• Andrew J. Lemirande, 44, Oconto, pleaded no contest April 29 to possession of methamphetamine. Judge Kent Hoffmann withheld sentencing and placed him on two years of probation with conditions.

Shawano County Sheriff’s Department

May 3

Deputies responded to 25 incidents, including trespassing on Sunrise Avenue in the Town of Richmond; three 911 calls; three reckless driving incidents; two traffic hazards; two crashes, one involving deer.

May 2

Oconto County Sheriff’s Department

May 3

Megan Suehring, Shawano County’s 4-H positive youth development educator, recently received two awards at the Wisconsin Joint Council of Extension Professionals Conference.

She and other honored individuals demonstrate excellence in their professional responsibilities, leadership in developing high‐quality youth programs, and commitment to positive youth development.

A revamped federal program could lead to housing and commercial investment in Shawano, according to several people who spoke at a chamber of commerce program April 29.

Opportunity Zones, first created in 2017 and operated through the White House, are now a permanent part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Very few students said they’d been flying in a plane during an airport simulation event April 28 at Gillett Secondary School, but they received the finer points as they took a mock flight to Puerto Rico.