Hawks top Seymour in OT The Shawano Community High School girls basketball team beat Seymour 40-37 in overtime Tuesday in Shawano. Tied 33-33 after four quarters, the Hawks (1-2, 1-1 Bay) outscored Seymour (1-3, 1-1 Bay) 7-4 in the overtime period. Lyndsey Kurtz led Shawano with 11 points. Madilyn Heinke led Seymour with eight points. ^ Dowden’s dozen help Bears top Shiocton The Bonduel High School girls basketball team beat Shiocton 40-26 in Cen

The Bonduel High School boys basketball team lost to Shiocton 59-40 in a Central Wisconsin Conference-8 game Tuesday in Shiocton. The Bears’ offense went quiet in the second half, scoring only 14 points and getting outscored 17-8 in the third quarter. Trevor Pedersen led Bonduel (3-4, 0-3 CWC-8) with eight points. Patrick Brouillard led Shiocton (4-1, 3-0 CWC-8) with a game-high 19 points. ^ Bonduel (40) Pedersen 3 2-5 8, Fischer 2 2-2 6, Rosin 2

Almond-Bancroft handed the Gresham Community High School boys basketball team its first loss of the season, 58-55, Tuesday in Gresham. While Gresham’s Christian Haffner racked up 23 points, the Wildcats struggled to shut down Almond-Bancroft guard Evan Pagel, who scored 28 points, including five 3s. Haffner, a junior guard, kept pace with Pagel in the first half, but was held to just a pair of free throws in the second half. “Obviously, a couple

If the Seymour High School boys basketball team overlooked Shawano, you can bet the Thunder won’t make that mistake again. The Hawks upset previously undefeated Seymour 49-48 in a Bay Conference game Tuesday night in Seymour. Shawano gave up 18 and 16 points to Seymour stars Dakota Oskey and Sandy Cohen, respectively, but held the rest of the team to just 14 points. “Seymour is obviously a very talented team with their two-headed monster of Sandy

Shawano Police Department Dec. 16 Police logged 26 incidents, including the following: Arrest — A male subject was taken into custody at the Probation and Parole offices, 1340 E. Green Bay St. Accident — Police responded to an accident at Cleveland and Maurer streets involving a vehicle that struck a city plow truck. No injuries were reported. Accident — Police responded to a property damage accident in the parking lot at Walmart, 1244 E.

Fines and forfeitures in the city of Shawano will go up across the board starting Wednesday due to an increase in municipal court fees. The court fee, which is included in the total cost of fines and other penalties assessed by the city, will go from $28 to $38. The Shawano Common Council approved amending the city’s bond schedule to reflect the rise court fees at a meeting Monday. The increase comes as a result of a change in state law that allo

The sale of the former Lincoln Elementary School closes Wednesday.

Five sisters shaved their heads when their mother, Patsi Giese, lost her hair while undergoing chemotherapy treatments. “Oh my gosh. You would not understand how ungodly happy that made me feel,” Giese said. “They all have wonderful hair, and to see them shave it tore at my heart.” Giese, who will be 78 in February, was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer three months ago.

Janell Sue Tourtillott, 55, of Keshena, passed away Monday, Dec. 16, 2013, at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison. Born on June 6, 1958, in Keshena, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Evangeline (Nunway) Dodge. Janell lived most of her life on the Menominee Indian Reservation. Her Indian name, given to her by Art Shegonee, was Waupekenay, meaning White Eagle Woman. On June 7, 1975, she was united in marriage to Miles A.