The following area schools and school districts have cancelled classes on Monday due to the extremely cold weather:

Bonduel public/private, Bowler School District, Clintonville public/private, Gillett School District, Gresham School District, Marion School District, Menominee Tribal School, Oconto Falls School District, Pulaski public/private, Sacred Heart Catholic School, Shawano School District, Tigerton School District and Wittenberg-Birnamwood School District.

UW-Head Start in Shawano, Menominee Indian Head Start and Menominee Tribal Day Care also will be closed Monday.

Below-zero temperatures are predicted, and wind chills are predicted to drop down to as much as 55 below zero Sunday night through Tuesday morning.

UW-Head Start in Shawano, Menominee Indian Head Start and Menominee Tribal Day Care also will be closed Monday.

Below-zero temperatures are predicted, and wind chills are predicted to drop down to as much as 55 below zero Sunday night through Tuesday morning.

Shawano Police Department

Jan. 5

Police logged 11 incidents, including the following:

Disorderly — Police responded to a disorderly conduct complaint in the 900 block of East Fifth Street.

Assist — Police assisted Shawano County sheriff’s deputies with attempting to locate a suspect involved in a disturbance in the county on Acorn Street.

Jan. 4

Police logged 12 incidents, including the following:

Disorderly — Police responded to a disorderly conduct complaint in the 800 block of South Park Street.

Disorderly — Police responded to a complaint of an intoxicated person at Smalley and Swan streets.

Bail Jumping — A 22-year-old male subject was taken into custody for bail jumping at Richmond and Hamlin streets.

Disorderly — Police responded to a disorderly conduct complaint in the 600 block of East Green Bay Street.

Juvenile — Police responded to a juvenile problem in the 600 block of East Schurz Street.

Jan. 3

Police logged 15 incidents, including the following:

Animal — Police responded to a stray animal complaint on Kleeman Court.

Animal — Police responded to an animal neglect complaint in the 600 block of West Richmond Street.

Shawano County Sheriff’s Department

Jan. 5

Deputies logged 32 incidents, including the following:

Assault — Authorities investigated an assault complaint on Hemlock Road in Wittenberg.

Disturbance — Authorities responded to a disturbance on Hemlock Road in Wittenberg.

Disturbance — Authorities responded to a disturbance on Lafayette Street in Wescott.

Disturbance — Authorities responded to a domestic disturbance on North Avenue in Mattoon.

Accidents — Authorities logged two accidents, including a deer-related crash.

Jan. 4

Deputies logged 38 incidents, including the following:

Disturbance — Authorities responded to a disturbance on Broadway Road in Richmond.

Theft — Vehicle break-ins were reported on College Avenue and Webb Street in Wittenberg.

Warrant — A female subject was taken into custody on a warrant on Warrington Avenue in Cecil.

Juvenile — Authorities responded to a juvenile problem on Hemlock Road in Wittenberg.

Disturbance — Authorities responded to a disturbance on Forest Street in Birnamwood.

Drug Offense — Authorities investigated a drug complaint on County Road M in Belle Plaine.

Accidents — Authorities logged four accidents, including an injury accident on Kolpack Road in Almon and two deer-related crashes.

Jan. 3

Deputies logged 37 incidents, including the following:

Juvenile — Authorities logged a truancy complaint from Tigerton Middle/High School.

Disturbance — Authorities responded to a disturbance on Hemlock Road in Wittenberg.

Harassment — Authorities responded to a harassment complaint on Jefferson Street in Bonduel.

Accidents — Authorities logged seven accidents including an injury accident on state Highway 29 in Morris and three deer-related crashes.

Many area schools that cancelled classes Monday due to cold weather remained closed Tuesday.

They include Bonduel public/private, Bowler, Clintonville public/private, College of Menominee Nation, Gillett, Gresham, Marion, Menominee Indian, Menominee Tribal School, Pulaski public/private, Sacred Heart Catholic, Shawano, Tigerton and Wittenberg-Birnamwood.

Shawano Police Department

Jan. 6

Police logged 14 incidents, including the following:

Juvenile — Police responded to a juvenile problem in the 500 block of South Sawyer Street.

Theft — A report of money being stolen at Manorcare, 1436 S. Lincoln St., was determined to be unfounded.

Theft — Police investigated a property theft complaint at Sterling Plaza, 1415 E. Green Bay St.

Suspicious — Police responded to a suspicious person complaint in the 600 block of South Main Street.

Shawano County Sheriff’s Department

Jan. 6

Deputies logged 52 incidents, including the following:

Juvenile — Authorities logged two truancy complaints from Bonduel Middle/High School.

Theft — Medicine was reported stolen on Maple Street in Birnamwood.

Fire — Authorities responded to a chimney fire on U.S. Highway 45 in Tigerton.

Theft — A donation can was reported stolen on First Street in Bonduel.

Fraud — Authorities investigated a fraud complaint on Castle Road in Waukechon.

Fire — Authorities responded to a chimney fire on Flambeau Road in Hartland.

Disturbance — Authorities responded to a disturbance on Moh He Con Nuck Road in Bowler.

Accidents — Authorities logged six accidents, including an injury accident on U.S. Highway 45 in Tigerton and two deer-related crashes.

Clintonville Police Department

Jan. 5

Police logged six incidents, including the following:

Disturbance — Police responded to a report of a fight in progress on West Madison Street.

Warrant — A 48-year-old male was taken into custody on North 12th Street on an Appleton Police Department warrant after an ambulance call.

A Keshena man initially charged with attempted homicide after a stabbing incident last year pleaded no contest Friday to a misdemeanor charge of battery.

Justin T. Okimosh, 21, was accused of stabbing his cousin in the neck at a New Year’s Day gathering in Birnamwood.

Okimosh was sentenced after the plea hearing to time already served. He had been in Shawano County Jail for about nine months before posting a $25,000 bond late in September.

According to the criminal complaint, Justin and Brett L. Okimosh, 35, traveled by taxi from Shawano to the Birnamwood residence where they were celebrating with three other people.

At some point there was a fight involving the cousins and another man at the party, during which Justin Okimosh sustained a bloody nose and left, the complaint states.

A short time later there was a knock at the door and Brett Okimosh went to answer it. After opening the door, he backed away from it quickly holding his neck and saying he had just gotten knifed, witnesses later told Shawano County Sheriff’s Department deputies.

Authorities responding to a 9-1-1 call shortly before 6 a.m. found Brett Okimosh on a couch in the living room, his front covered with blood, and a woman who was at the party holding a towel to his neck. He was taken to Wausau Hospital and underwent surgery.

The knife allegedly used in the incident was never recovered.

Brett Okimosh was initially reluctant to tell authorities who had stabbed him, according to the complaint, saying the man was family and he did not want to get him in trouble. He also failed to appear as a witness for the state at Justin Okimosh’s preliminary hearing in January 2013.

Shawano Park and Recreation Director Judy Judd said Tuesday she plans to retire within the next couple of months.

Judd said the date has not been determined, but would be in February or March.

Judd said that after 31 years on the job, it was time to retire.

“On Sunday, I’ll start a new decade and I’ll be eligible to swim with the Senior Swimmers,” she said, adding the group will be one of the things she will miss most after she leaves.

“I admire their sense of community and family,” she said.

“It was a tough decision,” Judd said. “I care deeply about the city and my co-workers.”

Judd said she will do what she can to assist the Park and Recreation Commission and the city with the transition to a new director.

Judd is part of a group of city employees who have spent all or most of their careers in Shawano, including Police Chief Ed Whealon, who announced last week he will retire in April, and former Public Works director Rick Stautz, who retired in April 2013.

“We all came in around the same time,” Judd said.

Mayor Lorna Marquardt said it has been a tough couple of days for the city, learning of Judd’s retirement on the heels of Whealon’s announcement.

“It is difficult losing such experience and commitment,” Marquardt said. “When you work here, the staff is like family.”

Marquardt said working with Judd has been a pleasure.

“She will be deeply missed by her staff and the community she serves,” Marquardt said. “During her tenure, Judy saw a great deal of change. As the city grew, so did her responsibilities.”

There are 26 parks in the city overseen by the department, which is also responsible for Woodlawn Cemetery.

“Judy never lost sight of costs to the taxpayers.” Marquardt said. “She kept staff at a minimum. She was a great manager, maybe partly because she cared so much. I wish her a great retirement.”

A Caroline man who filed last month to run against County Board Chairman Jerry Erdmann in the spring election was notified shortly before the filing deadline Tuesday that he was running in the wrong district.

Ronald Grunewald had expected to be a candidate for the District 22 seat held by Erdmann, but he was informed about 3 p.m. Tuesday that his home address was in District 19.

The filing deadline for the April 1 election was 5 p.m. Tuesday.

The confusion apparently stems from the redistricted map of County Board seats approved by the board after the 2010 Census.

District 22 covers the towns of Seneca and Morris and Ward 2 of the town of Grant. It borders Ward 1 of the town of Grant, which is located in District 19.

Though the color-coded map clearly shows the district boundaries — with District 22 in blue and District 19 in pink — a tiny portion of District 19 pink juts out into the blue of District 22 south of the Embarrass River and north of County Road G.

The pink patch is partly obscured by the line representing Elm Street, where Grunewald lives.

Grunewald, who moved to the district in July, said he had turned in some 50 signatures from District 22 residents in support of his nomination — 30 more than he needed.

“People were excited” about his candidacy, he said, and he was preparing campaign signs.

Grunewald said he was stunned to get the call from the county clerk’s office.

“I took out papers in the second week of December, and nobody said anything,” he said, even though he listed his address when he got his papers.

Grunewald said the map he was given at that time was not as detailed as the “blown-up” version sent to him when the clerk’s office notified him of the mistake.

“The map doesn’t look like (District 19) comes into Caroline,” he said. “I’m 100 feet from the right district.”

Grunewald said it “seems awfully convenient” that he was notified of the mistake just two hours before the filing deadline. He said there were others who might have been interested in running against Erdmann if he had not filed.

“This took the wind out of our sails,” he said. “We could have had somebody else run.”

Grunewald said he wouldn’t have been interested in running in District 19, represented by Vice Chairman Arlyn Tober.

“I don’t want to run against someone I like,” he said.

Grunewald said there is nothing to be done about the situation.

“I don’t see how I could contest it,” he said. “I’m in the wrong district.”

County Clerk Rosemary Rueckert said she only learned about the problem Tuesday afternoon, when someone brought it to her attention. That prompted a closer look, she said.

Rueckert said she called Grunewald within 10 minutes of discovering the error.

Ultimately, Rueckert said, Grunewald should have been aware of which district he was in.

“He was given a map and a legal description,” she said. “He had a copy of everything. … If you look at the description, it’s pretty clear where the boundary is.”

Nearly a third of incumbent Shawano County Board supervisors will face challengers in April’s spring election, though one less than expected after one candidate learned he had filed in the wrong district.

The deadline was 5 p.m. Tuesday for potential candidates for area municipal races to return their nomination papers and supporting signatures. Candidates for local school boards, who aren’t required to gather signatures, also had until 5 p.m. to file a declaration of candidacy.

All 27 county supervisors are up for re-election and all have filed for another two-year term. Eight of them will have opposition on the April 1 ballot.

• District 5 incumbent Sandy Steinke will face a challenge from John Granchay. The district includes Wards 9 and 10 in the city of Shawano. Another possible candidate, Billy Suprise, did not return his nomination papers.

• District 10 incumbent Robert Krause will be up against challenger David Korth. The district includes Ward 3 of the town of Washington and Wards 1 and 2 of Green Valley.

• District 12 incumbent Kathy Luebke will face a challenge from Ken Bierhals. The district includes the town of Maple Grove, Ward 2 of the town of Lessor and the part of Pulaski in Shawano County.

• District 18 incumbent Steven Gueths will be up against challenger Cheryl Klapste. The district includes Wards 2 and 3 of the town of Richmond.

• District 19 incumbent and County Board Vice Chairman Arlyn Tober will face a challenge from Leone Schneidewend. The district includes the town of Pella, Ward 2 of the town of Herman and Ward 1 of the town of Grant.

• District 20 incumbent Rick Giese will face opposition from challenger Lauralee Roe. The district includes Ward 1 of the town of Herman, Ward 2 of Red Springs and all of the village of Gresham.

• District 23 incumbent Ray Faehling will go up against challenger Annette Rockey. The district includes Fairbanks and Tigerton.

• District 27 incumbent Marion Wnek will face a challenge from former county supervisor Jon Zwirschitz. The district includes the towns of Hutchins and Almon and the village of Mattoon.

In addition to County Board races, there will be a three-way contest for two seats on the Shawano School Board.

Incumbents Julie Van Dyck and Marcia Yeager are seeking re-election in Area 4, as is challenger Beth McFarland. The two top vote-getters will be elected.

Michael Sleeper, who was appointed to Area 2 last year to replace Jim Heinz, is running unopposed.

In the city of Shawano, Mayor Lorna Marquardt, City Attorney Tim Schmid and alderpersons Rhonda Strebel, Fred Ponschok and John Hoeffs are unopposed.

Shawano Police Department

Jan. 7

Police logged 17 incidents, including the following:

Disturbance — Police responded to a disturbance in the 100 block of River Heights.

Disturbance — Police responded to a disturbance in the 100 block of Prairie Street.

Warrant — An 18-year-old male was taken into custody on a warrant at Washington and Prairie streets.

Disturbance — Police responded to a disturbance in the 600 block of South Union Street.

Shoplifting — Goodwill Industries, 300 Lakeland Road, reported a shoplifting incident.

Shawano County Sheriff’s Department

Jan. 7

Deputies logged 37 incidents, including the following:

Suspicious — Authorities responded to a suspicious vehicle complaint on County Road K in Waukechon.

Disorderly — Authorities responded to a disorderly conduct complaint at the Shawano County Courthouse, 311 N. Main St., Shawano.

Accidents — Authorities logged three accidents, including two deer-related crashes.

Clintonville Police Department

Jan. 7

Police logged seven incidents, including the following:

Fraud — Police investigated an identity theft complaint on South Main Street.

Disorderly — Police responded to a disorderly conduct complaint on South Main Street.

Theft — A theft was reported on South Main Street.

A Shawano teen facing multiple felony charges for a joyriding spree last year pleaded no contest Tuesday to five counts of auto theft, as well as felony counts of reckless endangerment, fleeing an officer and bail jumping.

Lindsay R. Holstrom, 17, was scheduled for sentencing on March 3 following a pre-sentence investigation.

Three other felony counts of bail jumping and 12 misdemeanor bail jumping counts were dismissed under the plea agreement, along with misdemeanor counts of resisting an officer, theft and criminal damage to property.

Holstrom was accused of stealing three cars and trying to steal a fourth during a 12-hour crime spree in the city of Shawano on May 12. She was waived into adult court on the charges.

She was later accused of stealing another car in the city on June 21 after she was released on a $3,000 signature bond in the earlier case. A $10,000 cash bond was ordered after her second arrest.

During the June 21 incident, Holstrom allegedly drove through several yards attempting to elude police, striking and damaging a boat trailer at one point and ramming the front driver’s side corner of a patrol car that had pulled up alongside her.

The roughly quarter-mile pursuit ended with Holstrom ditching the vehicle and fleeing on foot. The Police Department’s K-9 unit was brought in and Shawano County sheriff’s deputies assisted in the search. She was located in a nearby backyard.

Holstrom could face a maximum 10 years in prison and $25,000 fine for reckless endangerment. She is accused of endangering the safety of a police officer when she allegedly rammed his squad.

Holstrom could also face six years and a $10,000 fine on the felony bail jumping charge, and 3½ years and a $10,000 fine on each of the felony charges of auto theft and fleeing an officer.

District 5 Supervisor Sandy Steinke said in an interview Wednesday that she quit her new job because she couldn’t get time away to attend Shawano County Board meetings.

Steinke originally said last month she would not run for another term on the board because of time conflicts with her job.

The board meets at 6 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday from May through September and at 9 a.m. the remaining months.

Steinke’s announcement sparked a push by the county Administrative and Insurance Committee to move County Board meetings to the evening year round. The measure was defeated 16-10 on the County Board floor last month.

In a surprise turnaround, Steinke took out papers last week for another two-year term.

“I chose that it was important that I stick it out with the County Board,” Steinke told a Leader reporter after a Shawano Common Council meeting Wednesday.

Steinke said she gave her notice at the Eye and Vision Clinic in De Pere on Tuesday.

She said she is looking for a new employer she hopes will be more flexible regarding her board commitments.

“I enjoy it,” she said. “I enjoy working with the people of Shawano and want to continue to do so. I’ll be looking for hopefully a job in the area.”

Steinke’s continuation on the board, however, is not guaranteed beyond April. She is facing a challenge for the seat from John Granchay.

There will be several races on the ballot in Clintonville for the April 1 general election, but it was not clear Wednesday whether the ballot would include a challenge to Mayor Judith Magee.

Tricia Rose, publisher of the Clintonville Chronicle, planned to file papers to challenge Magee. Rose was backing out of a parking space to take her nomination papers to City Hall about 12 minutes before the 5 p.m. filing deadline Tuesday when she struck a parked car, she said.

After calling 911 to report the accident, she called her husband to pick up the papers and file them for her, Rose said. He arrived at City Hall at 5:05 p.m. City Clerk Peggy Johnson contacted the Government Accountability Board on Wednesday morning to determine if the papers could be accepted. The board asked for additional information, and as of late Wednesday had not made a decision.

Three of five alderpersons whose terms expire this spring will face opposition.

Incumbent Al Miller and former Alderman James Krause will compete in District I. Incumbent Alderman Steve Kettenhoven will be opposed by former Alderman John Wilson in District III. Longtime incumbent Mike Hankins will fact opposition from Mary Beth Kuester in District IV.

Incumbents Gloria Dunlavy and Jeannie Schley will run unopposed in District II and V, respectively.

Incumbent Clintonville Board of Education members Tim Neely and Ben Huber will face opposition from retired teacher Jim Schultz.

The polar vortex that gripped Wisconsin and half of the United States in its frigid grip this week impacted area schools as much as any other entity.

Schools were closed Monday and Tuesday after temperatures approached minus 20 degrees and wind chills went beyond minus 40 degrees at times. Tigerton and Wittenberg-Birnamwood school districts, along with Menominee Tribal School, made the decision Friday to cancel school for at least one day, followed by the Shawano and Menominee Indian districts on Saturday, and Bowler, Bonduel and Gresham on Sunday.

Schools plan extra days in their calendar for inclement weather, usually days where heavy snow has fallen and traveling on roads can be treacherous. The subzero temperatures this week took a huge chunk out of districts’ reserve days.

For Shawano School District, the reserve is depleted. District Administrator Gary Cumberland said Wednesday that the district only had two extra days built into its calendar, so he is uncertain what could happen to the district’s schedule if schools have to be closed again.

“I don’t have the answer on how we’re going to make it up,” Cumberland said. “Frankly, I was hoping we wouldn’t have to use two of them.”

In the past, some school districts have shortened spring break, cancelled teacher in-service days and, in extreme circumstances, extended the school year so the school year totals 180 school days as required by state law.

Cumberland noted that there have been occasions when the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has set aside closures due to an “act of God.” He said he hopes a polar vortex qualifies.

Bonduel School District is in a slightly better situation, according to District Administrator Peter Behnke. The district scheduled four snow days into its calendar and used two this week.

Behnke said closing the schools Monday and Tuesday was a no-brainer, even without the wind chills, as the district has a past practice to close school if the temperature is expected to dip below minus 20.

“We don’t have a way to test wind speeds,” Behnke said. “We use the bus garage here in Bonduel (as a gauge) because we know the temperatures vary across the district.”

Behnke has usually closed school when there is heavy snow, and he recalls closing occasionally when road conditions were extremely icy. The last time Bonduel had to close because of subzero temperatures was January 2009, he said.

For Shawano, it has been considerably longer. Cumberland said records showed the last temperature related cancellation was in 1996.

Shawano’s policy is to delay school by an hour or more when the temperature reaches minus 20 and cancel if it is expected to approach minus 30. Cumberland said he felt he should err on the side of caution.

“I came to school one of the mornings, and it was minus 18, but the wind chills were nearly 50 degrees below zero,” he said. “(Wind chills) weren’t a big part of the equation, but it was too cold for kids to be out there.”

Bonduel bus drivers started the buses Tuesday to see how they would run, and there was a “gelling effect,” in some of them, Behnke said. He noted the temperature that day approached minus 20, but the temperature went below that around Navarino.

“Even this morning, we had trouble with the filters and gel collecting on some of them, which affects their performance,” Behnke said. “Fortunately, our mechanics did a good job getting everything cleaned up and going.”

Shawano’s contracted company, Grosskopf Bus, did not have as much difficulty starting buses during the freeze, but Cumberland noted Green Bay school administrators he contacted had a problem with their buses, which is why that district decided to close for a third day, even though temperatures crept above zero Wednesday.

“They had some problems yesterday getting their buses started,” Cumberland said. “That was a factor that went into their decision (to close Wednesday).”

A Keshena man was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Green Bay to 11 years and three months in prison to be followed by lifetime supervised release for sexually abusing a 4-year-old girl last summer.

Jacob J. Zhuckkahosee, 20, was sentenced at the top of the advisory federal guidelines because of the age of the victim, a prior sexual assault conviction as a juvenile, and his need for substance abuse and sex offender treatment, Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Whittemore said.

According to the criminal complaint:

Between June 15 and July 17, Zhuckkahosee went to a friend’s residence on the Menominee Indian Reservation on the day of the assault and got high on synthetic marijuana. The friend left but the girl victim came over and sat next to Zhuckkahosee.

No one else was present when Zhuckkahosee made sexual contact with the girl. The girl began to cry and Zhuckkahosee stopped and told her to go home.

The girl’s mother told reservation police on July 17 that her daughter complained about being sexually abused by Zhuckkahosee.

During a July 23 interview at the Willow Tree Cornerstone Child Advocacy Center in Green Bay, the girl told staff that Zhuckkahosee took off her clothes except her underwear before making the sexual contact.

Zhuckkahosee told the FBI that he was sorry for what he did and wanted to get treatment or counseling. He entered a guilty plea on Oct. 15 to a federal indictment charging him with the sexual abuse of a person under the age of 16 years.

Zhuckkahosee’s attorney, Thomas Phillip, sought a sentence near the bottom of the 108- to 135-month guideline range. District Judge William Greisbach considered Zhuckkahosee’s early guilty plea to the charge, his expressed remorse and desire to get counseling but still sentenced him at the top of the guideline range, Whittemore said Thursday.

Zhuckkahosee has been in custody since being charged on Aug. 19. He will be assigned to a federal prison soon.

A Gresham man was bound over for trial after a preliminary hearing Wednesday on charges of running a marijuana operation out of his home.

Larry E. Antonsen, 43, is facing felony counts of maintaining a drug trafficking place and possession with intent to deliver marijuana.

Stockbridge-Munsee Police and Shawano County sheriff’s detectives executed a search warrant at Antonsen’s residence Monday morning and seized three one-gallon bags of marijuana containing a total 288.6 grams from a padlocked closet, according to the criminal complaint.

Authorities maintain in the complaint that the amount of marijuana found, along with scales and a backpack containing items used for harvesting marijuana, indicated the drug wasn’t intended for personal use, but “would be consistent with an individual growing marijuana and selling it.”

Antonsen was taken into custody at the scene.

Shawano-Menominee County Circuit Court Judge James Habeck set a cash bond for Antonsen of $2,500; half of what was requested by the district attorney’s office, according to court records.

Antonsen could face a maximum six years in prison and $10,000 fine if convicted of possession with intent to deliver marijuana, and 3 1/2 years and a $10,000 fine if found guilty of maintaining a drug trafficking place.

He is also charged with a misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Antonsen is scheduled to be arraigned Monday.

Shawano Police Department

Jan. 8

Police logged 24 incidents, including the following:

Warrant — A 31-year-old man was taken into custody on a warrant at the Probation and Parole offices, 1340 E. Green Bay St.

Harassment — Police responded to a harassment complaint on Humphrey Circle.

Warrant — A 36-year-old man was taken into custody on an Outagamie County warrant in the 1000 block of Waukechon Street.

Disturbance — A charge of domestic violence-related battery was referred against a 32-year-old man after a disturbance in the 1100 block of South Smalley Street.

Shawano County Sheriff’s Department

Jan. 8

Deputies logged 32 incidents, including the following:

Disturbance — Authorities responded to a disturbance on Pioneer Avenue in Wittenberg.

Disorderly — Authorities responded to a disorderly conduct complaint at Gresham School.

Assault — A reported assault on Alberts Lane in Waukechon was determined to be unfounded.

Accidents — Authorities logged one minor accident.

A Marion business owner is facing criminal charges for allegedly passing a couple of worthless checks that totaled more than $5,000.

Tom A. Wulf, 47, who is listed in the complaint as doing business as Big Lug Trailers, LLC, is charged with one felony and one misdemeanor count of issuing a worthless check. The felony count was due to one of the checks being more than $2,500.

Wulf allegedly wrote a check in June of last year to the Al Ko Kober Corp. of Elkhart, Ind., in the amount of $3,223.02, according to the criminal complaint. The check came back for non-sufficient funds.

Wulf is also accused of writing a check for $2,226.13 in July to Redneck Trailer Supplies of Springfield, Mo. That check also bounced, according to the criminal complaint.

Wulf could face a maximum penalty of 3 1/2 years in prison and a $10,000 fine on the felony count if convicted. The misdemeanor count carries a maximum nine months imprisonment and a $10,000 fine.

Wulf was released on a $1,000 signature bond after a hearing Monday in Shawano-Menominee County Circuit Court. He is due back in court for an adjourned initial appearance on March 10.

Shawano Police Department

Jan. 9

Police logged 21 incidents, including the following:

Assist — Police assisted Shawano County with locating a suspect in a domestic disturbance incident.

Harassment — Police investigated a Facebook harassment complaint in the 400 block of East Division Street.

Juvenile — Police logged two truancy complaints from Shawano Community Middle School, 1050 S. Union St.

Harassment — Police investigated a Facebook harassment complaint at Shawano Community Middle School.

Fraud — Police investigated a credit card fraud complaint on Prospect Circle.

Shawano County Sheriff’s Department

Jan. 9

Deputies logged 40 incidents, including the following:

Disturbance — Authorities responded to a domestic disturbance on state Highway 47-55 in Wescott.

OAR — A 28-year-old man was cited for operating after revocation on state Highway 117 in the town of Washington.

Fraud — Authorities investigated an Internet fraud complaint on Freeborn Street in Cecil.

Vandalism — An ice shack was reported vandalized on the west shore of Shawano Lake.

Fraud — Shawano County Social Services reported a fraud complaint on Humphrey Circle in Shawano.

Harassment — Authorities responded to a harassment complaint on Cherry Street in Bowler.

Accidents — Authorities logged six accidents, including two deer-related crashes.

A Seymour man was sentenced to prison Thursday for sexual assaults that took place in Shawano and Calumet counties.

Norbert DeGroot, 73, was given 15 years in prison and another 10 years extended supervision for repeated sexual assault of a child.

DeGroot was sentenced in Calumet County in a case that was consolidated with the Shawano County charges.

In handing down his sentence, Calumet County Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey Froehlich called DeGroot “the monster that haunts children’s dreams.”

DeGroot was previously convicted of second degree sexual assault of a child in Shawano County Circuit Court in February 1989. He was sentenced to five years probation.

Shawano County sheriff’s deputies started investigating new allegations in 2006 involving sexual contact with two children. However, the children involved did not disclose the alleged assaults until 2012, according to the criminal complaint.

Several agencies subsequently joined Shawano County authorities in the investigation, including the state Department of Justice, the Calumet County Sheriff’s Department, and the Seymour and New Holstein police departments.

DeGroot pleaded no contest in October to sexually assaulting a 4-year-old child on at least three occasions from January through May of 2006. Another charge of first-degree sexual assault of a child was dismissed as part of the plea agreement.

The Crescent Pitcher Show in downtown Shawano, which closed in December, is scheduled to be sold off at a sheriff’s sale next month, according to court documents.

A ruling granting the foreclosure was issued in October. A three-month redemption period during which owner Paul Routhieaux had the opportunity to make good on the outstanding debt and retain the property expired Wednesday.

BMO Harris Bank filed a civil suit in August against Routhieaux and his parents, James and Jean, who had taken out the original mortgage on the property in 2005, according to the suit. Routhieaux bought the business from his parents in 2008.

The suit maintains Routhieaux also signed a promissory note backing up the debt.

The original amount of the mortgage was $146,250, according to court documents. The suit alleged the unpaid balance and principal left on the debt was $104,191.

Shawano-Menominee County Circuit Court Judge William Kussel Jr. in October granted the bank’s motion for foreclosure, ruling that the total amount due the bank with court costs and legal fees came to $106,460.

Court records do not show any response from Routhieaux to the suit and Kussel noted in his ruling that there had been no argument from the defendants.

The property is scheduled to be sold off at 9 a.m. Feb. 12 at a public auction in the lobby of the Shawano County Courthouse, 311 N. Main St.

Late in November, Routhieaux announced the theater would have one more weekend run before closing on Dec. 1.

During an interview after he made the announcement, Routhieaux said he was unable to secure financing for the roughly $50,000 he estimated it would cost for the movie house to convert to digital projection.

Studios have been pushing theaters to go digital and have been making it more difficult to get the 35 mm prints the Pitcher Show had relied on, Routhieaux said.

The original Crescent Theater, at 220 S. Main St., closed down in the mid-1980s. In 1996, Routhieaux and his parents revived it, with the added twist of pizza, sandwiches and other menu items, lounge-style seating with tables and a wait-staff.

The theater showcased Hollywood movies after they left first-run theaters, usually four to seven weeks behind first-run showings — and preferably before they’re on home video. However, the window between first-run showings and a movie going to DVD was getting increasingly narrower, Routhieaux said.