Category Archives: Local News
Preliminary February Unemployment Data Released: Sheboygan Area Follows State Trends
Unemployment data released by the Department of Workforce Development and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the Sheboygan Area is no exception to overall trends in Wisconsin. The only dataset adju...
Mar 28, 2024 design36 / Depositphotos.com
Archeological Survey Underway at Willow Creek Preserve
What can be learned about Sheboygan's earliest occupants from what's left behind? One organization is taking careful steps to answer that question through an archeological survey. The area being studi...
Mar 28, 2024 Willow Creek Preserve Area - Courtesy of Google Maps
Good Friday: City Offices Closed, Garbage/Recycling Biz as Usual
There are some expected - and maybe some unexpected - schedules observed for Good Friday within City of Sheboygan operations to know about. City Hall will be closed all day for the religious observanc...
Mar 28, 2024 City of Sheboygan logo
LTC to Support 18 New Projects With $1.9 Million Grant Award
18 newly-approved projects at Lakeshore Technical College will get a strong start following the receipt of nearly $2 million in grants from the Wisconsin Technical College System. The $1.9 million gra...
Mar 27, 2024
Sheboygan Pet Licenses Come With Late Fee After Tomorrow
Sheboygan dog, cat and pot-bellied pig owners have until tomorrow to license their pets before late fees make it more expensive. The Sheboygan Police Department reminds residents that licenses are req...
Mar 27, 2024 adogslifephoto / Depositphotos.com
Washington County Child Exploitation Case Expands to International
An investigation into child sexual abuse that began in Washington County has gone international. Washington County Sheriff's Detective Tim Kemps said that the investigation began with the arrest last ...
Mar 27, 2024 iJacky / Depositphotos.com
More Taken Into Custody in Relation to Westbrook Investigation
More arrests have resulted from the investigation into child porn sent from the City of Sheboygan's former H-R Director. Adam Westbrook was arrested last month after being found with explicit images h...
Mar 27, 2024 lucidwaters / Depositphotos.com
North 4th Street Temporary Closure Near Vollrath Park Announced
Work on utilities will require a section of North 4th Street to close for an expected 2-weeks beginning on Wednesday. The Sheboygan Water Utility will be doing work on its equipment beneath that stree...
Mar 26, 2024 The Sheboygan Water Utility Supplied This Map Detailing Closure of North 4th Street March 27-April 10
New Wisconsin Law Restricts Tanning Bed Access for 16-17 Year Olds
16-and-17-year-olds will now need permission to use tanning beds in Wisconsin. The new law, known as 2023 Wisconsin Act 190, was signed into law last Friday, and requires 16 and 17-year-olds to get pa...
Mar 26, 2024 ibrak / Depositphotos.com
Fond du Lac County Deputy Cleared of Criminal Action in Officer-Involved Shooting
No criminal charges will result from an officer-involved shooting between an armed suspect and a Fond du Lac County Sheriff's deputy. The events unfolded last October 14th when a woman escaped being h...
Mar 26, 2024 Fond du Lack Sheriff's K9 Iro Chews on a Tennis Ball Prior to Surgery to Repair a Gun Shot Wound Last October
