The Bowler/Gresham high school football team continued to roll a path of destruction through the Great 8 Conference with a 46-6 win Saturday over Abundant Life Christian. Abundant Life’s only score came on the Cats’ first drive, when a pitch from quarterback Thomas Kazik was grabbed by a Challengers player and run in for a score. After that, the Bowler/Gresham defense did its job, holding Abundant Life (1-2) scoreless the rest of the way.

t took five games, but the Menominee Indian High School volleyball team won its Central Wisconsin Conference-10 opener Tuesday in Gresham. Gresham (0-1) won the second and fourth games, 25-13, 25-10, but Menominee Indian (1-0) took the first, third and tie-breaking fifth, 30-28, 25-22 and 15-12. “I’m just proud of them, the way they played,” Menominee Indian coach Colette White said. “They were talking, hustling, moving and communicating.

August Frank Janicek, 89, of Clintonville, passed away Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, at a local nursing home. Born on Nov. 5, 1923, in Czechoslovakia, he was the son of the late Thomas and Frances (Slamka) Janicek. At the age of 15, August and his family moved to the Milwaukee area. In 1942 he enlisted with the United States Army Air Corps and served his country for four years. On Aug.

Sandra M. Wendler, 65, Wittenberg, died Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, at the Homme Home of Wittenberg under the care of Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services. She was born on March 28, 1948, in Shawano, the daughter of the late Clayton Cotter and Sylvia (Jelinski) Cotter, Tigerton. On Feb. 12, 1972, Sandy was united in marriage to James R. Wendler in Tigerton. He preceded her in death on Nov.

Alice I. (Kruse) Kabacinski, 79, Green Bay, died peacefully at home Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. She was born Sept. 26, 1933, in Shawano to Grover and Florence (Schultz) Kruse. Alice was a lifelong member of Redeemer Lutheran Church. She graduated from Green Bay West High School.

St. Paul Lutheran, Bonduel St. Paul has its first week of school now under its belt, and the second week is off to a great start, as well. With an enrollment of 228 students in preschool age 3 through eighth grade, St. Paul is the largest Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS) school in the North Wisconsin District.

Shawano Police Department Sept. 9 Police logged 25 incidents, including the following: Suspicious — Police responding to a suspicious person complaint in the 100 block of South Washington Street located two individuals believed to have been involved in an assault in the city two days earlier. A charge of aggravated battery was referred against a 25-year-old Keshena man and a charge of battery was referred against a 24-year-old Shawano man.

The Shawano County Administrative Committee is looking at eliminating a requirement that at least $500,000 in sales tax funds be held in reserve for capital improvement projects. The committee voted unanimously Tuesday to send the resolution, which was last revised in 2009, to the Finance Committee next week to see if the caveat can be removed. Supervisor Deb Noffke said it made no sense to discuss borrowing for projects, including the proposed e

The Shawano County Board of Adjustment is a quasi-judicial entity completely independent of the county’s legislative committees. Except when it comes to budgeting. It is that tether that prompted Supervisor Gene Hoppe to question the board’s connection with the Planning, Development and Zoning (PDZ) Committee at the Administrative Committee meeting Tuesday.