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Board approves employee handbook

Shawano County finally has a revised employee and administrative handbook, more than two and a half years after the state enacted Act 10, which stripped most collective bargaining rights from the public employee unions. The County Board voted 15-9 Wednesday, with three supervisors absent, to adopt the handbook. The board had rejected the first revision with a 13-13 vote in September.
Susan Jane Van Dyck
Susan Jane (Morrison) Van Dyck, 78, died Monday, Nov. 18, 2013, of complications arising from Alzheimer’s. She is survived by her husband of 23 years, Florian Van Dyck, of Egg Harbor. Susan is also survived by her five children, Mitchell, Amy, Laura (Sid Glenn), Todd and Ward (Gillian Morrison); their father, Miles W.
Keys to the Game: Packers vs. Steelers
Green Bay Packers Loose Lacy The Green Bay Packers will need a heavy dose of rookie running back Eddie Lacy on Sunday. The weather conditions may be snowy and wet, the Packers will either have backup quarterback Matt Flynn or a rusty Aaron Rodgers returning from a broken collarbone at the quarterback position, and the Pittsburgh Steelers have the 19th-ranked rushing defense.
Lacy strong candidate for rookie award
Eddie Lacy was wearing a walking boot on his right foot Wednesday in the locker room, as he has everywhere except to games since spraining his ankle against the Atlanta Falcons in Week 14. The boot is mostly precautionary, as is the decision to hold the rookie running back out of a few practices the last two weeks. “It looks pretty cool,” Lacy said of his protective footwear. However the boot makes Lacy look, there is no doubt what Lacy is: a gri
Public Record
Shawano Police Department Dec. 19 Police logged 17 incidents, including the following: Juvenile — Police responded to a juvenile problem in the 700 block of South River Street. Juvenile — Police logged three truancy complaints from Shawano Community Middle School, 1050 S.
Survivor shares horrors of Holocaust with students
“Hate is nothing.
Daniel Terkel
Daniel Terkel, 88, of Shawano, formerly of Milwaukee, passed away peacefully on Saturday evening, Dec. 14, 2013, at ManorCare of Shawano, where he had been a resident for the past 2 1/2 years. Dan was born Sept. 28, 1925, in Milwaukee, a son of the late Allen and Florence (Lauer) Terkel. In 1943, he entered the United States Army and served during World War II as a tank driver. He served in the European African Theatre of action.
Sheriff's Dept. shares tips to avoid holiday crime
The hallmarks of the Christmas season of peace and goodwill are not on everyone’s minds during the holidays, and there are those who may be looking to rob some families of their Christmas cheer. That’s why the Shawano County Sheriff’s Department is offering a few tips to help ensure people spend their Christmas opening presents instead of reporting them stolen. “Property crime is on the rise in Shawano County, and we believe that has a direct cor
Man arrested was registered sex offender
A Green Bay man who allegedly planned to meet a 15-year-old girl for sex in Wescott on Wednesday is a registered sex offender who had cut off his monitoring bracelet and gone missing earlier in the week, according to a criminal complaint. Brandon J.
Appeals court says traffic stop was legal
A state appeals court this week rejected a Shawano man’s claim that police unlawfully invaded his privacy by checking his license plate, which led to his arrest for operating while intoxicated. The District III Court of Appeals rejected Daniel R.
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