Shawano Police Department June 4 Police logged 26 incidents, including the following: Juvenile — Police responded to a juvenile problem at Olga Brener Intermediate School, 1300 S. Union St. Theft — A flag was reported stolen in the 900 block of South Smalley Street. Auto Theft — A vehicle was reported stolen from the parking lot at Walmart, 1244 E.

A USDA program will provide free meals this summer for qualifying children of the Shawano School District. The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), which is funded by the U.S.

A development group that wanted to build a casino in the Catskills is dropping out, saying the possibility of a competing casino closer to New York City would make their proposal unsustainable. Trading Cove and the Stockbridge-Munsee Community of Wisconsin said Thursday they will not bid for a gaming license in the Sullivan County town of Thompson.

Lois Virginia Bogda, 73, of L’Anse, Mich., formerly of Milwaukee, passed away peacefully surrounded by family and loved ones at her residence in Zeba, Mich., on Monday, June 2, following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in L’Anse on March 8, 1941, the daughter of Harry Crebessa and Virginia Asher (Vanlinden). Lois attended school in L’Anse and received her GED in Milwaukee.

Shawano officials are considering a purchase that would add another piece of the puzzle to the Wolf River Sturgeon Trail. The trail would eventually link Sturgeon Park and Kuckuk Park.

Students at Olga Brener Intermediate and Hillcrest Primary schools in Shawano will spend an extra 30 minutes per day on both math and reading/language arts starting in the 2014-15 school year. Officials described what they called an intervention program, dubbed “Hawk Time,” to the School Board on Monday. The intervention periods raised questions about how other classes would be affected. “You added an hour.

A proposal to create a new tax increment financing (TIF) district aimed at spurring development along East Green Bay Street drew nearly two dozen business owners from along the proposed route to a public hearing Wednesday before the Shawano Plan Commission. TIF districts are areas where municipalities invest in infrastructure, such as sewer and water, to attract development where it might not otherwise occur, or to make improvements, such as elim

The Bonduel High School baseball team led the way with seven players earning All-Central Wisconsin Conference honors, and Menominee Indian had six, as the teams were released this week. Bonduel High School juniors Colton Dobtatz and Connor Rosin were named to the Central Wisconsin Conference-8 baseball all-conference first team. Seniors Jake Luepke and Jacob Wudtke earned second-team honors.

Friday is the 70th anniversary of D-Day, when the United States and its allies landed on the beaches of Normandy. It is a date that many learn in school, along with tales of American soldiers being captured and held in prisoner-of-war camps. What is not as well known is that the U.S. also had many POW camps. Novelist M.W.