Wittenberg Enterprise & Birnamwood News

Retrospective showcases WBHS student talent

Published by admin on Tue, 05/11/2021 - 1:33pm

Works of art, rocking chairs, finished quilts, pigs in pens and even a tiny house were among some of the sights that visitors to Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School saw during the school’s Retrospective presentation May 5.

Retrospective allows the school to showcase the artistry, craftsmanship and skills of its students and show that the high school experience is not limited to the basics.

For Sarabeth Bernarde, a junior, showing off a quilt with patterns of bees and honeycombs was particularly satisfying.

Public Record

Published by admin on Tue, 05/11/2021 - 12:01pm

Shawano Police Department

May 10

Officers responded to 31 calls, including a threat at Walgreens, 401 E. Green Bay St.; car property damage on South Airport Drive and East Richmond Street; car property damage on County Road B and South Airport Drive; trespassing on South Sawyer Street; shoplifting at Charlies County Market, 521 S. Main St.; a threat on South Sawyer Street.

May 9

Grilling steaks in Tigerton

Published by admin on Tue, 05/11/2021 - 10:12am

Steaks were sizzling at the Tigerton Community Center on the evening of May 8.

Dozens of Tigerton residents filled the Community Center for a dinner of boneless ribeye steaks, potatoes, vegetables, desert and water, soda, beer, or mixed drinks. The event was put on by the Tigerton Lions Club. The steak fry was ran in conjunction with a raffle for prizes, as well as a 50/50 raffle.

The money that was raised, from visitors eating and entering raffles, will go to the Tigerton Lions Club.

WBHS tech students make crosses for American Legion building

Published by admin on Mon, 05/10/2021 - 12:49pm

Students at Wittenberg-Birnamwood High School are aiding in honoring area veterans by constructing memorial crosses for the American Legion building in Birnamwood.

The project is being headed by WBHS technology education teacher Waylon Resch. A former WBHS district employee, Nancy Resch, was leading the project but passed that duty onto Waylon Resch. Waylon Resch and Nancy Resch are second cousins. Nancy Resch said she wanted to do something to memorialize veterans in the Wittenberg-Birnamwood community, because she has had multiple family members who have served.

Ho-Chunk tribe reports progress in coronavirus vaccinations

Published by admin on Fri, 05/07/2021 - 10:09am

The Ho-Chunk Nation is seeing some progress in its coronavirus vaccinations, a member of the Ho-Chunk Tribal Legislature reported to the Shawano County Tribal Affairs Committee on May 6.

Rep. Larry Walker Jr. told the committee that efforts to vaccinate tribal members spread across the state, including Wittenberg, have so far been successful. The tribe has distributed almost 13,000 vaccinations across the reservation, he said, including 270 in Shawano County. Most of the 270 shots include tribal members and employees who work for the tribe.

Committee looks at how to spend compact funds

Published by admin on Fri, 05/07/2021 - 10:05am

The Shawano County Tribal Affairs Committee could get a chance to have a say in what capital projects get funded with gaming compact money the county gets from the Ho-Chunk Nation.

Added safety protocols at Little Star Convenience

Published by admin on Tue, 05/04/2021 - 2:26pm

One convenience store in Shawano County has implemented what was a common sight years ago, as an extra step to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

The Little Star Convenience Store, located next to the North Star Mohican Casino and Resort near Bowler, has introduced the practice of providing gas pump attendants.

Horsens Homestead Farms holds open house

Published by admin on Mon, 05/03/2021 - 2:15pm

Dozens of visitors took advantage of the April 24 open house at the new robotic milking facility at Horsens Homestead Farms in Cecil to witness the latest in modern farming.

Co-manager of Horsens Homstead Farms, Ryan Horsens mentioned that an opportunity opened up to finally show community residents the new facility. Horsens is a fifth-generation farmer, with the farm starting in 1879.

Farm requests expansion in Town of Almon

Published by admin on Mon, 05/03/2021 - 1:56pm

About a dozen people were in attendance at the Almon Town Hall on April 21 to listen to details about a license request with a proposed expansion of a livestock facility on the Strassburg Creek Farm, N7339 Regina Road, just north of Bowler.

The proposal of the expansion, coming from the Kenneth and Shirley Strassburg Revocable Trust, would be from 1,650 animal units to 2,530 animal units. An animal unit is a way to measure how an animal impacts a farm in relation to food and waste. Larger animals often have an animal unit above one.

Wittenberg Village Board votes to change mask mandate

Published by admin on Mon, 05/03/2021 - 1:36pm

The Wittenberg Village Board voted to adjust the mask mandate in the village’s community center April 20.

The change in the mask mandate goes from requiring that masks are worn to strongly recommending that masks are worn.

The change is coming on the heels of vaccinations being more readily available for members of the Wittenberg community. With the staff at the community center getting vaccinated, a conversation arose of the need to keep the mandate in place.