Oconto County Sheriff's Department

Cleanup from the 2 feet of snow dropped by Blizzard Elsa is underway. Many businesses and school districts closed March 16-17, but some reopened their doors on St. Patrick's Day. City and county government offices, and the U.S. Post Office, opened March 17 after the storm closed down much of the area the day before.

Tim Lohmiller, of Shawano, was in full St. Patrick’s garb at the St. Patrick’s Day parade March 14. Hundreds of people lined Lake Drive for the annual event.

The first wave of S.C. Swiderski’s Wittenberg apartments are nearing completion, and the housing company opened up some of them for the public to check out March 12.

It didn’t take long for the open apartments to fill up with interested people, and applications are already coming in, according to managers on the site. The first eight units, all single-level apartments, are expected to open in May.

The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs has released the draft environmental assessment for the proposed Hard Rock Casino in Kenosha.

The EA analyzes the potential effects of acquiring land in Kenosha for the Menominee Indian Tribe and its proposed development of the property as a casino-hotel, offering class III gaming pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, consistent with other tribal casinos in the state.

Shawano County officials said they have finally resumed contact with the owner of a Fourth Street home the county is interested in purchasing.

Nick Hesse, Shawano County’s facilities management director, told the public property committee March 12 he recently talked with Meshan Latender, owner of 211 W. Fourth St.

“We got the deed straightened out,” Hesse said. “It’s just her name on the deed now.”