Jackie Church, of Bowler, has been using the Shawano Area Food Pantry and Resource Center off and on for four years to help feed her household of seven people. “I come when I need to,” Church said. “I don’t come if I don’t need to come.

Jean Hinkfuss volunteers at the Lutheran Counseling and Family Services Thrift Store at 2324 E. Richmond St., Shawano. The store accepts donations of clothing, household goods, books, knickknacks, jewelry and furniture. Hinkfuss is in charge of lingerie and purses. She was born in the town of Center and grew up in Black Creek. After graduating from Fox Valley Lutheran High School, she worked at AAL, now Thrivent Financial, for six years.

Remember sledding down a hill as a child? The excitement, the frigid wind on your face and your parents terrified you’d crash? Unfortunately, your parents may have been onto something. All that fun is the cause of more than 20,000 sledding injuries a year — most due to collisions with a tree, fence, utility pole or vehicle. Dr.

Shawano girls fall to Denmark The Shawano Community High School girls basketball team lost to Denmark 43-36 in a Bay Conference game Friday in Shawano. No other stats were available from the game by the Leader’s press time. Chargers top Waupaca at home The Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School girls basketball team beat Waupaca 46-33 in a nonconference game Friday in Wittenberg. Mikayla Hartman led Wittenberg-Birnamwood (7-1, 3-0 Central Wisconsin Co

The Bonduel High School girls basketball team beat Sturgeon Bay 47-25 in a nonconference game Friday in Sturgeon Bay. The Bears (6-1, 2-1 Central Wisconsin Conference-8) jumped out big in the third quarter, outscoring Sturgeon Bay (3-4, 2-3 Packerland) 12-3 to take a 33-18 lead. “We worked on our defense tonight,” Bonduel coach Missy Dowden said.

Zach Zernicke scored a season-high 21 points, Hunter VanderLinden added 11 and the Bonduel High School boys basketball team ended a two-game losing streak Friday with a 62-50 win over nonconference foe Friday in Bonduel. The Bears (5-6, 1-3 Central Wisconsin Conference-8) started the game aggressively and held Suring to just eight points in the first quarter—an accomplishment for a defense that gave up 63 and 71 points in its last two losses. “It

Gresham Community School students and staff donned their Packers gear Friday in support of the Green Bay team’s NFL wild card playoff game Sunday. Although dressing up in Packers gear is not unusual, the participation Friday was somewhat surprising since officials didn’t announce the Green and Gold Day until just as school was letting out Thursday. It did not take long for seventh-grader Johnny Kerry to decide what to wear.

Shawano Police Department Jan. 1 Police logged 17 incidents, including the following: Theft — Police investigated a property theft complaint at All Floors & More, 805 E.

Another possible race for the Shawano County Board has emerged with a new challenger filing for candidacy in the spring election. Lauralee Roe has turned in her papers and the required signatures for a spot on the April 1 ballot as a candidate for the District 20 seat held by Richard Giese.