilities. Some landlords questioned why utility bills defaulted on by their tenants end up on property owners’ tax rolls. “We have to pay for their power,” property owner Scott Jung said. Jung recounted a story of tenants who took advantage of laws
10 July 2014
Landlords get anti-crime tips from police
More than two dozen Shawano landlords met with city police Wednesday for tips on dealing with troublesome tenants and keeping their rental properties crime-free. Property owners who attended generally agreed it was a valuable and informative seminar, and one unexpected result could be the formation of a landlords association. “The smartest thing we could do as landlords is we could maybe get together and we could have a Shawano landlords associat
9 July 2014
Fehrman to be Fun Daze parade marshal
Lyle Fherman has been selected as grand marshal for the Embarrass Fun Daze parade. The Embarrass Volunteer Fire Department will host the 26th annual celebration July 26 at Embarrass Park. Born and raised in Embarrass, Fherman joined the Air Force in 1948. After four years of service, he moved to Menasha and worked in the paper manufacturing industry.
9 July 2014
Public Record
Shawano Police Department July 8 Police logged 33 incidents, including the following: Suspicious — Police responded to a complaint of a suspicious vehicle at the Pick ‘n’ Save parking lot, 190 Woodlawn Drive. Accident — Police investigated a two-car accident in the Walmart parking lot, 1244 E. Green Bay St. Suspicious — Police received a complaint of a suspicious person at the Farm Inn on Main, 123 N.
9 July 2014
Lon C. McBride
Lon C. McBride, 64, of Boise, Idaho, passed away unexpectedly Sunday evening at his cabin in the woods in Donnelly, Idaho. He was born in Shawano on May 9, 1950, to the late Charles and Ramona McBride. Lon attended Shawano High School, where he met his wife of 47 years, Julie Spiegel. They were married and had one son, Rory J. In 1971, they packed up all their belongings and drove to Fairbanks, Alaska, in a Culligan truck.
9 July 2014
Menominee Legion edges Iola
The Menominee American Legion baseball team managed to score the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and hold on for a 2-1 win against Iola on Tuesday in Keshena. “We got it done,” Menominee coach Brandon Frechette said. “Iola is a good team. They beat us over in their field.
9 July 2014
Insanity plea accepted in Wittenberg standoff
A Gillett man charged with taking a hostage during a standoff with sheriff’s deputies in Wittenberg in April entered a plea of no contest Wednesday under an agreement that found him not guilty by reason of insanity. Travis W.
9 July 2014
New Bonduel principal settling in
Jane Wonderling will be making a large transition as the new principal of Bonduel High School. The Prairie du Chien native will succeed Patrick Rau, who was elevated to the role of district superintendent following the retirement of Peter Behnke. Wonderling began her new job July 1. “The biggest challenge was to get moved from Prairie du Chien and get my family settled down here,” Wonderling said.
9 July 2014
CoVantage robber gets 5 years in prison
A Shawano man convicted of robbing the CoVantage Credit Union last year was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison and another 10 years extended supervision. Darrin H. Church, 48, pleaded no contest in March to charges of using the threat of force to rob the CoVantage Credit Union at 911 E. Green Bay St., Shawano, and attempting to rob Cash Tyme at 705 E.
9 July 2014
PSC decision spreads the sting of SMU rate hike
Objections from industrial customers might shift some of the burden of a proposed hike in electric rates to smaller customers, despite initial projections that they wouldn’t be affected. The state Public Service Commission held a review July 2 of Shawano Municipal Utilities’ request for a rate increase and decided to split the increase 60-40 between industrial and smaller customers. That means small businesses and residential users would also see
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