Category Archives: Local News
Dive Team Practice Recovers Child's Lost Watch - And it Still Works
There was once a watch company that touted the durability of its product by saying that "It takes a licking, and keeps on ticking". Few watches these days actually "tick", and now some keep an eye on ...
Sep 20, 2024 upslim / Depositphotos.com
"Sheriff Scam" Now Circulating in Manitowoc County Besides Sheboygan, Winnebago, Others
A telephone scam is rapidly-spreading through east-central Wisconsin with Manitowoc County now reporting its residents being targeted by a carefully-crafted scheme. Earlier this week, the Sheboygan Co...
Sep 20, 2024 HighwayStarz / Depositphotos.com
Sheboygan Now Equipped With REACH-A-Child First Responder Bags, Courtesy of AT&T Donation
Helping a child through a traumatic event sometimes takes something special. Thanks to a $10,000 contribution from AT&T's "REACH-A-Child" program that's supporting first responders across Wisconsi...
Sep 20, 2024 Robyn Gruner of AT&T (Center) and Cory Erickson of REACH-A-Child (Far Left) Distribute First Responder Bags to SPD and SFD Members
Thursday Night Stabbing Sends One Sheboygan Man to Hospital, a Second to Jail
Another stabbing incident has been handled by Sheboygan Police following a disturbance on Thursday night. The SPD reports responding to the 1000 block of Kentucky Avenue just after 8 last night where ...
Sep 20, 2024 Sheboygan Police Department
Manitowoc Area Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced to 5 Years Imprisonment
A Mexican national who's been illegally in the US while running a cocaine distribution operation will spend another five years here before being deported. 41-year-old Jose Resendiz-Gomez, whom records...
Sep 20, 2024
"Sheriff" Phone Call Scam Now Spreading Through More East-Central Wisconsin Counties
Scammers making some very convincing arguments as being the real-deal are increasingly plying their trade throughout east-central Wisconsin. The Winnebago County Sheriff's Office is now reporting that...
Sep 19, 2024 Rusty Clark ~ 100K Photos / CC
SWAT Arrest in Two Rivers Wednesday Lands Wanted Felon in Jail
Two Rivers Police called out the "big guns", taking no chances while arresting a man wanted on felony warrants. The Two Rivers Police Department teamed with the Manitowoc County SWAT Team at around 11...
Sep 19, 2024
Turning Tragedy Into Purpose - Protecting Workplace Safety Through Awareness This Weekend
The United Support & Memorial for Workplace Fatalities is not the sort of organization Stacy Sebald ever imagined spending time on, given the pressures of being a single mom with a job, kids, socc...
Sep 18, 2024 Stacy Sebald Addresses the Workers Memorial Day Remembrance in Washington, DC.
Demolition of Former Downtown Bank Building Getting Closer
The appearance of downtown Sheboygan will soon be changing once again as a former bank building is slated to be demolished later this year. In order to do that, though, a nagging 20th-century problem ...
Sep 18, 2024 City of Sheboygan logo
Plymouth Store Sells Winning $124K Lucky Clover Progressive Lottery Ticket
A "Lucky Clover" ticket for a Wisconsin Lottery Progressive Jackpot was very lucky for someone in Plymouth over the weekend. The Lucky Clover ticket, purchased on Saturday from the R-Store on County R...
Sep 17, 2024
