Category Archives: Local News
Sheboygan County's 2024 Air Quality Locked in Non-Compliance by Imported Pollution
Despite controls by the EPA that can put a clamp on industry and force owners to test their vehicle emissions every other year, much of Sheboygan County remains out-of-compliance with national standar...
Dec 11, 2024 View from the top of the Sheboygan Kohler Andre monitoring site with the MET tower in the foreground looking down the Lake Michigan shoreline. Photo Credit: Wisconsin DNR
Moody's Upgrades SASD to Aa1 Credit Rating
The Sheboygan Area School District has earned a nearly top-level rating from Moody's Ratings, an internationally-recognized bond rating firm. A rating classification from Moody's reflects a business' ...
Dec 11, 2024
Area Law-Enforcement Holiday Campaigns Benefit from Donations by Organizations, Businesses
Efforts to brighten the holidays for the less-fortunate by area law enforcement agencies are being boosted by contributions from organizations and businesses. Those acts of generosity are being noted ...
Dec 11, 2024 Donations Were Made to the Sheboygan County Shop with a Cop Effort by Z&N Machine Co (L) and Culvers (R). Photo courtesy of the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office
New Sheboygan Chief of Police Likely to be Named on Saturday
Sheboygan will likely learn who its next Chief of Police will be on Saturday. The Board of Police and Fire Commissioners have scheduled an unusual Saturday session in order to select its new Chief fro...
Dec 10, 2024 Candidates for Next Sheboygan Police Department Chief (L-R) Kurt Zempel, Doug Teunissen, Joel Kuszynski. Photos Courtesy of the SPD
High-Speed Pursuit Nabs Another Milwaukee Felon in Fond du Lac
With I-41 in Fond du Lac County experiencing significant traffic - of the illegal kind - another traffic stop has nabbed another Milwaukee felon. This one happened at around 4:15 a.m. Monday when a re...
Dec 10, 2024
City of Sheboygan Announces Winter Recycling Center Hours
Winter recycling center hours have gone into effect in Sheboygan. The City's facility on New Jersey Avenue will now be operating during the new weekday hours of 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. Mondays through Fri...
Dec 10, 2024 koliber / Depositphotos.com
City of Sheboygan Receives SolSmart Silver Designation
Efforts by the City of Sheboygan to foster its share of affordable solar energy have been recognized by a national program designed to promote its local growth. SolSmart, led by the Interstate /Renewa...
Dec 09, 2024 Solar Panels Cover the Roof of Aurora - Sheboygan County. Photo courtesy of Aurora.
Noisy Skies a Possibility Again as Wisconsin Air National Guard Conducts Training Flights
The low roar of fighter jets coming from the evening skies will again be apparent this week. The 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard will conduct evening training flights this week ...
Dec 09, 2024 F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the Wisconsin Air National Guard's 115th Fighter Wing and U.S. Air Force's 95th Fighter Squadron. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Paul Gorman)
Fond du Lac Suicide Save Serves to Shine Light on Available Help
A recent close-call in Fond du Lac is serving to shine a light on resources available to those in crisis. Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt related the recent intervention on a possible suic...
Dec 09, 2024 Tolikoff / Depositphotos.com
Sheboygan Mayoral Race Beginning to Take Shape
Even as the November election is only a month in the rear-view-mirror, the upcoming spring election is beginning to come into view. For the City of Sheboygan, the Mayoral race is taking shape with two...
Dec 09, 2024 Mayor Ryan Sorenson (L) and Alder John Belanger (R)
