FRIDAY, APRIL 10

BONDUEL: American Red Cross blood drive, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Bonduel High School, 400 W. Green Bay St. Appointments at www.www.redcrossblood.org or 800-733-2767.

KESHENA: Winter Farmers Market, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., College of Menominee Nation Cultural Learning Center, N172 State Highway 47-55. Presented by CMN Sustainable Development Institute. Local vendors, healthy food, artisan crafts and more.

Fans are expected to pack the stands at the Shawano Speedway on April 18 for the opening night at the legendary half-mile track. The original opening night of April 11 was cancelled due to wet track conditions.

Gates open at 4 p.m. with races getting underway at 6 p.m.

Pulaski’s girls track and field team score 74 points and placed second at the Midwest Indoor Championship, hosted by UW-River Falls on April 4.

The boys team tallied 62 points and placed third. There were 16 teams competing in the meet.

Emerson Fabry won the 1,600-meter run in 5:22.26. Maggie Gerth finished second.

Gerth won the 3,200-meter run in 11:15.10.

Olivia Sprangers also won the long jump at 16-1.50.

Newcap, a northeast Wisconsin anti-poverty nonprofit group, abruptly closed its doors for good March 31 amid serious financial challenges, leaving thousands of people wondering what’s next for them.

For more than 50 years, Newcap has operated in 10 counties, including Shawano, Menominee and Oconto. It serves low-income residents and is funded primarily through state and federal grants.

Shawano Area Matthew 25, Inc. is once again bringing color and community spirit to Shawano with its annual spring flower sale fundraiser, open now through April 30. Orders must be received by 3 p.m. April 30 to be included in this year’s sale.

Flowers will be available for pickup May 21, from 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. at the parking lot on East Elizabeth Street in Shawano, across from the Little League diamonds.

Hadlynn Kast volunteered to gavel the March 25 meeting of the Shawano County Board to order. Each spring when the board acknowledges the winners of the county conservation poster contest, Chairman Tom Kautza asks for a youth volunteer to bang the gavel to begin the meeting.

The Wittenberg-Birnamwood Cub Scout Pack 445 will join troops from across the nation for the annual Scouting for Food event April 18.

Local troops and packs collect nonperishable food items for local food pantries.

Pack 445 will collect food for the Wittenberg Food Pantry in front of the local grocery store, Wittenberg Sentry, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

High school graduations are coming up soon, and organizers of the chemical-free graduation party at Shawano Community High School are busy planning for the 38th annual event.

Matthew Raduechel, high school principal, recently sent a letter to area businesses asking for assistance.