Category Archives: Local News
Zempel Sworn In as New Sheboygan Chief of Police
The City of Sheboygan now has a new Police Chief. Kurt Zempel was sworn in as the top officer of Sheboygan's Police force at Monday's Common Council meeting, taking over for Christopher Domagalski who...
Jan 21, 2025 City Clerk Meredith DeBruin (L) Issues Oath of Office to New Sheboygan Police Chief Kurt Zempel, Photo Courtesy of City of Sheboygan Livestream
NWS Even More Certain of Dangerously Cold Weather Tonight
National Weather Service forecasters in Milwaukee reaffirmed their warning for extremely cold windchill conditions overnight by extending the highest category warning to areas previously considered fo...
Jan 20, 2025 NWS Graphic
NWS Issues Our First-Ever Extreme Cold Warning
It's been this cold before, but not since the National Weather Service revised the language used in headlines to describe warnings they issue. And so Sheboygan County - along with much of Wisconsin - ...
Jan 20, 2025 NWS Graphic
Overnight Fire Destroys Barn, As Many as 40 Calves
Brutal cold was of no help in suppressing a fire overnight, and a barn on Sumac Road in the Town of Lima and its contents were a total loss. Sheboygan County Emergency Dispatch received the 911 call j...
Jan 20, 2025 netfalls / Depositphotos.com
Former Sheboygan Man Sentenced to 300 Months in Federal Prison on Child Sexual Assault Conviction
A former Sheboygan man will be spending the next 25 years in federal prison after being sentenced on charges of Child Sexual Assault as a repeat offender. 49-year-old Robert D. Nytes was given a 300 m...
Jan 20, 2025 iJacky / Depositphotos.com
Cold Weather Advisories Issued: Potential -25 to -30 Windchills Expected Monday, Then -23 to -34 Through Tuesday Afternoon
An onslaught of arctic air is invading Sheboygan County along with the rest of Wisconsin and much of the US from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. The result is cold weather severe enough to threaten life...
Jan 19, 2025
NWS Issues Advisories for Bitter Cold, Dangerous Wind Chills
Wisconsinites are set to receive a reminder of what the term "Bitter" means when dealing with winter weather, as a direct route from the Arctic to the Midwest has been opened in the atmosphere. With t...
Jan 18, 2025 NWS Graphic
Vehicle Fire Closes Portions of North 14th Street Friday Morning
Traffic had to be routed around a fire that was dealt with by Sheboygan Fire Department crews on Friday morning. Public reports of a suspected structure fire were corrected by SFD Chief of Inspection ...
Jan 17, 2025
Sheboygan County Warming Center Likely to See High Demand
With the expected arrival of weather cold enough to threaten life and limb within the next 48 hours, the Sheboygan County Warming Center at St. Luke United Methodist Church in Sheboygan is likely to s...
Jan 17, 2025 Beds Await Guests Needing Emergency Shelter. Photo Courtesy of the Sheboygan County Warming Center
Mild Push of Air Just a Cruel Tease in Advance of Bitter, Dangerous Cold
Anybody needing to do tasks outdoors will be getting a break from Mother Nature today, but put things off and you'll pay the price at the hands of an angry Old Man Winter. The break comes as a warm fr...
Jan 17, 2025 NWS Graphic
