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Clintonville High alum takes helm of national organization
David R. Schuler, a Clintonville High School graduate, was recently installed as the president of a national organization championing public education.Schuler will lead AASA, The School Superintendents...
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Shawano Police DepartmentJuly 16Police logged 19 incidents, including the following:Vandalism — A bike wheel was reported vandalized on the Mountain Bay Trail.Suspicious — Police responded to a...
View ArticleCounty Board meeting canceled in July
By: Leader StaffA debate about structural changes in the Shawano County finance department is being postponed until August.County Board Chairman Jerry Erdmann has canceled the July board meeting and...
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Heritage or hate?
Confederate flag debate reaches area communitiesBy: Scott Williams, swilliams@wolfrivermedia.com Leader Photo by Scott Williams Michael York Jr. stands beside his pickup truck with Confederate flags...
View ArticleCity panels to vote on medical training center
Developer would have 2-year deadline to implement programBy: Tim Ryan, tryan@wolfrivermedia.comThe developer of a proposed medical residency training program at the former Shawano Medical Center would...
View ArticlePontoon boaters help police nab suspect
By: Leader StaffOccupants of a pontoon boat helped Shawano police officers capture a suspect who tried to swim away following a chase in the city Friday night.In a statement issued Saturday morning,...
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Shawano Police DepartmentJuly 19Police logged 14 incidents, including the following:Disturbance — Police responded to a disturbance on Alpine Court.Criminal damage — An intoxicated patron threw an...
View ArticleTeen pleads not guilty in fatal crash
By: Leader StaffThe teenage driver in the October crash that claimed the lives of his three young passengers pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of vehicular and reckless homicide at his arraignment...
View Article3 credited with saving crash victim’s life
Shawano man in serious conditionBy: Tim Ryan, tryan@wolfrivermedia.comThree passers-by who stopped to render aid are being credited with saving the life of a Shawano man seriously injured Friday when...
View ArticleOfficials: Rejected SMC development would have cost taxpayers $1.5M
Medical residency proposal goes to council ThursdayBy: Tim Ryan, tryan@wolfrivermedia.comCity officials Monday spoke openly for the first time about the development proposal they rejected in favor of a...
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Road rage cited in rollover accident
Drivers in past domestic relationship, police sayBy: Scott Williams, swilliams@wolfrivermedia.com Leader Photo by Scott Williams Firefighters man the scene as police search for evidence around a...
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Shawano Police DepartmentJuly 21Police logged 21 incidents, including the following:Juvenile — Two kids were reported climbing on farm silos in the 600 block of East Seward Street.Traffic — A...
View ArticleBirnamwood swine producers fined
A Shawano County swine producer has agreed to a civil forfeiture for impeding an investigation related to feeding carcasses to her swine, a practice that can lead to the development of severe animal...
View ArticleClintonville council rejects ‘majority rules’ proposal
6 votes needed to pass any measureBy: Grace Kirchner, Leader CorrespondentWith two members absent, the Clintonville Common Council on July 14 failed to pass a motion intended to ensure it could enact...
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Growing Shawano church looks to expand
Hope Community Church could double in sizeBy: Scott Williams, swilliams@wolfrivermedia.com Contributed Photo An artist’s rendering shows the proposed new west-side entrance on Hope Community Church...
View ArticleTribe to hold marijuana referendum
Advisory vote planned in AugustBy: The Associated PressMenominee Indian Tribe members will soon have a chance to weigh in on whether marijuana should be legal for recreational and medicinal use on...
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Fleeing an officerA Milwaukee teen is facing a felony count of fleeing an officer after leading authorities on a high-speed chase on state Highway 29 last week.Javon L. Alexander, 16, could face a...
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Shawano Police DepartmentJuly 22Police logged 25 incidents, including the following:Disturbance — Police responded to a disturbance in the 300 block of East Maurer Street.Arrest — A 21-year-old man was...
View ArticleSuspected driver freed in rollover accident
Police probe possible motivesBy: Scott Williams, swilliams@wolfrivermedia.comA motorist suspected of fleeing a rollover accident that injured the other driver has been released without charges while...
View ArticleShawano church expansion gets go-ahead
Work expected to begin by SeptemberBy: Scott Williams, swilliams@wolfrivermedia.comExpansion of Hope Community Church on Shawano’s east side could start by September after aldermen Thursday approved...
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