Shawano Pathways is once again hosting a series of snowshoe hikes on area trails this winter.

First up is a moonlit hike at 6 p.m. Jan. 3 at Kroenke Lake.

Meet in the parking lot for a choice of three guided options: one hour, 90 minutes or two hours.

The city of Shawano is seeking $1 million in Community Development Block Grant public facility funds to improve water and sewer systems on four segments of roads.

When a door closes, a window opens. Or in this case, when one solar farm proposal ends, another company steps forward.

OneEnergy, with offices in five states including Wisconsin, is proposing a 5-7 megawatt solar farm on about 47 acres of county land on the north side of state Highway 22 near Rose Brook Road.

Nolan Stumpf, a development manager with OneEnergy, explained the plans to the public property committee Dec. 11.

New Year’s Eve can be one of the biggest party days of the year, but Shawano’s police chief is hoping that everyone can party responsibly without putting their own lives at risk or someone else’s.

Shawano County supervisors rejected the recommendation of the ethics committee and voted 16-11 to allow Lowel Hammett to remain on the county board.

Just minutes before, supervisors voted 20-7 to have Hammett removed from the ethics committee.

The votes were taken after about 30 minutes of discussion and audience participation at the Dec. 17 meeting of the county board.

Shawano County District 16 Supervisor Lowel Hammett wasn’t willing to leave the county board without putting up a fight.

Supervisors gathered Dec. 17 to vote on whether to remove Hammett from the board for violating the county ethics code. They voted 16-11 to have him remain on the board.

In November, the ethics committee said Hammett violated the ethics code by: