More than a year of waiting is about to pay off for Shawano residents as the newly renovated Shawano Recreation Center will open to the public Aug. 24.

Most days, Lesley Nemetz is busy making sure there are no stray records at Shawano City Hall, while Matt Hendricks makes sure everyone is having fun at the city parks and the newly reopened Shawano Recreation Center.

Mary Kluck, a 2024 graduate of Northcentral Technical College, recently became a published author, but her book, “Welcome to My Farm,” started long before it was ever printed on a page.

If you’ve been observing this year’s crop of fawns following Mama around the pastures and field edges lately, you’re probably excited to see two or even three young ones in tow.

The beach and grassy area at Shawano Lake County Park was filled with people Aug. 13 as the Shawano County Sheriff’s Department held one of its Lunch in the Park programs.

There were plenty of law enforcement officers staking out Dunkin Donuts on Aug. 14, including, from left, on the roof, Officer Sam Meshnick, Lt.

Interactions with law enforcement don’t usually entail sampling baked goods from the community or getting into a tug-of-war, but that was the sort of thing going on Aug.

Expert witnesses are unavailable for the trial against Amanda Bowman in September, so it was moved back until next February.