• Mequan Corn, 48, Keshena, pleaded no contest Feb. 24 to failure to report to county jail. Judge Katherine Sloma sentenced him Aug. 17 to 126 days in county jail, time deemed served.
• Steven M. Ducat, 39, Oconto, pleaded guilty Aug. 17 to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (fifth offense) and a misdemeanor charge of operating while revoked. Judge Hannah Schuchart sentenced him to four years in prison followed by four years of extended supervision with conditions including license revocation for two years and three years requiring ignition interlock devices on his vehicles.
James Radford is now being charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of his wife, Sabrina Radford, in 2016.
One month after the preliminary hearing for the case in which he was charged with reckless homicide, the Shawano-Menominee County District Attorney’s Office upped the charge. The intentional homicide charge also has a domestic abuse modifier.
Memorial Park is one of the key parks used by the public in the city of Shawano, and officials are gathering ideas about what to do with the park’s west side.
Currently, Popp’s Ball Park Diner is on the corner at Main and Elizabeth streets. Two concession stands are in place for the adjacent baseball diamonds, and there is also a slope area that, at one time, allowed for an ice skating rink during the winter months.
