Oconto County Sheriff's Department

May 10

Members voting at the inaugural meeting of Shawano County’s 100+ Men Who Care awarded Lakeland Industries a donation of more than $5,000 May 7.

The group, with 51 men at the first meeting, is based on the locally popular 100+ Women Who Care group.

Almost 500 schools were recognized by the National Association of Secondary School Principals recently, and only one of those was from Wisconsin.

The Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School Student Senate received a National Gold Council of Excellence Award, with officials noting that the school provides the student leaders with opportunities to make a difference in the community and beyond.

With the road reconstruction for Shawano’s Main Street less than two years away, the Business Improvement District is looking at taking steps now to make sure local businesses don’t suffer when the road is closed to traffic.

From blizzards to ice storms to flooding, Shawano and surrounding counties have seen it all this spring. And the cost to deal with those severe weather situations has mounted into the hundreds of thousands of dollars for cities, towns, villages and counties.

Shawano County Sheriff George Lenzner, left, provides background on Landen Christen, who was sworn into his new role as deputy with the Shawano County’s Sheriff’s Department at the public safety meeting May 6. A graduate of Bay Port High School, the 21-year-old started as community service officer in Appleton, worked as an officer with the Black Creek Police Department and was with the Stockbridge-Munsee Police Department the past 18 months.