Many in Wittenberg turn to Britt’s Candy and Ice Cream Shop to satisfy their sweet tooth fix. Beginning in June, there will be a new mural to satisfy customers’ visual senses as well.

Election season has begun for the Wisconsin Assembly, and Rep. Elijah Behnke kicked off his mission for a fourth term in office with a campaign fundraiser May 14 at Scolly’s Hometown Pub in Pulaski.

Attorneys representing the Oconto Falls School District have filed a motion to dismiss a civil rights lawsuit against the district in which several plaintiffs accused the district of systematic sexual misconduct toward students.

Earlier this year, several former students filed a lawsuit alleging that for more than 20 years, the district failed to protect students from a predatory environment.

The Shawano County Dispatch Center was awarded an over $700,000 grant for new equipment, but elected officials have to sign off on it first as it comes with a need for county funds that aren’t part of the current budget.

The grant is from Round 2 of the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs Office of Emergency Communications PSAP Grant. The application was due in February and awarded May 1.

The Mattoon Veteran Kids will once again return to the village for the annual Memorial Day parade.

Organized by James Fonder, adjutant of John Owen American Legion Post 287, children honor veterans by dressing up as military veterans, Native Americans or other historical figures and walking behind a float in the parade.

“You have to spend money to make money” is a common business adage, and it could very well be true for any hopes of building a new Shawano County Library.

The Samuels Group’s Kurt Berner is recommending the county hire the McDonald Schaefer firm to conduct a feasibility fundraising study to determine local financial support for a new library.

As Nurses’ Week came to a close, Hospital Sisters Health System announced the 2025 Nurse of the Year, DAISY Nurse Leader of the Year and Nursing Team of the Year award winners from hospitals in Green Bay, Sheboygan and Oconto Falls.

Meshan Latender and Shawano County officials have verbally agreed to the former selling her home to pave the way for a new courthouse, jail pod and jail auxiliary services.

Latender owns the home at 211 W. Fourth St., Shawano.

We recently enjoyed a birding trip to the southeast United States that rewarded us with sightings of many bird species not seen in Wisconsin. These included the wood stork, roseate spoonbill, yellow-crowned night heron and brown pelican among others. It also allowed us to see many more egrets than we’d see here in northeast Wisconsin.