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Shawano Police DepartmentDec. 17Police logged seven incidents, including the following:Suspicious — Police responded to a suspicious vehicle complaint in the 300 block of South Main Street.Shoplifting...
View ArticleCounty Board schedule won't change
Move to night meetings defeatedBy: Lee Pulaski, lpulaski@shawanoleader.comThe Shawano County Board of Supervisors voted 16-10 Wednesday against holding all of its meetings at night.The measure, because...
View ArticleBoard hires firm for county wage study
By: Lee Pulaski, lpulaski@shawanoleader.comThe Shawano County Board of Supervisors agreed on Wednesday, by a 25-1 vote, to spend $42,000 on a wage and job classification study for the county.The action...
View ArticleWoman gets five years for Reinhart embezzlement
Former credit manager apologizes, blames gambling addictionBy: Tim Ryan, tryan@shawanoleader.comA former Gillett woman was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for embezzling nearly $300,000...
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Shawano Police DepartmentDec. 18Police logged 23 incidents, including the following:Fraud — Police investigated a fraud complaint at Timber Pro, 1407 Industrial Drive.Juvenile — Police logged six...
View ArticleAuthorities seek closure for man's family
By: Tim Ryan, tryan@shawanoleader.comIt has been six months since a 22-year-old Michigan man was found dead of an apparent hit-and-run in Shawano County.Authorities have still not located the vehicle...
View ArticleMan arrested on sex charge in Wescott
Authorities on Wednesday arrested a 21-year-old Weston man accused of coming to Wescott for a sexual rendezvous with what he believed would be a 15-year-old girl.The Shawano County Sheriff’s Department...
View ArticleBoard approves employee handbook
By: Lee Pulaski, lpulaski@shawanoleader.comShawano County finally has a revised employee and administrative handbook, more than two and a half years after the state enacted Act 10, which stripped most...
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Shawano Police DepartmentDec. 19Police logged 17 incidents, including the following:Juvenile — Police responded to a juvenile problem in the 700 block of South River Street.Juvenile — Police logged...
View ArticleSheriff's Dept. shares tips to avoid holiday crime
By: tryan@shawanoleader.comThe hallmarks of the Christmas season of peace and goodwill are not on everyone’s minds during the holidays, and there are those who may be looking to rob some families of...
View ArticleMan arrested was registered sex offender
By: tryan@shawanoleader.comA Green Bay man who allegedly planned to meet a 15-year-old girl for sex in Wescott on Wednesday is a registered sex offender who had cut off his monitoring bracelet and gone...
View ArticleAppeals court says traffic stop was legal
By: Kevin Murphy, Leader CorrespondentA state appeals court this week rejected a Shawano man’s claim that police unlawfully invaded his privacy by checking his license plate, which led to his arrest...
View ArticleBoard OKs 3% rate increase for SMC
Hike is well below state averageBy: Leader StaffCosts will go up in January for patients of Shawano Medical Center and those visiting four other ThedaCare hospitals in the region.ThedaCare’s Board of...
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Shawano Police DepartmentDec. 22Police logged 15 incidents, including the following:Disorderly — Police responded to a disorderly conduct complaint at McDonald’s, 1202 E. Green Bay St.Disorderly —...
View ArticleBuckled motorists get $10 Christmas present Monday
By: Tim Ryan, tryan@shawanoleader.comSome motorists who visited Walmart on Monday for a little last-minute Christmas shopping ended up with a Christmas gift of their own.Ten drivers who had the...
View ArticleForeclosures granted against SIST subsidiary
By: Tim Ryan, tryan@shawanoleader.comA Circuit Court judge last week granted the foreclosure of the Family Dollar property on East Green Bay Street, which was being purchased through a land contract by...
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Shawano Police DepartmentDec. 23Police logged 13 incidents, including the following:Hit and Run — Police investigated a property damage hit-and-run at Pine and Lafayette streets.Arrest — A male subject...
View ArticleTwo County Board races confirmed
Several others looking likelyBy: Tim Ryan, tryan@shawanoleader.comTwo races for the Shawano County Board in the spring election appear to be set, but six others were also looking likely as of...
View Article2 missing persons cases still active
By: Tim Ryan, tryan@shawanoleader.comMonths after they were filed, two missing person cases remain open for city and county law enforcement, even though their trails have gotten colder and potential...
View ArticleState will pay for replacing most of trees in Hwy. 22 project
By: Grace Kirchner, Leader CorrespondentClintonville residents concerned about the trees that will be removed as part of the state Highway 22 reconstruction project got some good news this month.In a...
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