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Kasper pleads guilty to Jan. 6 crimes

Published by admin on Sat, 09/16/2023 - 10:37am

A Pulaski man charged with pleaded guilty Friday to assaulting, resisting or impeding police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S Capitol.

Riley D. Kasper, 24, faces maximum penalties of up to eight years in prison if the offense involved physical contact with the assault victim.

Kasper was at the Capitol when a vast number of persons were attempting to disrupt a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to certify the electoral votes cast in the 2020 presidential election.

SCMS students disciplined in restroom altercation

Published by admin on Fri, 09/15/2023 - 3:22pm

An undetermined number of students were disciplined Sept. 15 after a fight in a restroom at Shawano Community Middle School.

According to a letter from Superintendent Kurt Krizan sent out to parents, school administrators were informed of the altercation at about 9:20 a.m. between two students. An additional 11 students witnessed the altercation, but instead of trying to stop the fight, they were encouraging it to continue.

Investigation continues into swan, heron kills

Published by admin on Fri, 09/15/2023 - 2:22pm

An investigation continues into the illegal shooting of three swans and a great blue heron at a state wildlife area near Navarino.

Clark Delzer, a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources conservation warden based in Shawano, is leading the investigation of the shootings, which were reported in late August at the Navarino Wildlife Area.

“We’re still working leads, still working on the investigation,” he said. “There’s not a lot that we can really disclose, as it is a pending investigation.”

Annexation approved for Kolby housing project

Published by admin on Fri, 09/15/2023 - 2:19pm

A housing project in the southern part of Shawano has received the green light to become part of the city.

Airport Road reconstruction project underway

Published by admin on Fri, 09/15/2023 - 2:17pm

Barricades are in place, and utility work is underway on a reconstruction project on a roughly one-mile stretch of Airport Road (County Road HHH).

Shawano County Highway Commissioner Grant Bystol said the project began Sept. 11 and will wrap up by Oct. 6, depending on weather conditions.

The project measures 0.88 miles from the intersection of Airport Road and East Green Bay Street north to Lake Drive (County Road H) in the area of the Mielke Arts Center.

Red Cross facing national blood shortage

Published by admin on Fri, 09/15/2023 - 2:14pm

The American Red Cross is experiencing a national blood shortage.

Fewer donors than needed gave this summer, drawing down the national blood supply and reducing distributions of some of the most-needed blood types to hospitals. Hurricane Idalia further strained the blood supply with blood drive cancellations and reduced blood and platelet donations in affected areas.

NWTC alum now paralegal due to scholarship

Published by admin on Fri, 09/15/2023 - 2:11pm

Stephanie Sacheck is a single mother who was working hard to make ends meet.

The Shawano resident said she was working in a “dead end job” and was more interested in being a paralegal, so she found out that Northeast Wisconsin Technical College might be a good option to pursue a degree.

Wisconsin Farm Bureau seeks District 7 coordinator

Published by admin on Fri, 09/15/2023 - 2:04pm

Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation is seeking applicants for the position of District 7 coordinator in northeast Wisconsin.

Reconstruction underway on Waukechon Street

Published by admin on Thu, 09/14/2023 - 4:45pm

Waukechon Street in the city of Shawano is closed to through traffic until Oct. 20. The street reconstruction project began Sept. 11.

The closure will be from Green Bay Street to Lieg Avenue. The intersection of Richmond Street will remain open as much as possible to allow traffic to cross to the other side of Richmond. There will be a short period of time that this intersection will need to be closed for paving.

Prevea health records platform back online

Published by admin on Thu, 09/14/2023 - 4:40pm

Functionality to the electronic health records platform for a local hospital hit by a security breach has been restored, officials announced Sept. 12.

The system outage affected Prevea Health, Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) and HSHS hospitals in Wisconsin (including: HSHS St. Vincent Hospital and HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center in Green Bay; HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital in Sheboygan; HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital in Oconto Falls; HSHS Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire; and HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital in Chippewa Falls) at the end of August.