Category Archives: Local News

More Trees Coming to Sheboygan as Part of Million Tree Initiative
The City of Sheboygan is soon going to get more canopy cover courtesy of Alliant Energy. The utility named 11 Wisconsin Communities including Sheboygan who are receiving grants totaling over $50,000 t...
Kevin Zimmermann Feb 20, 2025 Ellen5eEyes / CC

DNR Awards Portions of $6 Million in Surface Water Grant Funds to Sheboygan County Initiatives
Several Sheboygan County organizations will be better able to take care of a valuable resource thanks to a Wisconsin DNR grant. $6 million in all was awarded on Wednesday to fund lake organizations, n...
Kevin Zimmermann Feb 20, 2025 Serg64 / Depositphotos.com

Communicate With a Cop Over a Cup of Coffee This Morning
Sheboygan residents have the opportunity to connect with a cop over a cup of coffee this morning. The idea is called "coffee with a cop", and it'll happen between 9 and 10:30 this morning at Z Spot Co...
Kevin Zimmermann Feb 20, 2025 livfriis / Depositphotos.com

Local Legislators React to Governor Evers' Budget Address
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers' Tuesday night biennial budget address was both "incredibly pleasing" and at the same time, "a wish list that fails to prioritize responsible investments in our state's f...
Kevin Zimmermann Feb 19, 2025 Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers (center)

County Board Supervisor Contests PSC Approval of Plymouth Reliability Project
The decision by the Wisconsin Public Service Commission to approve a new power line in Sheboygan County is being contested. The letter objecting to the decision comes from Sheboygan County Board Super...
Kevin Zimmermann Feb 19, 2025 Towers Like These are to be Installed by American Transmission Company for the Plymouth Reliability Project. Images Courtesy of ATC

Extreme Cold Exiting Slowly - Thaw Begins This Weekend
A stretch of extremely cold weather is gradually losing its grip on Wisconsin and the Sheboygan Area. After a low of 9 below and a high of just 9 above at the airport yesterday, Sheboygan temperatures...
Kevin Zimmermann Feb 19, 2025 NWS Graphic

Another Winter Night - Another Cold Weather Advisory
Not that one would desire it to become routine, but a pattern does begin to emerge as, for a third consecutive day, east-central Wisconsin joins much of the midwest in an endurance test against arctic...
Kevin Zimmermann Feb 18, 2025 Dink101 / Depositphotos.com

Sheboygan's Harbor Centre Recertified as a "Wisconsin Clean Marina"
Sheboygan's Harbor Centre Marina can again count itself as a "Wisconsin Clean Marina". The recertification asserts that Harbor Centre meets federal and state pollution and safety laws, and has adopted...
Kevin Zimmermann Feb 18, 2025 City of Sheboygan Department of Public Works

Sheboygan Area Awakes Colder Than Nome, Alaska on Tuesday Morning
It was still 5 above zero in Nome, Alaska, while at 4 a.m. Tuesday the temperature was 7 below zero at the Sheboygan County Airport. Sheboygan won the wind chill contest as well...it felt like 25 belo...
Kevin Zimmermann Feb 18, 2025 NWS Graphic

"Crime Junkie" Podcast Features Area Cold-Case
A podcast that draws attention to cold cases in the US is putting its detective skills to work in Sheboygan County. The Crime Junkie podcast released the first episode of "WANTED: Justice for Rhys Poc...
Kevin Zimmermann Feb 18, 2025 Rhys Pocan Photo Courtesy of the Crime Junkie Podcast
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