The Late Model battle for the track championship got a little tighter Saturday night as Nick Anvelink’s feature win moved him to within 15 points of leader Ron Berna. Matt Oreskovich won the IMCA Modified feature, while Brandon Czarapata won another IMCA Stock Car feature.

The Shawano Community High School girls golf team finished fifth at a Bay Conference match Monday at Twin Oaks Golf Course in Denmark. The Hawks had a team score of 230.

The Bonduel High School football team was eliminated from the playoffs a season ago with a 36-22 loss to Central Wisconsin Conference-8 foe Manawa in the homecoming game. The sting of that loss hasn’t left the players retuning this season. “For this year, we have to push each other that much harder just to make the playoffs,” said 5-foot-10, 175-pound senior linebacker Jacob Wudtke. “Maybe even make a good dent in the conference this year.

Garret Schlise scored two goals as the Shawano Community High School boys soccer team opened its season Tuesday with a 5-0 victory over visiting Freedom. The win was a good start for a team with high expectations. “They played well,” Shawano coach Bob Croschere said. “They played together as a team and I was happy with what happened tonight, for the most part.” The Hawks’ victory began with an unassisted Schlise goal 9:25 into the match.

Shawano Police Department Aug. 19 Police logged 18 incidents, including the following: Vandalism — Police responded to a vandalism complaint in the 800 block of South Smalley Street. Drug Offense — Three La Crosse men — ages 24, 29 and 36 — were cited for possession, and two of the men were taken into custody on outstanding warrants after Kwik Trip, 1241 E. Green Bay St., reported workers on the roof were smoking marijuana.

Authorities last week destroyed more than 900 marijuana plants discovered growing on the Menominee Indian Reservation, Tribal Police announced Tuesday. The eradication was executed during the early morning hours of Aug. 14 in a heavily wooded area on the reservation.

Bonduel School District voters Monday approved an increase in the tax levy for the upcoming school year as cuts in state aid force local property owners to pick up more of the expense of education. About 20 district voters turned out to approve a $4.47 million levy; up more than $280,000 over last school year’s figure. The district is projecting a tax rate of $10.30 per $1,000 of equalized value, compared to last year’s $9.50 per $1,000. The levy

The Shawano County Finance Committee put replacement of Sheriff’s Department radios on the fast track this week. The committee voted 4-0, with Supervisor Marlin Noffke absent, to recommend that the County Board free up $214,408 to replace 50 radios — 34 in patrol vehicles and 16 portable radios — that do not work with the department’s new digital simulcast system. The measure will go to the board Aug.

A string of powerful thunderstorms packing reported wind gusts of 70 mph and in some places quarter-size hail wreaked havoc throughout the area Wednesday evening. The storms caused the death of a Menominee County woman who was killed when a tree fell on top of her car in Keshena.