Fleeing A Suring teen is facing a felony charge of fleeing an officer after allegedly leading authorities on a high-speed chase last week. Darmen L. Cloud, 19, is accused of speeding away from an attempted traffic stop by Menominee Tribal Police in the early morning hours of Sept.

It’s back to the drawing board for the Shawano County employee handbook. Two hours of debate about the proposed new handbook Wednesday night by the County Board ended in a 12-12 deadlock, which means the Administrative Committee will have to revisit the handbook to consider revisions to gain the support of more supervisors. Two supervisors, Jerry Erdmann and Milt Marquardt, abstained from the vote because they have family members who work for the

The Shawano County Sheriff’s Department will get 50 new radios to replace models made obsolete by the county’s new simulcast system. The County Board voted 19-6 Wednesday to spend $210,840 to purchase the radios — 34 in patrol vehicles and 16 portable units — that have little to no coverage under the new digital system. The winning bid was submitted by Wausau-based Northway Communications, which came in $3,568 less than the original proposal by M

Skeletons rotting in coffins. Snakes slithering in crawlways. A creepy dentist drilling on a victim. These attractions do not even scratch the surface of what awaits visitors to the Panic Chambers Hotel in Gresham this October. Shawano County’s scariest haunted house will unleash terrors and horrors every Friday and Saturday during the month, with additional nights on Oct. 24, Oct. 27 and Halloween night.

Kenneth E. Weso Sr., 71 of Menominee County, started his journey home on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013. Kenneth was born Oct. 21, 1941, in Keshena, a son of the late Ellis and Margaret (Whitefish) Weso. Ken was employed at the Vlasic Company in Bonduel and also worked in the woods. A true free spirit, Ken loved to fish and be in the woods. Survivors include his children, Kenneth E.

To the editor: I wrote a letter to the editor in the winter of 2012 after the Shawano County Board narrowly passed the unneeded mailbox ordinance.

To the editor: Last Saturday night (Sept. 14), the city of Shawano was treated to a fantastic, rousing musical alternative in the form of the Dairyland Dixieland Dynamos.

To the editor: One of the most conflicting issues of Mitt Romney’s campaign was his stance on health care — and perhaps one of the reasons people with logic and common sense voted against him. As governor, he offered health care benefits for people of his state but ranted about all people in the United States getting the same.

Shawano Police Department Sept.