Mason and Evan Meverden had big games for Birnamwood’s BABA team, as the Kings needed only seven innings to pick up a 16-1 North Division win over Hatley June 26.

North Division

Birnamwood 16, Hatley 1 (7 inn.)

Mason Meverden had five of the Kings’ 16 hits, while Evan Meverden added three of his own, including a grand slam.

Owen Dickman and Logan Thiex added two hits each.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on June 23 ruled 4-3 in favor of the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin against the Legend Lake Property Owners Association, upholding tribal sovereign immunity and dismissing the association’s lawsuit.

Mike Prey has been hired as the new girls varsity basketball coach at Shawano Community High School.

Prey brings a combination of coaching experience, basketball knowledge and a passion for developing student-athletes both on and off the court.

When it comes to outdoors hunting and fishing adventures, you tend to remember the toughest ones almost as much as the best ones. That was the case on a family fishing charter in the Atlantic Ocean out of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on June 15 as part of an 11-day trip to the Carolinas.

Members of the Shawano County Board on June 24 adopted a 12-month moratorium on the siting, construction, establishment and operation of data centers in the unincorporated towns in Shawano County that have approved the county’s zoning authority.

It does not affect any cities, villages or the towns of Almon, Bartelme, Belle Plaine, Hartland, Hutchins, Lessor, Pella, Richmond and Wescott, all of which have their own zoning laws.

Single-family and multifamily housing units have recently been built in Shawano, Bonduel and Wittenberg, but Peter Thillman said more work still needs to be done for supply to meet demand in Shawano County.

Thillman, executive director of Shawano Community Economic Progress Inc., provided an annual update to the Shawano County Board on June 24.

He thanked the board for investing in a 2022 housing study.