Shawano County News

Utility crews plan to pull cables across WIS 29 just east of the WIS 47/55/County K interchange, east of Shawano, beginning Tuesday, July 7, 2009.

Integrys Energy Group, parent company of Wisconsin Public Service Corp., was among 46 Wisconsin businesses and organizations honored with Governor's Worksite Wellness Awards.

ASHWAUBENON - When Nick Benzinger walks into a room full of veterans, he expects to get a few questions.

By DEBBIE IGL Antigo Daily Journal She could be called Shawano County's premier bowling maven - at the very least, a veteran pin-spiller who knows her stuff.

There's an estimated 1.2 million dairy cows in Wisconsin. But a new holstein heifer calf from NorthCentral Wisconsin is by far one in a million.

A 38-year-old Tigerton man died early Sunday in a one-vehicle rollover on U.S. 45 near the village of Wittenberg in western Shawano County.

The driver of a pickup truck was killed Sunday in a rollover crash on Highway 45 near Wittenberg, according to the Shawano County Sheriff's Department.

A nine-mile stretch of Interstate 39 in Marathon County is getting $11 million in federal stimulus money, by far the largest local transportation project funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Sergeant Mike Wizner with the Shawano County Sheriff's Department says on Sunday at about 3 a.m. the department received a call from a female resident that her husband was intoxicated and shooting a shotgun outside the residence at 414 Hunter Street in the Village of Wittenberg.

Completing the construction ahead of schedule, American Transmission Co. recently placed into service 75 miles of a 345-kilovolt power line between the Werner West Substation near New London, Wis., to the Gardner Park Substation near Wausau.

Completing the construction ahead of schedule, American Transmission Co. of Pewaukee said it recently placed into service 75 miles of a 345-kilovolt power line between New London, northwest of Appleton, and the Wausau area.

More Wisconsin Public Service Corp. customers had their utility service disconnected for failing to pay their bills in 2009 than previous years after the statewide moratorium on utility shutoffs ended April 15.

Thanks to a $30,000 C.A.R.D. grant, the Shawano County Sheriff's Department will have more resources to combat drunk driving and underaged drinking.

NAVARINO - Three children were injured this morning when a Bonduel School District bus hit a parked trailer, sending the bus airborne before it landed on its side, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol.

Two large holes that appeared in a Marion dam have forced a drawdown of the adjacent pond - and threaten to damage a major fish restoration project there.

A family of four escaped a trailer home fire Monday night in Shawano County after a neighbor noticed flames inside and alerted residents.

As part of national efforts to create jobs and provide immediate economic benefits to Wisconsin and the country, Governor Jim Doyle has signed a $824,000 contract to improve 6.2 miles of WIS 153 between Crooked Lake Road and the Shawano County line in Marathon County.

The Oconto County Sheriff Department is investigating a double homicide that happened Tuesday morning, May 19, at a home south of Gillett.

FOX 11 is following breaking news out of Oconto County.A Authorities tell us they are investigating the murders of a brother and sister in the Town of Gillett.

Breaking news out of Oconto County, where the sheriff's department confirmed in the last half-hour it's investigating a suspicious death near the Oconto-Shawano county line.