Category Archives: Local News

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

$10K Donated by Johnsonville to County Nonprofit Rehab Organization
An organization that helps Sheboygan County homeowners in need of assistance maintaining and repairing their homes just got a $10-thousand boost from Johnsonville. Rebuilding Together - Sheboygan Coun...
Kevin Zimmermann Feb 18, 2025

Wind Chill Temperatures Possibly Approaching 30 Below Prompt Cold Weather Advisory Again
A combination of bitterly cold arctic air and brisk northwest winds has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a Cold Weather Advisory for all but the northwest quarter of Wisconsin tonight. N...
Kevin Zimmermann Feb 17, 2025 NWS Graphic

Dangerous Cold Follows Weekend Snow
A blast of arctic air has invaded the area, plunging temperatures and generating life-threatening wind chills. The National Weather Service had already issued a Cold Weather Advisory for the overnight...
Kevin Zimmermann Feb 17, 2025 NWS Graphic

Indiana School Shooting Averted Thanks to Washington County, WI Tips
Plans to commit a school shooting in Indiana were interrupted thanks to tips received from the Wisconsin Department of Justice. Those tips pointed towards a 19-year-old woman from the Town of Addison ...
Kevin Zimmermann Feb 17, 2025 CHROMORANGE / Depositphotos.com
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