David James Saffran, 68, passed away May 21, 2026. Born on July 26, 1957, David was the son of Walter and Lorna Saffran, who preceded him in death.

David proudly served in the United States Army and later worked for the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department as a public safety telecommunicator for two decades.

The Shawano Recreation Center is set to reopen in less than three months, and the Shawano Parks and Recreation Commission got a chance to see the latest work done in the facility during its May 20 meeting.

During the summer months, the Shawano School District will be posting videos and articles to address school finances. District officials hope this will help those who disagree with recent cost-cutting decisions to understand why those decisions were made.

After nearly half a century in its current home, Elderon Memorial VFW Post 8068 is looking for a new location.

The clubhouse is approaching its 45th anniversary after previously serving many years as an insurance agency. While it has served the VFW well, it has become difficult to keep up the maintenance, accessibility requirements and updates that are required after decades of service.

The Shawano School Board is still feeling the heat from a recent vote in closed session to issue nonrenewal notices for contracts to three teachers, even though the board voted again on the matter in open session.

Local municipalities seldom get federal or state grants with no strings attached regarding how the money can be spent.

That is not the case with a $200,000 windfall from the Wisconsin Department of Administration. The same amount of money was given to each Wisconsin county with a Native American tribe in its boundaries.

Shawano County departments were asked to submit requests for the funds, and those totaled $385,000.

Several acres of trees on the southeast corner of County Road B and South Airport Drive will soon be clear cut in preparation for commercial development.

The Shawano Common Council on May 18 approved the conditional use permit recommended by the plan commission, which OK’d the permit April 29.

Torborg and Daughters LLC will clear cut the trees on 28.49 acres between County Road B and state Highway 29.

Heavy rains and flooding on April 12-13 and beyond led to several area culverts being washed out and roads closed due to high water.

The city of Shawano was no exception. A culvert washed out on East Richmond Street east of South Airport Drive, and it cost the city $5,000 to repair it.

However, state disaster aid will help cover much of that cost.