Category Archives: Local News

Shoreline Metro Offers Free Cooling on Buses
Due to the extreme heat, Shoreline Metro is allowing anyone who needs a break from the weather to hang out on the buses for free. All you need to do is notify the driver that you need a cool place to ...
Kevin Zimmermann Jul 01, 2026

Uptown Social Invites Singers to Join Choir
A new dementia-friendly choir is coming to Sheboygan thanks to a $5,000 grant awarded to the Friends of Uptown Social. The funding from the Giving Voice Initiative will help launch the Janet L. Herric...
Kevin Zimmermann Jul 01, 2026

AARP Helps Makes Homes Safer for Seniors
Rebuilding Together, Sheboygan County has been awarded a $2500 grant from AARP to assist older adults in our community have a safer home. The money will be used to provide demonstrations of home safet...
Kevin Zimmermann Jul 01, 2026

DNR Joins Nationwide Operation Dry Water Sobriety Campaign
A nationwide effort to prevent boating while impaired and keep waters safe for all will take place July 3-5, and the Wisconsin DNR is on-board with the program. The national campaign notes that alcoho...
Kevin Zimmermann Jun 30, 2026 In 2025, one third of Wisconsin’s 15 fatal boating incidents involved alcohol. Operating a boat while impaired by alcohol and other drugs is dangerous and illegal. / Photo Credit: Wisconsin DNR

State's Bridge Payments for Childcare Expires This Week
The state's Child Care Bridge Payments program for providers expires this week, and Wisconsin Early Childhood Association Executive Director Ruth Schmidt says families and policy makers will need to m...
Kevin Zimmermann Jun 30, 2026 Scottish Government / CC

Attempted Kidnapping Victim Fights, Escapes With Young Son
An attempted kidnapping in the Fond du Lac County Village of Rosendale was thwarted by the intended victim on Monday afternoon. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office said the attack happened just af...
Kevin Zimmermann Jun 30, 2026 Site of Attempted Abduction Marked with Star. Courtesy of Google Maps

Extreme Heat Expected to Continue Through at Least Wednesday
An Extreme Heat Warning remains in effect from now until 7 PM Wednesday for the southern 2/3 of Wisconsin as a hot, muggy air mass is parked over the nation's midsection. While the Sheboygan County Ai...
Kevin Zimmermann Jun 30, 2026 NWS Graphic

Sheboygan County DPH Lists Cooling Sites, Tips
A reminder from the Sheboygan County Division of Public Health- Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat and high humidity events. You're reminded to drink plenty of fluids, s...
Kevin Zimmermann Jun 30, 2026

Ripon Man Charged After Holding Another Captive
A Ripon man is facing numerous felony charges after allegedly assaulting and holding his roommate captive overnight. Jared Allen Thurber is was arrested after officers responded to a home on Douglas S...
Kevin Zimmermann Jun 30, 2026

SPD's Second Junior Academy Class Graduates
The Sheboygan Police Department has completed their second Junior Police academy of the summer. Law enforcement officials had the opportunity to work with a group of students, teaching them about law ...
Kevin Zimmermann Jun 30, 2026 Photo Courtesy of the SPD
Fri Jul 31
Sheboygan, WI, USA
Feels Like: 78°F
Wind/Dir: 12 MPH-W
Humidity: 65%

