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Eland, Hatley combine for 33 hits, 29 runs

Eland and Hatley’s BABA baseball teams put up some big numbers under the lights July 24 in their North Division matchup in Eland.

The Engineers scored 10 runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and went on to hand the Braves a 22-7 loss in a game that included 33 hits and 29 runs.

North Division

Eland 22, Hatley 7

Swedberg wins dirt late models race

Shawano’s AJ Springborn moved up from a 10th-place start to capture the checkered flag in the 20-lap IMCA sport modifieds feature race at the Shawano Speedway on July 25.

Oconto Falls’ Cole Magnin started eighth and finished second, while Seymour Tim Jorgensen started 11th and placed third.

Gillett’s Brad Miller started on the pole and finished in four place.

Miller and Magnin won the heat races.

Sunny’s health improving since harrowing ordeal

A dog found with multiple bullet wounds and other injuries is making a slow but steady move toward a happy ending but is not out of the woods yet, while the Shawano County Sheriff’s Department is still investigating who might have caused him harm.

Shawano Folk Music Festival set for Aug. 7-9

About to celebrate its 48th year, the Shawano Folk Music Festival is set to return to the Mielke Park and the Mielke Arts Center on Aug. 7-9.

Drama in the courthouse

Steve Pollock is the new representative for District 27 on the Shawano County Board, following a contentious nomination process at the July 22 meeting.

Pollock, a retired We Energies employee, was nominated by Chairman Tom Kautza and approved by the board with 19 in favor, five against, one abstention and one member absent.

Koreans, Menominee demonstrate cultures

Exchanging traditions and gaining knowledge of other cultures has been a tradition between several Native American tribes in Wisconsin and a group of Koreans based in Silver Spring, Maryland, and the latest exchange took place over three days before culminating in a public showcase July 23 at the Omaeqnomenewak Wetohkatikamek Center in Keshena.

‘This is not your father’s bicycle’

Electric bikes and scooters have changed how we get around, whether for a daily commute, riding the trails or hauling cargo.

Modern e-bikes have transformed from heavy, clunky novelties into sleek, high-tech and efficient machines. The change is similar to the classic General Motors’ rebranding of the Oldsmobile cars in the late 1980s.

The new e-bikes and e-scooters also bring confusion and the increasing possibility of injury.

Vote on $29M borrowing looming over county board

Despite all the talk about a new courthouse in Shawano County, until supervisors actually vote to borrow funds, there are no guarantees the project will happen.

That day is coming soon.

Carol Wirth, president and owner of Wisconsin Public Finance Professionals LLC, outlined the steps to take over the next months that will kick off the estimated $121 million building project.

Oconto woman dies in Little River crash

One person is dead after a crash involving a vehicle versus pedestrian accident July 23 in the Town of Little River.

The Oconto County Sheriff’s Department Emergency Dispatch Center was notified just after 2 p.m. about the crash near the 7000 block of Hillcrest Road.

Pulaski School District makes summer fun

On a Thursday in early July, more than 1,000 kids flooded the halls of Pulaski Community Middle School.

Heaps of backpacks were piled in corners of classrooms and hallways. Bikes crowded the racks outside. At lunchtime, lines of children snaked around the building as they waited for hamburgers.

Summer school is a phrase usually wielded as a threat to keep students on task in the classroom.

Not in Pulaski.

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