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Published by admin on Tue, 08/30/2022 - 1:04pm

• Scott A. Tainter, 40, Wittenberg, was charged Aug. 22 with one count of second-degree recklessly endangering safety, one count of discharging a firearm in a school zone, one misdemeanor count of resisting or obstructing an officer and one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct. Judge Katherine Sloma set a cash bond of $2,500 and scheduled a preliminary hearing for Aug. 29.

Public Record

Published by admin on Tue, 08/30/2022 - 1:04pm

Shawano Police Department

Aug. 29

Officers responded to 18 calls, including a disturbance on East Richmond Street; car property damage on East Richmond Street; a threat on South Weed Street.

Aug. 28

Officers responded to 15 calls, including a disturbance on East Fifth Street; reckless driving on state Highway 47-55; lewd/lascivious behavior at El Tequila, 1240 E. Green Bay St.; reckless driving on South Franklin Street; reckless driving on South Main Street.

Aug. 27

Spectrum helping Menominee to connect

Published by admin on Tue, 08/30/2022 - 10:13am

Getting quality broadband internet access has been a challenge in rural Wisconsin, especially on Native American reservations, but the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin is getting a boost in the arm courtesy of Charter Spectrum.

On Aug. 25, Spectrum representatives presented tribal officials with a $2,500 cash award, along with 10 Chromebooks for use at the Family and Community Engagement Center in Keshena, making the total investment around $6,000.

Menominee work to improve school attendance

Published by admin on Tue, 08/30/2022 - 10:09am

Chronic school absenteeism has been a continual barrier to success on the Menominee Reservation, but officials are looking to convince families that daily school attendance is one of the best ways for the reservation to improve.

A public event Aug. 24 at the Menominee Family and Community Engagement Center in Keshena gave school and tribal officials a chance to interact with families and try to nail down what can be done to entice parents to make sure their kids are in school.

Bystol asks public to avoid bridge construction

Published by admin on Mon, 08/29/2022 - 12:56pm

As construction continues on the bridge on County Road HHH in Shawano, Shawano County Highway Commissioner Grant Bystol gave some words of warning for pedestrians traveling through the area.

Bystol said that he has both heard of and seen unauthorized people in the construction zones. Though this is the case, Bystol said that the general public can still be in the area to observe the work, but asked that they stay clear of workers.

Fish gets 4 years for failure to appear

Published by LPulaski on Fri, 08/26/2022 - 5:15pm

A former Zoar man, who cut off his electronic bracelet and fled while awaiting trial on aggravated assault charges was sentenced Friday in federal court to four years in prison for failure to appear in court.

Tony Fish, 43, was charged in October in connection with allegedly striking his wife in the head with a wooden trophy and cutting her hand with a knife in their trailer on the Menominee Indian Reservation. Allegations that Fish continues to deny.

Childs sentenced for concealing body

Published by LPulaski on Fri, 08/26/2022 - 4:48pm

A Shawano woman was sentenced Aug. 22 to 2½ years in prison in connection with a car fire set on the Menominee Reservation two years ago that attempted to conceal the body of a drug overdose victim.

Kayla M. Childs, 34, pleaded guilty in federal court earlier this summer to concealing the body of Stephanie Greenspoon, of Green Bay, who died from a heroin overdose.

Childs and three others were charged after a charred car containing Greenspoon’s remains was found by loggers on the reservation in August 2020.

Gillett schools to ask for $600,000 for next three years

Published by admin on Fri, 08/26/2022 - 4:21pm

The Gillett School District is going back to referendum, in order to ask for $600,000 a year for the next three years in a non-recurring referendum.

“The overarching goal is to continue the services and programs that we currently have that our students and community deserve,” said Gillett Superintendent Todd Hencsik. “It isn’t to build something shiny or something new. It is just to continue offering our services and programs.”

The official voting date for the referendum is Election Day, Nov. 8.

Hilbert man dead after crash on state Highway 29

Published by admin on Fri, 08/26/2022 - 2:31pm

A 45-year old Hilbert man is dead after he crashed his motorcycle into a pick up truck, driven by a 20-year old Missouri man on Aug. 23.

Shawano County sheriff’s deputies responded to the scene at 12:19 p.m., which occurred at the intersection of state Highway 29 and County Road MMM in the Town of Richmond.

School board recall election cancelled

Published by LPulaski on Fri, 08/26/2022 - 10:48am

The decision on replacing Michael Sleeper and Chuck Dallas on the Shawano School Board will not be in voters’ hands as the petitioner agreed to withdraw her recall petitions.

The Shawano School District made that announcement late Aug. 25, the last day of the verification period to check signatures on the petitions that Shawano parent Bobbi Lemerond submitted against the two men. Sleeper and Dallas submitted their resignations, as did board member Chris Gull, earlier in the week, which on its own would not have stopped the recall, according to the Wisconsin Elections Commission.