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Trout cooperate with anglers at 36th annual Eland Fisheree

Jacob Pliska didn’t mind getting up early June 20.

It had something to do with fishing, which was right up the Rosholt 13-year-old’s alley.

Pliska was one of hundreds of people – from young kids to senior citizens – to show up in Eland for the 36th annual Eland Fisheree. They tried their luck at catching one of the Eland Millpond’s stocked rainbow trout, many of them more than a foot long.

Cicero gets nod as administrative coordinator

Stacey Cicero is expected to begin her duties as Shawano County’s newest administrative coordinator June 29.

Her hiring was recommended by the executive committee June 17 and is expected to be approved by the full county board June 24.

“This just makes it official,” Julie Hasser told the executive committee. “She did accept the position.”

Fields bound over for trial for sexual assault

There is enough evidence to move forward with a trial for Lawrence Fields, Shawano-Menominee Circuit Court Judge Katherine Sloma ruled June 18 after a detective described what Fields allegedly did to a girl when she was 6 years old.

Fields, 64, faces one count of first-degree child sex assault and one count of exposing genitals to a child. The Seymour resident is currently being held in the Shawano County Jail on a $25,000 cash bond.

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