20 September 2013

SMU customers lose Internet, phones for several hours

An Internet outage miles away from the city was being blamed for disrupting Internet and phone service to customers of Shawano Municipal Utilities for most of the day Thursday. SMU General Manager and City Administrator Brian Knapp said a fiber optic line “somewhere downstate” was cut, knocking offline the company that provides SMU with Internet service. That in turn affected all of SMU’s phone customers because those phones also run off of the I
20 September 2013
Bowler woman charged in connection with meth case
A Bowler woman is facing felony drug charges for allegedly supplying her boyfriend with the pseudoephedrine he is accused of using to manufacture meth. April M.
20 September 2013
Survey: Most satisfied with city parks
Shawano residents have high marks for the city’s parks and recreation facilities, but would still like to see some improvements, according to a recent online survey. Trails, restrooms and playgrounds are the most used, but also the most in need of improvement, the survey found. Playground improvements were also among the things most respondents said the city needs immediately.
20 September 2013
The Wheel World
Matty Mathison was cruising through the Shawano County countryside on one of her regular 20-mile bike rides when the idea popped into her head. One of the routes took her past several of the barn quilts erected as part of the Shawano Country Barn Quilt Project. She enjoyed seeing the old barns and the barn quilt colors in the distance. “We have these beautiful barn quilts,” she told herself.
19 September 2013
Jacqueline Ann Liesner
Jacqueline Ann Liesner, 84, passed away Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. Arrangements are pending with the Swedberg-Wendt Funeral Home in Bonduel. www.swedbergfuneralhome.com
19 September 2013
John Montoure
John Montoure, Ph.D., 86, of Meridian, Idaho, formerly of Shawano, died Sept. 4, 2013, in Meridian. A memorial service will be held on Monday, Sept. 23, at 11 a.m. at Hope Community Church, Shawano.
19 September 2013
Ebba M. Olson
Ebba M. Kleeman Olson, 99, 0f Shawano, was welcomed into the arms of her Lord on Tuesday evening, Sept. 17, 2013. She passed away at Kindred Hearts Assisted Living Center in Shawano, where she had been a resident for the past five years. Ebba was born on Dec. 24, 1913, in Franksville, a daughter of the late Arthur Peter and Marie (Sorensen) Svendsen.
19 September 2013
Public Record
Shawano Police Department Sept.
19 September 2013
2 injured in Hwy. 32 accident
Two people were injured Thursday morning when a van collided with a pickup on state Highway 32 at Middle Drive in Angelica. The crash was still being investigated, but initial investigation indicated that a Dodge Caravan driven by a 33-year-old Green Bay man failed to yield at a stop sign on Middle Drive and continued onto Highway 32, where the van was hit by a Chevy truck driven by a 71-year-old Krakow man, according to the Shawano County Sherif
19 September 2013
Preparations under way for Family Dollar move
Pre-demolition work has begun on the former Country Store building on South Main Street to make way for Family Dollar’s move from East Green Bay Street. “They’re cleaning it up. Asbestos remediation, stuff like that,” Shawano Building Inspector Mike Miller said. Miller said he was not aware of any time line for the project.
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